More non lead data points for those looking at bullet options. Two cow elk kills with the 125 McGuire copper rose. 6.5 PRC 3130mv
Cow 1: 248 yards, single feed, broadside. 2777 est impact velocity
High double lung hit. Ran into trees 110 yards and tipped over. No follow up shot available but could see her stumbling on her way. Full pass through. Bullet fragmented on entry and core tumbled passing through. Lungs with heavy damage. Copper fragments in wound channel. Time to expiration about 13 seconds
Exit
Exit hide removed
Entry front shoulder removed
Cow 2:
-shot 1 151 yards, 2911 impact velocity, single feed, broadside
Hit back in paunch in front of the hips. (My idiot self did not hit the shot process brake as it took steps forward. I was furious with myself but saved that for when she was dead). Bullet tumbled but did not create large upset in only soft tissue. She bunched with group and ran 60-80 yards. Stayed in scope and the moment she separated from the others…
-Shot 2: 222 yards, broadside, 2813 fps magazine feed
Front shoulder hit and dropped. Shattered ball joint of onside shoulder, hit front lobes of lung, broke base of scapula and core of bullet found on the inside of the hide on opposite shoulder. She Picked her head up and..
-Shot 3, 222 yards, 2813 fps, broadside, magazine feed, neck pass through immediate incapacitation. Copper fragments in offside hide. Time to expiration 36 seconds.
Shot 1 exit
Shot 2 entry hide removed
Shot 2 ball joint onside shoulder
Shot 2 exit and bullet
Shot 3 entry hide removed
I only have 5 kills with this bullet so far thus I am hesitant to opine yet, but as of now it is far more damaging than the typical mono kills I have witnessed. Both performed in tissue, but the single feed is notably more destructive. More to come next hunting season
