Gary Reeder
For years I have not worried about expansion
Thursday, November 07, 2019, 12:48

at all. Most of my hunting is with silhouette bullets from Hornady or Sierra. They don't expand at all. I like to go for a spinal shot which drops them like a rock. Even if I pull my shot a bit the shock to the spine normally puts them down long enough to take a second shot.




They have enough lead exposed to make them legal and not an FMJ.

The silhouette bullets are not good for small game like whitetail deer and such. For them I favor the Sierra JHC. They do the job with medium expansion.

For dangerous game I like the Hornady DGS and DGX bullets.


I used to use a lot of hard cast gas check bullets but after failures to put even small game like deer down immediately, I have gone back to the bullets that have proven themselves for me like the Sierra jacketed hollow cavity (JHC) and the silhouette bullets. And like John says the absolute main thing is shot placement. As far as my choice in bullets I am not saying nor even suggesting you do the same thing. This is just what works for me.