Chuck R.
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So yesterday I tagged a 7 pt at about 245 yds, quartering away, moving. Behind close shoulder, into the off-side shoulder, mid height.
Resulted in a bang-flop, no surprise there.
What was a surprise was the lack of an exit hole and the amount of tiny fragments in the off shoulder. Lungs were toast, cavity full of blood. I'm assuming that the majority of the bullet remained in the gut pile, because when I processed him I couldn't find it, only small fragments. Bullet did not penetrate the off shoulder blade and there was surprisingly little meat damage for a shoulder shot.
Load was; .270, 130 Nosler AB, MV 3170. IAW Strelok the impact velocity should have been about 2600+ FPS.
Not going to complain about performance, the buck was about as dead as they get. The other animals I've shot with this load were perfect broadside, double lung shots with exit wounds. I'd have thought being a bonded bullet I'd get an exit wound. I've used 130 BTs and made similar shots and had 2 holes.
Experiences with the ABs??
Resulted in a bang-flop, no surprise there.
What was a surprise was the lack of an exit hole and the amount of tiny fragments in the off shoulder. Lungs were toast, cavity full of blood. I'm assuming that the majority of the bullet remained in the gut pile, because when I processed him I couldn't find it, only small fragments. Bullet did not penetrate the off shoulder blade and there was surprisingly little meat damage for a shoulder shot.
Load was; .270, 130 Nosler AB, MV 3170. IAW Strelok the impact velocity should have been about 2600+ FPS.
Not going to complain about performance, the buck was about as dead as they get. The other animals I've shot with this load were perfect broadside, double lung shots with exit wounds. I'd have thought being a bonded bullet I'd get an exit wound. I've used 130 BTs and made similar shots and had 2 holes.
Experiences with the ABs??