hunting with canpro plated projectiles??
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Why not ? They are LEAD bullet lightly plated. Lead bullets have been used for hunting longer than our copper jacketed bullet.
Thats stupid has stupid go. That also mean all Berger hunting bullet ( and many other brands ) and bullet with plastic tip are fmj.. 99.5 % of hunting bullets have no lead exposed..you hunt with what ? Rocks ?
Bow and arrows..hunting tips of arrows are fmj…
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In most cases, the prohibition is actually more of a requirement. Bullets must be "designed to Expand" which may preclude simply shaving the copper covering off an FMJ which Campros certainly are.
Soft lead Cast bullets may be permissible but I wouldn't risk it.
Hunting bullets are cheap and effective.
Campro are "bulk" and designed for plinking steel and Zombies.
Soft lead Cast bullets may be permissible but I wouldn't risk it.
Hunting bullets are cheap and effective.
Campro are "bulk" and designed for plinking steel and Zombies.
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Campro are soft lead bullet..they expand like lead bullet do..the thin plating job is just there to avoid smearing the rifle bore with lead and allow a bit more velocities. They are soft swaged bullet..not hard cast bullet that can be made easily to not expand at all. They are designed to expand ( soft swaged lead after all) they are used in hundreds of competitions shooting steel targets.
Campro bullets are accurate - as much as lead and can be used for hunting. Bulk ? You do not know what you are talking about…any bullet manufacturer offer - like they do ..box of 100 - 500 and 1000. All bullets are bulk..time for you to go see a youtube video on how bullets are made.
That laws is unenforceable if real. Show the Manitoba hunting laws prohibiting Campro bullet specifically..until then..it’s just bs.
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I get what your saying. A hardcast bullet basically doesn't expand at all.
The issue is in the look for a CO checking you. The campro looks like a fmj by not having even a hollow point like a vld.
A hardcast that doesn't expand looks like it does because it's lead.
Stupid... but by exposing the lead tip a bit your not loosing accuracy in a 45/70 in its range anyways and it now no longer looks like a fmj.
99.5%? Lmfao are you drunk?
Also by definition a hollow point is not an FMJ.
I wouldn't hunt with a campro because they're not designed for hunting. Bullets are cheap compared to all the other costs associated with hunting so I have no reason to try and use the cheapest thing I can find.
you are clearly not a smart person.
Who said anything about Manitoba? Certainly not me.
Just offering some advice on how you might want to articulate the legality of your approach to LE. If you flirt with the fringes of a regulation, you may well be required to do so. You come across as someone who is unlikely to get the benefit of the doubt.
Campro bullets are NOT dependably accurate. This is a known thing. I have bought many 500 count bags of Campro in 223 and 308 and if you sort them by overall length or base - ogive or even diameter FFS you will see massive variation compared to Bergers or Sierra's or Honrnady, or Barnes or Nosler, etc.
That is why a bag of 500 pills is 70$ instead of 90$ for 50 like Bergers. You think precision bullets are being offered at less than 10% of the competition?
You do you tho bruh, U Do U!
Does Full Copper Plating meet the bar for Full Metal Jacket (which are generally banned for hunting in Canada)? I do not know, but my pockets aren't nearly deep enough for me to volunteer to be the test case on the matter.
Exposing the lead tip with a file would at least ensure you don't get charged and dragged through the system even if you ultimately are correct. But at the end of the day it's still a campro bullet, so I still don't know why you wouldn't load something better if you're going to point it at game and pull the trigger.
Exposing the lead tip with a file would at least ensure you don't get charged and dragged through the system even if you ultimately are correct. But at the end of the day it's still a campro bullet, so I still don't know why you wouldn't load something better if you're going to point it at game and pull the trigger.
How you do that with Berger - Barnes and other brand of hunting bullets that have no lead at all exposed ?
You hack them with a saw to expose lead ?
If Campro are considered FMJ - then all Berger hunting bullets are also FMJ has other manufacturer offering in the same configuration. But there is a BIG difference with the opinion here and what hunting regulation allow.
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Id think punching a slight hole in the meplate would be easier then filing the entire meplate
I hunt ontario so no restrictions on tmj for hunting.
As to whether or not a campro bullets is good for hunting is up to how you view terminal performance. I know guys who hunt deer with amax and eldm bullets and kill deer. Not my choice but their results speak for themselves. Will they eventually take a shot where the bullet does something unexpected....likely but thats hunting. I've seen Barnes ttsx and tsx fail as well
Bottom line is if you're within respectful range on a broadside shot a deer or black bear wont be able to patch the .458" entrance hole well enough. The momentum of the bullet will carry it far enough theu lung tissue to kill effectively. Load within limits of the bullet and if curious line up some gallon water jugs and test how the bullets hold up
I hunt ontario so no restrictions on tmj for hunting.
As to whether or not a campro bullets is good for hunting is up to how you view terminal performance. I know guys who hunt deer with amax and eldm bullets and kill deer. Not my choice but their results speak for themselves. Will they eventually take a shot where the bullet does something unexpected....likely but thats hunting. I've seen Barnes ttsx and tsx fail as well
Bottom line is if you're within respectful range on a broadside shot a deer or black bear wont be able to patch the .458" entrance hole well enough. The momentum of the bullet will carry it far enough theu lung tissue to kill effectively. Load within limits of the bullet and if curious line up some gallon water jugs and test how the bullets hold up
You are the drunk one..have you even seen a Berger hunting bullet ? They are not hollow points.. the tips closed as much as manufacturing allow without fusing them. Even the manufacturer do not call them hollow points because they are not.
Campro are swaged lead bullet and can be used for hunting as any other lead bullet used for hunting. They expand and hold togheter without fragmenting because they are soft lead.
Because they are cheaper - you assume they should not be used for hunting - you assume they are not accurate.Do you have actual experience with them or cast bullet used for hunting ? I think you assume too much with no real experiences to back it up.
That berger bullet is a OTM bullet. It's literally called an Open Tipped Match bullet. So it is Infact an open tipped bullet, not a FMJ. It is considered a type of hollow point design, to form a even if that hollow top is very small.
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Did I miss where he stated the velocity for the Campro bullets?
