{"id":7448,"date":"2013-08-15T18:10:26","date_gmt":"2013-08-15T18:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ramworks.net\/blog\/?p=7448"},"modified":"2015-10-25T19:54:04","modified_gmt":"2015-10-25T19:54:04","slug":"hunting-bullets-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/hunting-bullets-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunting Bullets Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huntingclub.com\/blogs\/articletype\/articleview\/articleid\/15120\/types-of-bullets-for-hunting-a-simple-bullet-breakdown#.Ug0W07-jS-8\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7297\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/BB-35-Whelen-Bullet-300x295.jpg?resize=300%2C295\" alt=\"BB 35 Whelen Bullet\" width=\"300\" height=\"295\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huntingclub.com\/blogs\/articletype\/articleview\/articleid\/15120\/types-of-bullets-for-hunting-a-simple-bullet-breakdown#.Ug0W07-jS-8\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a> is a good breakdown of the differences between different hunting bullets. Ron Spomer has a lot of experience shooting big game animals all over the world with a lot of different bullets which is why when I put together the book, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rifle-Bullets-Hunter-Definitive-Study\/dp\/B000P0LFTU\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1376590140&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=rifle+bullets+for+the+hunter\" target=\"_blank\"><em><strong>Rifle Bullets for the Hunte<\/strong><\/em>r<\/a> I had Ron contribute his expertise. Too many hunters do not understand the differences in bullets and in turn make bad bullet decisions. I&#8217;ve done that too. Remember, your bullet is the only thing you take to the woods that actually touches the animal you are after. Well, except your knife. But if your bullet don&#8217;t work you won&#8217;t need your knife for anything excepting cutting up the cheese you&#8217;ll be eating with your wine and meatless meal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HERE is a good breakdown of the differences between different hunting bullets. Ron Spomer has a lot of experience shooting big game animals all over the world with a lot of different bullets which is why when I put together the book, Rifle Bullets for the Hunter I had Ron contribute his expertise. Too many hunters do not understand the differences in &hellip;<\/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":[216,217,218,219,220,221],"class_list":["post-7448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hunt","tag-bonded-bullets","tag-cup-and-core-bullets","tag-hunting-bullets","tag-monolithic-bullets","tag-partition-bullets","tag-ron-sopmer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5hujZ-1W8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11462,"url":"https:\/\/empty-cases.com\/blog\/the-basics-of-rifle-bullets\/","url_meta":{"origin":7448,"position":0},"title":"The Basics of Rifle Bullets","author":"gunwriter","date":"March 20, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"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. 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