Thread: Illegal to legal ammo conversion.

Originally Posted by Nugget connaisseur

Also shooting animals with fmj is very unethical and inhumane. Use the right projectile for the job.

More animals have probably been shot in NZ with FMJ projectiles than any other...placement is more important than the "right" projectile.

More animals WERE shot with FMJ projectiles eg the cullers, because that was what was available at the time. And even they tried various methods of doctoring the projectile tips to give more certain kills.

Originally Posted by zimmer

More animals WERE shot with FMJ projectiles eg the cullers, because that was what was available at the time. And even they tried various methods of doctoring the projectile tips to give more certain kills.

Yes I remember that
The normal modern FMJs though are made to tumble on impact especially if bone's hit so act like a hunting round anyway. If up close they genearlly pencil through but beyond 100yds they do the job ok. I've seen the Xrays of people hit in arms/legs with these & there's amputations every time due to the massive damage. I hit a red yearling hind through the lungs @ 20mtres with a Norinco fmj & the exit hole was about 8cm dia with heaps of blood loss over the 50mtres it ran. Normally I used sp or hp but have these tracers so thought I'd give it a go. If no one tries we'll never know. If people don't want their x39 fmjs I'll have them. It's the replacement of the corrosive primers & reloading that started me thinking of reloading the tracers without the compound.