Does anyone have any experience with this bullet. I used it in my Chapuis to kill this black bear the other day..

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The bear was 150 lbs and was shot at about 20 yards. I loaded the bullet to the same fps as the Hornady factory ammo, which uses the same bullet. The speed is 2350 fps.

I shot him through the shoulder and the bullet exited the other side behind the other shoulder leaving a hole the size of a tennis ball in the bears armpit!!

The bear dropped down and started thrashing so I gave him the other barrel, this shot hit the hind quarters and exited the stomach leaving the guts hanging out!

Unfortunately did not recover either bullet.

Has anyone here got any experience with these bullets? I cut one in half to see what it was made like. See the pictures, the jacket is quite hard and is about .08 inches thick.

What I am worried about is that this bullet will be to explosive for tough stuff like African game and Moose. Any experience with this bullet is apreciated.

I shot a 140 lb ish pig with a 286 gr Hornady at about 70 yards. I felt there was very moderate expansion and have switched to the Prvi 285 gr bullet which is supposedly softer and therefore more suitable for my use.

Time tells all, of course, but I'd imagine the 286 Hornady will be excellent for anything short of Cape Buffalo; most will spring for premium bullets on a DG hunt.

Handsome bear, btw.

Thanks, any and all info appreciated. I love this new gun and the caliber is proving itself to be more versatile than I thought.