A couple recovered bullets

[Roksliding]

One is a buddies 185 grain berger hybrid shot out of a 300 win into an elk at 300 yards 73.8 grains of bullet found In the far shoulder meat. (Tricep if you will)

the other is 160grain Accubond shot out of a 7mag at an elk at 35 yards 111.8 grain bullet found ready to pop out the hide on the far side...

thought it was interesting, maybe you guys will too.

 

[ericwh]

I find rifle shots on elk at 35 yards interesting!

 

[Roksliding]

I find rifle shots on elk at 35 yards interesting!

Yeah me to. Long story I’ll spare you, but the moral of the story is irony..

 

[5MilesBack]

The last time I shot a bull with a rifle he came in below me bugling at 25 yards. I stood there looking at him telling myself I should have a bow in my hands, so every year since I have. But over the course of the next few seconds of that encounter, I put four 175gr Partitions through him all at ranges from 8 yards to 25 yards before he went down. No bullets to recover, and not much meat to recover from his left shoulder.

I did recover a bullet from my daughter's ML bull. 199gr from a 338gr Powerbelt from 30 yards recovered against the offside hide. That's a lot of lead lost "somewhere" in the animal, hopefully we didn't eat it all.

 

[rayporter]

lessons are learned this way!

 

[Scoony]

I shot a whitetail buck last weekend with a AR-15 in 6.8 spc. I hand load 110 grain Nosler Accubonds at about 2560 fps. The deer was 70-80 yards away. The bullet entered high on the shoulder. Entrence hole was small, but the shoulder blade had a 2" hole in it. Bullet traveled at an angle towards the rear quarter and stopped just under the skin behind the last rib. About 20' of penetration. It retain 75% of it's weight. Lungs and liver were destroyed.

 

[Overdrive]

That's how the Berger is designed, should shrapnel inside the chest cavity. The "Hybrid" is designed to not be as sensitive to seating depth as the VLD. I use the VLD's in my 7 mag and 257 Wthby and I usually only find the back of the bullet if it hasn't exited. But the lungs and heart are soup.

 

[Jonn44]

7mm-08 140 gr weighed out around 120gr

 

[Roksliding]

7mm-08 140 gr weighed out around 120gr

What kind/brand of bullet is that?

muzzle velocity?

 

[Jonn44]

What kind/brand of bullet is that?

muzzle velocity?

Hornady eld-x, 2700 ish I believe.