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Bonded vs. cup and core
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<blockquote data-quote="Nsghunter" data-source="post: 5148639" data-attributes="member: 14436"><p>Please forgive the ignorance and understand that I am mostly a novice at all this. I have a basic understanding of the two but would really appreciate some more info.</p><p></p><p>What are the drawbacks to to one vs the other?</p><p></p><p>What are the benefits to one vs. the other? </p><p></p><p>I shot a small buck with a '06 150gr Core-lokt (cup and core I think) last season. It was about 50 yards, quartering away/coming towards with head down eating. The shot entered his shoulder, severed the foreleg at the shoulder (it was hanging by a thread of hide.) transected the heart then got lost in the guts, (no exit wound). The heart was full of bullet fragments, to the point where I threw the whole heart away. The meat on the shoulder exploded outward and he fell on his face DRT. I was very pleased with the ethics of the shot but I was concerned that the bullet stopped without exit and fragged' in the heart area. Would the bullet have performed differently in a bonded bullet?</p><p></p><p>I have accubonds to handload for the 2021 season but before I did, I just wondered what the drawbacks and benefits to each type of bullet are?</p><p></p><p>I am a very new hunter and this is my first harvest with the gun/bullet setup. Maybe this was rare maybe this was normal. </p><p></p><p>I am also thinking of switching my Hornady SXT (Cup and core?) to bonded bullets in my muzzleloader, I shoot loose pyrodex not smokeless.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nsghunter, post: 5148639, member: 14436"] Please forgive the ignorance and understand that I am mostly a novice at all this. I have a basic understanding of the two but would really appreciate some more info. What are the drawbacks to to one vs the other? What are the benefits to one vs. the other? I shot a small buck with a '06 150gr Core-lokt (cup and core I think) last season. It was about 50 yards, quartering away/coming towards with head down eating. The shot entered his shoulder, severed the foreleg at the shoulder (it was hanging by a thread of hide.) transected the heart then got lost in the guts, (no exit wound). The heart was full of bullet fragments, to the point where I threw the whole heart away. The meat on the shoulder exploded outward and he fell on his face DRT. I was very pleased with the ethics of the shot but I was concerned that the bullet stopped without exit and fragged' in the heart area. Would the bullet have performed differently in a bonded bullet? I have accubonds to handload for the 2021 season but before I did, I just wondered what the drawbacks and benefits to each type of bullet are? I am a very new hunter and this is my first harvest with the gun/bullet setup. Maybe this was rare maybe this was normal. I am also thinking of switching my Hornady SXT (Cup and core?) to bonded bullets in my muzzleloader, I shoot loose pyrodex not smokeless. [/QUOTE]
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