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Nothing about his statement showed that they have tested any ELD-M for hunting (why would they as they are a match bullet) but out in the real world many have used lots of them and lots of them do work and do work consistently. This reminds me of the old days when Berger was outspoken about not using the original thin jacketed VLD's on game but after much hand wringing they became accepted as a normal Berger "hunting" bullet. Same for Sierra and the TMK's and SMK's. Lots of those work very well and consistently on game. Just because a manufacturer says you shouldn't "just because" doesn't mean it won't work and work well. They are just covering their hind quarters.
I think that was covered and explained pretty well on page one.
I dont see it other rhan 20% hit rate incease with higher BC. I am curious on others’ interpretation of that for hunting. 20 percent sounds significant but what is important is bullets landing inside the kill zone after factoring in all the variables. Increasing BC certainly increases this range but is it 25 yards or 300 yards. 20 percent means nothing without context. As noted I came up with my own rule of thumb but like to have something to compare to
His examples show the 20% increase at a distance of 549m (500yds).
I will rephrase my question as maybe not clear. The post says the hit percentage increased from 30% to %50 on a 12 in target at 549 meters. So for deer sized game we would want a 100% hit rate on a 12in target. At what range do we get a 100% hit rate on a 12in target with the higher and lower bc bullet. That to me is a more useful example of quantifying bc for hunting purposes vs steel where misses may not matter
This gets to the heart of my question as well. What hit rate is do you consider ethical for hunting?
Kill shot every shot is ethical. Anything less is unethical.
Exactly, which is why the super sniper crowd doesn't like to answer that question.
No shot is ever 100%, if we needed 100% to take a shot then hunting would cease to exist.
There is no 100% hit rate for what you are describing which is irrelevant to the model on h. However for this wind model there is a 100% hit e
197/200 is not 95%, you're going to have to get more reckless...
Sorry! Hit send early…. That would be interesting data. For ex what range are 100% at lower bc and what range are 100% at highet BC. This to me gives a better context of benefit of high BC
Do not believe there is 100%. Seen one guy miss the same moose under 50 yards more than once on multiple days. Think the grand total was about 17 total shots with none over 100 yards before he finally got a kill shot.
There is no 100% agree at any range. This experiment is showing impact of wind, bc, etc with shooter error not factored in or if is factored in probably as a moa component
