{"id":11462,"date":"2015-03-20T13:26:23","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T13:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/?p=11462"},"modified":"2015-10-24T03:20:33","modified_gmt":"2015-10-24T03:20:33","slug":"the-basics-of-rifle-bullets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/the-basics-of-rifle-bullets\/","title":{"rendered":"The Basics of Rifle Bullets"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’ve said before that when you go hunting the only piece of gear you carry with you, that will touch the animal, is your bullet. Bullets matter and the savvy hunters understand bullets. Men, as they say, are created equal – or at least in the same way. Bullets on the other hand are created in different ways and like men, act in different ways. Here is an elementary look at hunting bullets, how they are made and how they perform.<\/p>\n

To read the full article, click the image\u00a0below. Portions of the Empty Cases blog are syndicated at\u00a0North American Hunter<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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I’ve said before that when you go hunting the only piece of gear you carry with you, that will touch the animal, is your bullet. Bullets matter and the savvy hunters understand bullets. Men, as they say, are created equal – or at least in the same way. Bullets on the other hand are created in different ways and like men, act …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2522],"tags":[218,2361,381],"class_list":["post-11462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hunt","tag-hunting-bullets","tag-rifle-bullets","tag-terminal-performance"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5hujZ-2YS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7448,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/hunting-bullets-explained\/","url_meta":{"origin":11462,"position":0},"title":"Hunting Bullets Explained","author":"gunwriter","date":"August 15, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"HERE is a good breakdown of the differences between different hunting bullets. 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