Perspective on Bullet Performance

[Dutchboy]

Well put, indeed.

I don't think that Denton is trying to say that premium bullets kill better, just that they have a far wider range of conditions where they are effective.

As mentioned, monometal bullets have a very similar penetration depth when impact velocities are varied from 1700 to 3100 fps.

I also think the following statement is warranted: monometal bullet performance is influenced much less by bullet weight than conventional bullets. On impact, a 130 gr. bullet is going to behave much like a 180 gr. bullet. Assuming the same velocity, the heavier bullet will penetrate deeper (it has more energy than the lighter bullet), but the change will be linear. With conventional bullets, a 130 will create an impact crater, vs. the long wound channel of a heavy for caliber 180.

Finally, to some, it may not matter, but if you attempt a 300 yard shot, the monometal bullet will carry about 10% more energy than a conventional bullet when it gets there. That's like stepping up from an '06 to a 300 mag, just by changing bullets! By cheating the air out of it's share of the bullet energy, the shooter can either step down in chambering (less recoil, less muzzle blast, longer barrel life), or elect to put more energy on target.

The point of all that is to say that I don't agree that the ONLY place for premiums (especially monometals) is in high velocity cartridges. They offer tangible benefits in all chamberings. JMO, Dutch.