American Shooting Journal – August 2019

74 American Shooting Journal // August 2019

bullet bulletin

not – in a straight line

along the path from

the muzzle. Spitzer

bullets, especially

today’s designs with

a long ogive, have

their center of gravity

further rearward, and

like a rear-wheel drive

car in the snow, will

tend to kick out to one

side or the other once

resistance (the animal)

is met. The famous story

about the 5.56 NATO

bullets being designed

to tumble is untrue; the

simple fact of the matter

is the FMJ spitzer bullet

tends to exit with the

heavy section (the rear

of the bullet) forward.

Keep the bullet weight

forward, and you

will see straight-line

penetration. The Trophy

Bonded Bear Claw does

The Federal

.300 Winchester

Magnum 200-grain

Trophy Bonded

Bear Claw load,

perfect for a hunter

wanting to extend

the capabilities

of his rifle while

hunting large game

in Alaska or Africa.

Federal’s .470 Nitro Express 500-grain

TBBC load, and author Phil Massaro’s

Heym Model 89B double rifle.

Massaro’s Heym double rifle certainly

likes the Federal Trophy Bonded Bear

Claw load, as this 75-yard target shows.