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HP match ammo
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11/21/21 10:58 PM
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I’ve got a thread in another section about some ammo I was sold as hunting ammo, but which even the manufacturer recommends not to hunt with. It got me to wondering…Why would a long range target bullet thats supposed to be super accurate at long ranges…have a hollow point? Hoping someone can fill me in on the reasoning and/or the physics behind it? Thanks 
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Re: HP match ammo
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11/21/21 11:30 PM
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The hollow point on match ammunition is there to help maintain a minimal meplat (flat point), not for expansion.
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Re: HP match ammo
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11/22/21 12:14 AM
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The hollow point on match ammunition is there to help maintain a minimal meplat (flat point), not for expansion. Wouldn’t a ballistic tip or fmj serve it better in that capacity?
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