Terminal Performance
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 9:31 pm
Hey all, lots of discussion about accuracy... how about a little discussion on terminal performance.
If you've ever recovered one of your bullets let see it.
I currently shoot the Hornady SST in 250gr & here's the only bullet that I've ever recovered, it's from a little spike that I shot in 2010 at about 30 yards. He was quartering sharply away & the bullet passed thru the each of the last three ribs on the near side and thru the opposite shoulder blade and was a bump just under the skin at the front of the opposite shoulder. Deer dropped where it stood. These are pretty gnarly when expanded, I wouldn't want it spinning thru my soft tissue that's for sure.
My first experience with this bullet was in 2009 and the little 3pt had an entry wound the size of a nickel behind the front shoulder and an exit wound the size of a softball behind the opposite shoulder. The buck hit the dirt so hard that he split his skull between the antlers (a little Gorilla Glue and a screw salvaged the mount of my first buck ever).
If you've ever recovered one of your bullets let see it.
I currently shoot the Hornady SST in 250gr & here's the only bullet that I've ever recovered, it's from a little spike that I shot in 2010 at about 30 yards. He was quartering sharply away & the bullet passed thru the each of the last three ribs on the near side and thru the opposite shoulder blade and was a bump just under the skin at the front of the opposite shoulder. Deer dropped where it stood. These are pretty gnarly when expanded, I wouldn't want it spinning thru my soft tissue that's for sure.
My first experience with this bullet was in 2009 and the little 3pt had an entry wound the size of a nickel behind the front shoulder and an exit wound the size of a softball behind the opposite shoulder. The buck hit the dirt so hard that he split his skull between the antlers (a little Gorilla Glue and a screw salvaged the mount of my first buck ever).