shockwaves

[THEdonkey0515]

Anyone use these bullets? Bought a gun cleaning kit that came with 10 of them I didn't notice this untill I got home and opened it up, thought I will try them out ive never used them they any good?

 

[HilhamHawk]

They're what I use. 3 deer, in the last 2 years, and they never knew what hit them.

 

[duckriver]

I use 250 gr shockwaves. Love them

 

[ROVERBOY]

That's what I shoot too. Pretty hard to load in my CVA Staghorn though.

 

[stringtalker]

That's what I shoot too. Pretty hard to load in my CVA Staghorn though.

Get you some harvester crush rib sabots, helps with loading

 

[bigtex]

Been shooting them for years. My Remington M/L loves them!

 

[ROVERBOY]

Thanks springtalker. I may try and see if I can find some.

 

[sharris10]

It's all I shoot out of my Remington too. They have killed a lot of deer for me and never had any concerns.

 

[GreyGoose]

tc 250 grains shockwaves are all that i have ever shot since i started muzzle loader hunting{around 5 years}.ive never had any issues and dropped deer like clock work.im not saying there the best,just the only ones ive ever used.

 

[TboneD]

I wouldn't get the bonded ones, though, because unreliable expansion on deer. At least that's what a lot of online reviews say...The funny thing is that our Walmart has the regular black saboted 250g Shockwaves and bonded ones in the Easy Glide sabots, but no unbonded 250's in the Easy Glide sabot. A friend picked me up some at Gander Mountain, but I found them for $5 cheaper at Outdoor Junction in Cookeville.

 

[bassinbrian]

My Encore shoots them well.

 

[Hardwoodmaterials]

This is a 250gr yellow tip Shockwave that I picked up after shooting it thru a target(1/2 inch plywood) and in to a dirt bank at 100yds. I was using 100gr BH209 so I wasn't pushing it real hard or anything. The jacket looks like it just slipped right off the lead core. The two pieces were laying right beside each other. I dug a few more out of the bank but they all were just pieces of the jacket with very little to no lead left. I dug out some Barnes which were mushroomed fine but some were missing a petal or two. I also dug out a couple 250gr XTP's that were mushroomed out pretty good and the jacket and lead were still in one piece. I dug a couple 240gr Harvester Scorpion funnel points out and they were mushroomed out and appeared to be in one piece.
After looking at all 4 I would pick the Barnes hands down. I would have no problem hunting with the Scorpions or XTP's as both seemed to hold together pretty well. I wouldn't be real excited about shooting a deer with the Shockwave but some people love them. I have about 30 Shockwaves left that will only get used at the range or to get a new mounted scope on target before fine tuning with my hunting bullets. They might work fine on a deer but out of roughly 15 that we shot I never found one that even came close to holding together. The pic below is the most I found of one bullet by far.

 

[rem270]

I like them.