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]]> By: NorCal Cazadora http://www.skinnymoose.com/hogblog/2008/10/02/lead-ammo-first-hand-reports/#comment-2103 NorCal Cazadora Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:40:35 +0000 http://www.skinnymoose.com/hogblog/?p=675#comment-2103 My experience is VERY limited, but I can report that in two kills with copper in a .270, both shots passed through completely - one a 30-yard shot to the neck of an 85 pound pig (instant death), the other probably a 75-yard lung shot to an adult Corsican sheep (one minute to bleed out). I'm guessing your friend Dan is right about the need for extra accuracy. Part of me says, Well, duh, of course people should practice. But the other part of me knows a lot of people don't and won't. (And, of course, there are those anecdotal reports of people being so freaked out about the high cost of copper that they aren't even sighting in before heading out into the field - doh!) I suppose I'm lucky - I've killed big game with lead once (and it was a terrible shot), so copper will probably be all I know. My experience is VERY limited, but I can report that in two kills with copper in a .270, both shots passed through completely – one a 30-yard shot to the neck of an 85 pound pig (instant death), the other probably a 75-yard lung shot to an adult Corsican sheep (one minute to bleed out).

I’m guessing your friend Dan is right about the need for extra accuracy. Part of me says, Well, duh, of course people should practice. But the other part of me knows a lot of people don’t and won’t. (And, of course, there are those anecdotal reports of people being so freaked out about the high cost of copper that they aren’t even sighting in before heading out into the field – doh!)

I suppose I’m lucky – I’ve killed big game with lead once (and it was a terrible shot), so copper will probably be all I know.

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