What are your thoughts on lead contamination in big game animals shot with lead core bullets?
I have been thinking a lot about this lately. It has made the news, CA went lead free from July 1 this year, and experiences I have had recently have made me think about it.
I shot a buck three years ago with a 95 grain ballistic tip out of a .243 and couldn't find a piece hardly the size of a bb. Obviously no exit. I shot a pig on Tuesday with a 80 grain ttsx, also out of a .243 and it left a very small exit, the pig ran 40 yards.
Here is a good article on the subject.: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2669501/
I think in the article they are probably using non-bonded core bullets. I'm thinking core-lokts. I would like to see if a good bonded core bullet would have the same fragment dispersal.
I haven't made up my mind. I know I am not using non-bonded lead cores again. I do like the performance and killing power of a bonded core, lead bullet. I love big exit wounds, my experience with the solid copper bullets is limited.
I have been thinking a lot about this lately. It has made the news, CA went lead free from July 1 this year, and experiences I have had recently have made me think about it.
I shot a buck three years ago with a 95 grain ballistic tip out of a .243 and couldn't find a piece hardly the size of a bb. Obviously no exit. I shot a pig on Tuesday with a 80 grain ttsx, also out of a .243 and it left a very small exit, the pig ran 40 yards.
Here is a good article on the subject.: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2669501/
I think in the article they are probably using non-bonded core bullets. I'm thinking core-lokts. I would like to see if a good bonded core bullet would have the same fragment dispersal.
I haven't made up my mind. I know I am not using non-bonded lead cores again. I do like the performance and killing power of a bonded core, lead bullet. I love big exit wounds, my experience with the solid copper bullets is limited.
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