hawkdog wrote:
i have used both on coons we shot 4 coons the other nite with a 17 with polamer tiped rounds an head shot no damage at all
ill agree to that it depends on ammo use mainlyi think some types of hmr seemed to explode on contact with skin where ive had other brands that didnt....i always had the best luck and least pelt damage while using hmr hollow points i forget what brand they where but they made a mess of the interals pretty darned good....kinda reminded me off tomatoe soup haha but often times i have trouble finding the entrance hole even when the pelt was being stretched. i love the 17 hmr. ive never had a single "pill" bounce off anything or bounce up the skull bone of a coon like a .22 would do if you were to shoot a coon between the eyes. i cant even count how many coons ive shot out of a tree only hitting them between the eyes.it goes straight in and gets to work right quick. the only exist holes ive seen are with between the eye shots with horandy's polymar tipped shells they leave like a canadian dime sized hole in the back of the skull other then that i aint never had any pelt damage to explosive-ness...buy a couple different brands and fnd out what opens up quick and what gets the job done bud