HUNTING
Best choice of bullet
for your hunting rifle
With the hunting season for 2018 over, many shots are planning for next year's hunting
season.
By Jan-Lodewyk Serfontein
Sales Clerk: Hinterland Arms,
Kroonstad and Hunting Expert
T
he 2018 hunting season is a
thing of the past and hunters are
already planning the next year's
hunt. The Hornady ELD-range of
bullets is available in our market, which
brings a number of questions about the
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different types of bullets and the advan-
tages and disadvantages of each one.
To make it even more difficult, Nosler's
new RDF-bullets are now also available
in South Africa. The questions regarding
new and better bullets could keep us
occupied for days. Let's discuss a few
bullet characteristics, which may help to
make next year's hunt even better than
this year's excursions.
A large variety of good bullets are
available in South Africa. Some are man-
ufactured in South Africa, but most of
them are imported. Since we use bullets
for different purposes, a wide spectrum
of bullets is available. Let's look at a few
applications and the best bullet for each
application.
Most bullets are used for target shoot-
ing. Due to the application of these bul-
lets, manufacturers have to design and
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