full metal jacket bullets

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jocko

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shooting fmj bullets 55gr. for a 22-250 what kind of fur damage am i looking at? i shot at a bobcat last week first one i ever seem with a 52 gr. sierra hollow point threw some briars, it was the only shot i had, other wise the cat was gone.i thought the fmj would be the better choose, i don`t think the hollow point made the trip. hay it could of beem me.one more thing 25-06 to big for bobcat, ive been playing wih loads just whipped one up 55gr.4831 sc 87 gr. spitzer boatail 5 shots a quarter covered the holes.
 
I wouldn't imagine you'd get much damage, just two small holes. Yeah, your hollow point probably broke up in the briars.
I'm no expert, but I wouldn't hunt anything with FMJ as they richochet very badly. You also may end up with wounded animals running off unless the shot is perfectly placed.
In my opinion the 25/06 is too much for cats, but I guess it depends on if you're concerned with pelt damage or not.
 
Years ago I tried the fmj's in a 22-250. Had several runoffs and decided it was not worth the trouble. There are some heavily constructed .224 bullets designed for deer sized game thay may work better than the lighter jacketed bullets, but in my 20 years plus shooting experience with the 22-250 it's just plain not fur friendly.
 
i shoot fmj and it all depends where you hit them i have a them where its just in and out then i have had others where i hit bone and it did just as much damge as my hollow points. now i just stay with the hollow points because they have more stopping power than the fmj. i have had a few get away with the fmj and none with the hollow points. a good needle and string will fix everything.
 
shooting through a bush? Not much of anything will make it reliably get through in 22 cal.

If your intent on changing bullets for more penetration. I would try sierras 55 gr gameking.
 
Never hunt with FMJ's as they are not good killers and they will be skipping all over the countryside. Nothing will shoot through brush without tumbling or deflecting including a 50 cal BMG round. If you have a good shot take it. If not, there will be another. Better to let them go than wound them with a bad shot. A suffering death should not be what we are looking for.

25-06 will rip them in half. Smokes yotes about the same way if you don't use heavy bullets.
 
Using FMJs, is a bad idea,and Im not sure how that particular myth keeps going....but hey, we still hear tales of black panthers, so I guess it's not that hard to believe:)
FMJs, will sometimes pencil thru, with small, ineffective wound channels,and other times, bounce around the inside of a coyote, and make an utter mess. Use good hunting type bullets, and you'll be far better served.
 
If you do decide to use FMJ bullets be sure to keep high limits on your liability policys. There is a good chance you will need them eventually. Even in the open desert, nobody knows what is behind that low hill a mile away.

Jack
 
If you want a good example of what FMJ's do when they do not get a square solid hit watch some video of an M16 range during a night fire. It is a constant barrage of little red dots heading into space as the ricochet off of berms that are actually fairly soft dirt.

An M60 range or .50 cal range is even neater at night.

Do not think you can predict the direction of a ricochet either. I have seen .50 cals hit rocks and come back across the firing line further down the line. I almost lost a couple of USAF FAC buddies on one occasion that way.

FMJ's were specifically designed to make wounds less serious NOT to kill.
 
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