Reeder Custom Guns - I never talked with him about hollow points ..

Jim Taylor
I never talked with him about hollow points ..
Wednesday, September 02, 2020, 07:33

but 11 BHN is pretty hard. It will penetrate well unless you are running it quite a bit over 1300- 1400 fps in my experience.

When people started going to really hard bullets 20 BHN and harder, I received reports from Africa of bullets breaking up and shattering from some hunters.

My heavy 45 Colt loads were under 1200 fps and my bullets were 10 to 12 BHN. I have shot them full-length through deer. I never had one stop in a pig.

My guess has always been that the hardness of the bullet should be connected with the velocity it is running, up to a point of course.

Ok. Some handgun hunting related stuff - John W, 2020-09-01, 12:01
- I use Garrett 310 grain or 330 grain - Larry Fry, 2020-09-01, 17:16
  - Ditto! (nm) - GregG, 2020-09-02, 04:45
- I wouldn't use a hollow point at all. A bear has a lot - Gary Reeder, 2020-09-01, 12:11
- Mine is a - TM, 2020-09-01, 12:04
  - Corresponding with Elmer Keith years ago - Jim Taylor, 2020-09-01, 12:29
    - Jim, I am no expert on anything EK, - Mark Conner, 2020-09-01, 22:01
      - I never talked with him about hollow points .. - Jim Taylor, 2020-09-02, 07:33
        Thanks Jim (nm) - Mark Conner, 2020-09-02, 11:11
    - Keith style 255 gr - Clint H, 2020-09-01, 17:42
      - Bears - Clint H, 2020-09-01, 19:39
        Bears - Clint H, 2020-09-01, 19:48