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Originally Posted by driftlessbamboo  I'm not sweating the WDNRs' theories regarding lead fragmentation. It may be a minor consideration if one were shooting high velocity super frangible bullets like SXs' or something and then dining on bloodshot meat. But the majority of rounds fired at deer (especially at the ranges the majority of deer are killed in Wisconsin) pass entirely through the animal leaving less lead than that which is likely in your drinking water.
The above post is not meant as a highjacking attempt. For me the best deer gun is a .58 hawken rifle shooting a 240-gr .570 diameter patched roundball over 90 gr of ffg black powder.  |
I was going to the bonded bullets for deer well-before the WI DNR came out with their x-ray lead fragment report on TV.
I am only going to use the
Hornady 243 WIN 95-gr SST Interlock in the 243 WIN for longer range shots; in my 243/06 Wildcat at close range the SST fragmented completely with only the copper jacket remaining.
At that short range & velocity the Interlock failed.
In smaller bore deer rifles the terminal performance of the highest sectional density of the heaviest bullets is critically important to me.
I
may use the 95-gr SST bullets in my 243/06 on coyotes.
We have wild hogs in Crawford county WI, that I may take a crack at this winter, along with coyotes. I wonder if the food pantries will take the hogs.
I give my deer to the food pantries for the hungry & don't want any lead in the food for the hungry.
I don't have a muzzle loader. - udarrell