Posted on 08/12/2019 5:14:11 AM PDT by w1n1
'Whether you're headed to Alaska, Africa or Australia, or planning a hunt for elk, moose or bear in the contiguous 48, you can't go wrong in choosing a Trophy Bonded Bear Claw,' says columnist. - Failure, it is often said, is the greatest teacher. In the hunting and shooting world, failures have inspired some innovative minds. John Nosler experienced bullet failure when hunting a huge Canadian bull moose and that incident led to the development of the Nosler Partition bullet.
Jack Lott ended up further off the ground than he intended to be when he was tossed by a Mozambican Cape buffalo after his .458 Winchester failed to stop it, and that led to the .458 Lott. Similarly, the story has it that it was another Cape buffalo bull that got his adrenaline up and simply refused to die that set Mr. Jack Carter to thinking he wanted to develop a better bullet, and he did: Carter was the brains behind the Trophy Bonded Bear Claw, one of the best hunting bullet designs available.
Carter was an IBM executive who enjoyed hunting Africa – with famed gun writer John Wooters – and especially enjoyed the dangerous game animals. Carter wanted a bullet that would be utterly reliable, in both the expansion and penetration departments, even on the thick skinned animals. Admittedly, he took much inspiration from Bill Steigers of Bitterroot Bonded Core Bullets, but what Carter ended up with was a unique design that would prove highly effective as a dangerous game bullet.
There weren’t an awful lot of bonded-core bullets on the market in the 1980s, and the techniques used to join the jacket and core differed as well. Carter’s designs went through some revisions – including changes to the depth of the lead core, which would change how much and how fast the bullets would expand – but his choice of a pure lead core and a pure copper jacket made for a sound design. Carter's bullet wasn't cheap, but those serious about safari happily paid the price for his product. Read the rest of Trophy Bonded Bear Claw.
The critter doesn’t stand a chance.
The Nosler Partition cannot be beat.
I like my Bear Claws filled with Cinnamon and Sugar, not that apple fritter crap.
It would be great if our military issued a decent bullet to our people. That green tip thing sucks.
L
+. My bullet of choice for 30+ years.
+. My bullet of choice for 30+ years.
But the critter might get lead poisoning.
The Army has replaced M855 green tips with the M855A1 enhanced performance round. In 7.62 it is the M80A1.
“The Army has replaced M855 green tips with the M855A1 enhanced performance round.”
I know. That one sucks, too. Issue a 62-65 grain soft point and be done with it. The current barrel twist will work just fine and the enhanced lethality will save American lives. Every other American LE Agency can use them. It’s time to ignore those stupid Hague Convention rules. We never even signed off on them anyway.
Personally I’d prefer something 70 grains or heavier but that would require replacing every barrel in the inventory.
L
Amen!!!
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