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Message: <blockquote data-quote="diggler1833" data-source="post: 3896171" data-attributes="member: 48072">Match bullets CAN do very well in the terminal ballistics department.  They definitely typically allow for a very precise placement of the shot, which is one of the most important aspects of humanely harvesting game.The only problem is that match bullets were not designed for this role, therefore the terminal ballistics results are less predictable than with a good hunting bullet.  You may get perfect expansion, you may get a shallow explosion, you may even end up with a pencil through.  With something like a headshot on a cull or nuisance animal, it Isn't as big of a deal.  However, I wouldn't risk a $$$ hunt on a bullet that wasn't being used for the purpose it was designed.Having shot quite a few coyotes with the 69gr SMK out of a 20" .223, I can attest that there were a couple instances where the animal took a perfect boiler room shot and ran off...I don't think I ever had one survive...but they were definitely found (or what was left) weeks later, hundreds of yards from the shot.  I switched to the Mk 318 Mod 0, and then the 64gr Gold Dot.  The terminal results have been much more positive.Adding to the problem are the internet forums...you know, the places where guys get together and share fishing stories.  How many guys get 5' behind the deer they shot in order to make it twice as big?  The same guys are just as prone to double the shot distance for the audience, or they somehow kill everything DRT in spectacular fashion.Again, I'm not saying that a match bullet won't provide a quick kill.  I'm just stating that your chances of it always providing a quick kill are less than a good hunting bullet.</blockquote>

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