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There is not a single NA game animal I would even remotely hesitate to kill at will with the 223/77tmk combo at 450’ish yards and under.
You hope. Last time I ordered from them, my order never shipped. I eventually gave up and cancelled at about double the time their site showed for shipping times.Thanks, got some coming
That's pretty darned remarkable. What would you estimate to be the sample size of game animals you have seen hit with 77TMK? Any danger of driving it too fast with a faster .22 ceneterfire? I am on the hunt for a fast twist 22-250 right now.There is not a single NA game animal I would even remotely hesitate to kill at will with the 223/77tmk combo at 450’ish yards and under.
That's pretty darned remarkable. What would you estimate to be the sample size of game animals you have seen hit with 77TMK? Any danger of driving it too fast with a faster .22 ceneterfire? I am on the hunt for a fast twist 22-250 right now.
I’m sure it’s already been stated in the 57 pages of this thread but do all the TMK’s act the same?
I still don't like the idea of eating lead shrapnel.
Lets just say you step from the .223 to a .243 or a .257 Roberts. Can those push copper fast enough to mimic the .223/TMK combo if the copper bullet were designed to be more frangible?
I'd greatly appreciate sources for this.Stop buying into propaganda. Lead is not digested and absorbed as the narrative goes.
Also, I didn't mean that to sound belligerent, sorry. I have a great deal of respect for your knowledge and insight, as well as a love for bang flop terminal performance on game.I'd greatly appreciate sources for this.
I'd greatly appreciate sources for this.
My poopI'd greatly appreciate sources for this.
Also, I didn't mean that to sound belligerent, sorry. I have a great deal of respect for your knowledge and insight, as well as a love for bang flop terminal performance on game.
FWIW, here's all I've been able to find on the topic so far:
Effects of meals and meal times on uptake of lead from the gastrointestinal tract in humans - PubMed
Twenty three adults ingested 203Pb as lead acetate on the 12th hour of a 19 h fast. Retention measured 7 days later in a whole-body counter was 61% and whole-body turnover rates suggested that initial uptake had been considerably greater. Balanced meals eaten with 203Pb reduced lead uptake to 4%...pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
While promising, this research does not exactly make it clear that any old meal will drastically reduce lead absorption in the body.
I'm not an idiot, if that's what you're saying. What I was getting at is that I can't find any study that gives me the warm fuzzies about eating lead bullet fragments. The study I posted above is as close to supportive as I could find. Arguing about which formulation of lead is used in a study doesn't convince me. The absence of a smoking gun doesn't placate my common sense and intuition (not saying those are always right, but in the absence of certainty, I tend to use caution).Do you understand the differences between lead acetate? There are even several variations of it and none are the compound used in making bullets.
Do you understand the differences between lead acetate? There are even several variations of it and none are the compound used in making bullets.