alaskabushmaster wrote:Funny story, my first large black bear was taken in virginia with a savage 10ML magnum. This is a smokeless powder muzzle loader with horrific killing potential if you are smart. I loaded it with h110 and 250grn poly tipped projectile. Its been so long I don't remember the maker of the bullet. Thats not important though. The bullet was moving at about 2400fps and it sucked a lung almost intact out of that bear and it was hanging by a thread on the hide on the far side. It was odd for sure but it never crossed my mind till now what happened.
Funny!
Your representation of the two bullets, are very good, with the example of the Hollow-Point, being spot-on. Being, you get a large initial, wound channel, which would be more than enough for the 250xpb to kill deer size animals, that only have about 18", side to side (lung shot), but, not nearly enough, Terminal Safety Margins, if the animal is dangerous (Moose, Elk, Bears - Think Moose are so laid-back, that they could never pose a Dangerous Situation, think again, Chechahco!) and has four foot (4') of tissue, to travel through.
What you need, is a "Well Constructed" bullet, that is guaranteed to scramble the innards, with enough energy to travel Threw-and-Threw the animal, doing so with great gusto, dumping tons of energy out the back-side of the animal (which assures that the innards received, Over-the-Top, energy), and to top it off, with enough Heel-Vacuum, to suck the scrambled mess, well out of and in a pronounced pattern, behind the Target in question!! We have never had this capability, until now, enter the 450 Bushmaster Reloads!!
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PS... Momma Moose run more folks, up trees (see below), than Bears, by far! When a Moose attacks a Man, usually after they are done stomping, there is only tattered clothing left and NO recognizable tissue..t
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODgwgaLTnh8