.223, 6mm, and 6.5 failures on big game

[nagibson1]

Yes. I have shot hundreds of deer. All with larger cartridges and they all have left blood trails.

Yes. I shot Sierra hollow point game kings in 2005ish. 30cal in 30_06. No exit wounds. Killed a few deer, but found them eventually. Then I lost a doe after a perfect heart shot in Alabama. Saw the death kick and not a speck of blood. I switched bullets after that.

However, my 06 always seems to leave a blood trail and my. 243 doesn't. I like blood trails, esp in eastern hunting in thick stuff or evening hunts. I'm neither elf nor Indian. I like easy tracking.

 

[mxgsfmdpx]

Yes. I shot Sierra hollow point game kings in 2005ish. 30cal in 30_06. No exit wounds. Killed a few deer, but found them eventually. Then I lost a doe after a perfect heart shot in Alabama. Saw the death kick and not a speck of blood. I switched bullets after that.

However, my 06 always seems to leave a blood trail and my. 243 doesn't. I like blood trails, esp in eastern hunting in thick stuff or evening hunts. I'm neither elf nor Indian. I like easy tracking.

You don’t need to be an elf or an Indian to learn how to find dead whitetails on the east coast.

“I’m gonna use a bullet that takes longer to kill in most cases, but it MIGHT leave a blood trail.” Weird.

 

[wind gypsy]

Lots of guys run 6.5s in 7 twist barrels. I've seen a lot of 22 creeds twisted 1:7 running well over 3500 fps.

I largely think the issue is the paper-thin jacket on the ELD-M. Berger, Nosler, and Sierra bullets don't have the same track record of self destruction.

You’ll find plenty of tales of 147s going poof if you look around as well.

Berger’s target line exists because of jacket failures that were occurring in competition from rifles with hot bores, faster twist, and worn barrels. You’ll find plenty of stories of guys struggling to keep 90 gr 22 pills together too.

I don’t worry about elds, especially the x version, going poof before reaching the target in hunting scenarios.

 

[Tell]

Maybe elk can stop bullets?

30cal bonded. That is the entrance into the back-strap.

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