sierra pro hunters??

[gregc]

i went to the local surplus last weekend and saw a big coffee can half full of moly coated projectiles with a price of 30$ (estate sale). i checked them with the caliper and they were all 309 diameter so i picked them up. after throwing the projectiles in the tumbler to clean off the moly, i ended up with about 930 sierra prohunters projectiles at 180 gns.

i will use these in my 308 and 3006 and am wanting some feedback on these projectiles as i've been using the horndy 165 gn interlocks over the past couple of decades.

what can you tell me about the prohunters other than i got a really excellent deal on them?

thanks

 

[Longwalker]

They are a very well made, old school basic bullet. Tend to be accurate in most rifles. Will come apart in game if you hit heavy bone like the humerus joint. They are about perfect for deer hunting, and generally OK for moose and elk in those weights when fired at .308 and .30-06 velocity, or between 2500-2800 fps. I personally wouldn't hunt elk wit them when loaded in a .300 mag. You did well at that price!
I am curious, not to criticize, but I'm wondering about the more and more common use of "Projectiles" as a name for bullets on Canadian Gun Nutz. . Is that something that is being taught in the safety courses recently? Or military lingo? To me a bullet is not a projectile until it's on its way to the target. Times change, but then some people have been calling cartridges bullets for a very long time, and that adds confusion too.

 

[gregc]

i also do a lot of casting for my military rifles and call the resultant cast bullet a projectile as it is the part of the bullet that is going to get shot out of the barrel. lots of people get confused when you refer to the cast projectile as a 'bullet' believing it to be the entire bullet ready to be placed into a gun and fired, which it is not.

sort of like the debate about calling a clip a magazine or vice versa.

and of course, everyone has their own perspective.

thanks for your comments about the prohunter bullet/projectile... much appreciated.

 

[Buckmastr]

They are a stout bullet and usually the jacket and core won't separate as easily as a game king (boattail)
The light for calibre ones have a short bearing surface. Combine that with a thick jacket, you can drive them faster then a Barnes or berger without seeing as much pressure.
I wouldn't hesitate to hunt elk with them.
Low BC but a very underrated hunting bullet. Sierras are getting hard to find now too. You did well!