These are both 168gr ttsx fired from a 3006, the bright one a bit over 100 yds in a deer (belly to spine, exit through large vertebra, was already down), the other from an elk at 60-70 yards, found against the exit side shoulder ball joint. Impact velocity would have been 2500-2600 for both.
Higher velocity than a 308 at 180 yards, but wondering about the bullets pictured with petals “sheared off”. The other picture of bullet from 308 looks to me like the bullet never created petals in the first place, as on both of my bullets the petals expanded significantly farther down the shaft of the bullet before one broke off. I haven’t seen very many of these, but it looks to me like those bullets simply didn’t expand, not that they broke petals off. Are those other bullets expanding only a tiny amount before the petals break off? Expansion and petals do not look the same to me so I’m wondering what the difference is. Anyone with more experience with these have ideas on why my bullets did not shear petals (minus 1) even though they opened much further and were traveling 150-200fps faster on impact?