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Post by greenhunter5364 on Jan 12, 2009 1:30:42 GMT -5
NEVER NEVER NEVER stare at the rack through your scope with your finger on the trigger!
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Post by oldhoyt on Jan 14, 2009 8:13:07 GMT -5
I hunted with a couple other guys and did some small pushes. I bumped three deer to a guy and he shot one broadside at 10 yds. The bullet hit the deer behind the shoulder, about how you'd like it. The wierd part is there was an exit wound on the entry side, about 6 inches back from the entry hole. It was about 2 inches in diameter. There was an exit on the off side, and also another exit on the entry side. Obviously the bullet blew up on impact, but I've never seen it happen to that degree.
He was shooting a Savage smokeless with a 300 gr hollowpoint bullet, some sort of Hornady I think. He was using the recommended powder charge. I attribute the poor performance to the close range and the hollowpoint. Give mean FPB any day. That bullet holds together and is 50 cal to start. No need for expansion, but any expansion it does get is a bonus. Two holes guaranteed.
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Post by danf on Jan 14, 2009 8:32:12 GMT -5
The doe I shot this year with my Contender had me somewhat confounded when Dad and I skinned her out. I've got pics of it (they are a little graphic though)......
I shot her with my .357 Maximum (handloaded 180 grain Hornady XTP's) at a distance of 15-20 yards. She was quartering to slightly, not a shot I'd take with a bow, but with a gun no problem. Bullet entered just behind the shoulder on the left side. Near as we can figure it fragmented somewhere but where I don't know. There was a puncture in the diaphragm and stomach, which could have been from a fragment. The exit hole on the off side was at a forward and UP angle (I shot her from 18' high!). There was also TWO separate holes in the back of the neck just below the base of the head. When I found her, before field dressing, I only found the entry hole. It wasn't until later that I found the other 3 holes. ;D
I'll have to shoot a couple more before I make a definite decision on the XTP's, but I've heard others complain about fragmentation. This could have been a product of the close range....
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Post by oldhoyt on Jan 14, 2009 10:53:38 GMT -5
I once shot a deer with a 45/70, hit it through the ribs. Upon skinning I was somewhat surprised to find a very fresh 30 cal wound just under the skin, along the top of the back/neck. Then I remembered I did hear some shots that sounded 30/30ish about 20 minutes before I shot the deer. So, it is possible that a deer can have wounds that are not related to the killing shot.
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Post by scrub-buster on Jan 14, 2009 23:20:31 GMT -5
I'll have to shoot a couple more before I make a definite decision on the XTP's, but I've heard others complain about fragmentation. This could have been a product of the close range.... Here is what the Hornady XTP in 44mag did for me this year.
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Post by chicobrownbear on Jan 18, 2009 7:36:18 GMT -5
I'll have to shoot a couple more before I make a definite decision on the XTP's, but I've heard others complain about fragmentation. This could have been a product of the close range.... Here is what the Hornady XTP in 44mag did for me this year. Looks like a deer hammer.
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Post by danf on Jan 18, 2009 10:50:11 GMT -5
Yeah, that does. I have no idea what mine looked like since it was no where in the body of the doe. The range I shot her at may have had something to do with that though!
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Post by scrub-buster on Jan 18, 2009 21:22:55 GMT -5
That shot was from about 20-25 yards.
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