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Snow Man · October 31, 2001, 07:30 AM

I've got the picture now. Specially after cutting open a cartridge to look at the slug. Yup, they look quite like a thimble. The Butt end fits over my pinkey. So, though they have the "hollow point" name on the package and shell casing, they really are Hollow Butt bullets! Forsters. Now I can see how they would cause a wide entry hole. Like Bullfrog said, on impact the back end of the bullet that is hollow "catches up" with the front so in the end the entry hole is bigger than the original 3/4" wide slug.

So drilling the tip is truely a waste of time. Wonder what those sabbots I shot last year looked like. Federal I think. Zero expansion. Hmmmm.

October 31, 2001, 07:30 AM	#8
Snow Man Member Join Date: February 26, 2000 Posts: 66	Winchester Hollow Butts! I've got the picture now. Specially after cutting open a cartridge to look at the slug. Yup, they look quite like a thimble. The Butt end fits over my pinkey. So, though they have the "hollow point" name on the package and shell casing, they really are Hollow Butt bullets! Forsters. Now I can see how they would cause a wide entry hole. Like Bullfrog said, on impact the back end of the bullet that is hollow "catches up" with the front so in the end the entry hole is bigger than the original 3/4" wide slug. So drilling the tip is truely a waste of time. Wonder what those sabbots I shot last year looked like. Federal I think. Zero expansion. Hmmmm. __________________ ...let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!