IVO- did you quote correctly the match kings for hunting or did you intend gamekings. I was looking at HPBT matchkings.
Yes that is correct, I use Matchkings for hunting. While some will say that the Matchking is not a hunting bullet, doesn't have reliable expansion...blah, blah, blah I have found otherwise. There are many people that use them for hunting, all with excellent results. If you hit the animal in the vitals, it kills every time.
If you are not comfortable with using the Matchking you can usually find a Gameking in a similar weight and they are also a very accurate bullet and work well on game.
A great resource for long range huntung is ....you guessed it, longrangehunting.com. It is very similar to CGN only dedicated to hunting at long range. The guys there are a wealth of information and experience and very open to answering questions on this topic.
I would like to end by saying I do not advocate any target bullet as a hunting bullet! The Matchkings have worked flawlessly for me and many others on game however the Lapua Scenar for example, while being one of the best(if not the best) target bullet is a terrible choice as a hunting bullet. There have been actual field tests on many of these bullets done by hunters/shooters at various ranges to see how these bullets react when impacting a simulated animal. When I say "simulated animal" they will take a piece of carpet over a beef shoulder bone and ballistic gel to simulate going through the skin and shoulder into the vitals of a moose or elk for example.
Check out longrangehunting.com, it will answer many of your questions on this topic, and probably many others as well.
