Thoughts on 53g vmax.

[skinney]

Here is some real world data. I know there is always going to be the fellas saying, shoot more runners, anyone can make a standing broadside shot. My goal is to get them where I want them, how I want them, I want it to be an easy shot, that's how I know I've fooled natures most astute predator.
If it's marketing, wouldn't it be smart for fellas who make this gear, try and get it into our hands, who make sets like us, who try and get the animal to present itself like us, fellas who shoot all year round, reloading, practicing, building sub 1/2 MOA rifles, passing legislation to advance our agenda, fellas who do this for a living, guys who implement precision into every angle of work that they do?
I don't care what you use, I don't care how you use it. I try to be as respectful as I can to my quarry, and to my fellow hunters. Have fun, be safe, and God Bless.

 

[jmeddy]

excellent as always.

 

[gooseisland]

I dont care what happens broadside with a perfect shot presentation, a 17HMR will work, and I dont care what the hole in the animal looks like as long as its not a splash crater. I dont care about an exit hole, thats what bullets are made to do. On the other hand frequent runners, tear damage and questionable stuff is not acceptable at all. Im talking about 223 after all so im no talking a total blowout exit so, exit hole, ok, that makes sence. Explosive splash right where i aim, wounded dog getting away, that doesnt make sence.

The bullet just has to go through a quartered coyote shoulder. Hornady knows this, on their podcast they talk about themselves stepping up to larger calibers night hunting because you dont get the same shots, you cant exactly judge the angle, the shoulder is just part of the blob coyote silhouette, you get more runners at night(I dont anymore).

Everyone talks about the sound of when Vmax and varmint bullets hit sounded like hitting them with a baseball bat, I agree, ive used the same analogy. When you hit them with a SGK it sounds like an M80 huge firecracker went off inside them. The whole stopping the bullet right inside the coyote is the whole handicap craze, thats not what guns are made to do, its a fad, a fashion, pelts arent worth anything anymore. Start shooting SGK and only take quartering to you shots and head on shots, you wont get an exit, you will still have the opportunity to shoot broadside and get an exit but you will get more shot oportunities than Vmax.

I wonder if there was any way they could thicken the jacket only at the nose of the Vmax, leave the rest just as soft, try to delay that explosiveness just a fraction.

Are you(related) to Mr. Tim Anderson? You act like him.
Anyway, ive shot hundreds of coyotes/fox with both 22cal 50gr and 6mm 58/65gr and have yet to have an issue running them. If I make a poor shot/placement/etc, it's the indian not the arrow.