DRT Terminal shock results on game

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Is anyone shooting DRT Terminal Shock on game and does anyone have any first hand knowledge of how the performed? Pictures? Testimonials etc….??
 
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I've got the 95gr terminal shock loaded up for an elk hunt next month so hopefully will have something to contribute.

@SouthPaw has taken at least a couple animals with results in these threads.
 
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I've got the 95gr terminal shock loaded up for an elk hunt next month so hopefully will have something to contribute.

@SouthPaw has taken at least a couple animals with results in these threads.
Awesome! Thanks. Keep me updated. Thinking I’m going to try the 95s and 67 in
My .243.

The 200s are doing great out of my wsm. Just haven’t connected with anything yet for first hand results.
 
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Three elk down with the DRTs last weekend. A 6x6 bull with the 135 (6.5 creed) at about 350 yards and a 5x6 bull and cow at 200 with the 95 (6 creed). Both shots on bulls were too far back, about center elk or a little further back, but neither made it more than 50 yards before laying down. Photo of entrance and exit from the 135 below. No terminal performance photos from the bull taken with the 95 unfortunately but there was no obvious exit wound. Did get an exit photo from a neck shot on the cow.

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5x6 died in a great spot:
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Neck shot on cow:
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While better shots on the bulls would have obviously been preferred, I think there is something to be said about how these bullets did even with poor shot placement.
 

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Three elk down with the DRTs last weekend. A 6x6 bull with the 135 (6.5 creed) at about 350 yards and a 5x6 bull and cow at 200 with the 95 (6 creed). Both shots on bulls were too far back, about center elk or a little further back, but neither made it more than 50 yards before laying down. Photo of entrance and exit from the 135 below. No terminal performance photos from the bull taken with the 95 unfortunately but there was no obvious exit wound. Did get an exit photo from a neck shot on the cow.

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5x6 died in a great spot:
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Neck shot on cow:
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While better shots on the bulls would have obviously been preferred, I think there is something to be said about how these bullets did even with poor shot placement.
So the 2 bulls both wrecked the liver maybe and lost blood pressure quick, or did they hit lung? Looks promising!
I'd be launching them fast in an 18" 22creed. I can only imagine that faster is going to cause a deeper, more devastating wound, right?
 
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So the 2 bulls both wrecked the liver maybe and lost blood pressure quick, or did they hit lung? Looks promising!
I'd be launching them fast in an 18" 22creed. I can only imagine that faster is going to cause a deeper, more devastating wound, right?

Damage to the liver in both cases and possibly diaphragm but required additional rounds to finish them. I’m shuffling barrels around and one will be a 22 creed.
 

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Damage to the liver in both cases and possibly diaphragm but required additional rounds to finish them. I’m shuffling barrels around and one will be a 22 creed.
Thanks! I'll have to give these a try. And, please update us on any results. I killed a couple elk and deer with bulldozer 2's (.224) and it was great for deer at 3500ish, but I'm looking for something a bit more devastating for elk. 100 yard runs (3300fps) with both lungs punched, not bad, but these DRTs sure sound like they would 'soup' the lungs when driven fast
 
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Whitetail buck 6.5x55 Swede DRT TS 135
MV 2675, impact velocity est 2634
21 yards
Frontal, entrance base of neck. Bullet made it to back of lungs shredded them completely. No photo of lungs unfortunately but not much was left. Deer dropped and dead immediately with CNS, lungs hit and ventricles on top of heart severed. So far so good with this bullet. More to come
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Entrance above. Entrance into body cavity below.
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223 79g DRT TS factory load out of a tikka t3x 223 with 16.5” barrel and can on it. MV of 2500 fps. Impact velocity 2475fps. (12yards). My buddies first deer. First shot high shoulder second in neck as he was told to shoot until it’s dead. First shot dropped deer in tracks. First deer I have seen killed with a 223 and it’s compelling to see that little gun do its thing. no exit and the bullet fragmented all over into the opposIte side of chest cavity.
Onside shoulder/neck (shoulder removed)
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223 79g DRT TS factory load out of a tikka t3x 223 with 16.5” barrel and can on it. MV of 2500 fps. Impact velocity 2475fps. (12yards). My buddies first deer. First shot high shoulder second in neck as he was told to shoot until it’s dead. First shot dropped deer in tracks. First deer I have seen killed with a 223 and it’s compelling to see that little gun do its thing. no exit and the bullet fragmented all over into the opposIte side of chest cavity.
Onside shoulder/neck (shoulder removed)
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Thank you for posting.
 

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223 79g DRT TS factory load out of a tikka t3x 223 with 16.5” barrel and can on it. MV of 2500 fps. Impact velocity 2475fps. (12yards). My buddies first deer. First shot high shoulder second in neck as he was told to shoot until it’s dead. First shot dropped deer in tracks. First deer I have seen killed with a 223 and it’s compelling to see that little gun do its thing. no exit and the bullet fragmented all over into the opposIte side of chest cavity.
Onside shoulder/neck (shoulder removed)
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12 and 21 yards? Dude you need to take up bowhunting!
 

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Another 2 results but these are a bit more anecdotal as they are friends that used DRT I gave them to try. Not as detailed but it helps add more data points. 2 Wisconsin whitetails.
1- DRT TS 135g 308 factory rounds. Shooting from an old browning a bolt MV 2800+fps. 70yards to impact on large doe. She ran 50 yards with a red carpet snd “Backside lungs destroyed” and exit (pic of exit below)” my buddy ordered more after this and was thrilled with how the rounds grouped in his gun.
2- Family friend was lamenting about granddaughter needing a better 223 bullet or having to move up calibers after some prior rodeos/misses/non recoveries. Factory bolt gun. I Gave him a box of 223 DRT 79g elites to try. Today I Received a text message she shot a buck and it dropped dead and he has a very happy granddaughter. The picture was an ecstatic kid with her first buck.

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3 cow elk with the 135 DRT TS from a 6.5 x55 Swede tikka t3, 19” barrel with sico sythe TI can. Muzzle velocity 2725fps.

Cow 1: this was a bit more of a rodeo as I dialed 1/2 mil more (I replayed it a million times and it was a complete boneheaded mistake) than yardage called for so I was shooting higher than I should have been. Wind was whipping and I did not do a wind hold on shots 1-4. 270 yards, impact velocity 2276fps. Prone off pack with pollinator. Shots 1-4 all rack shoot rack shoot spotting impacts and sending immediately. Shots 1-3 high back lung, shot 4 was rushed and hit spine mid body. Cow slid and tumbled down rocky face 60 yards to left. New range 250 and I checked dial and held better for wind and bullseye head shot. Total yards traveled 60, time to incapacitation 30 seconds. This was a gutless quarter so pics and details are not as helpful. When I pulled out the heart after moving a rib the inside lungs, etc was soup. Shots 1-3 all exited. Spine shot was no exit. Head shot was I think technically an exit it was a mess.

Cow 2: prone off pack at 120 yards. Impact velocity 2519fps. Cow walking into strong wind slightly quartering to. Hold was front of shoulder and impacted point of shoulder at scapula/humerous junction. Cow took two bounds and tipped over. Time to incapacitation 10 seconds. There was almost nothing left of the heart. No exit for this bullet.

Cow 3: 160 yards slightly quartering away. Impact velocity 2453fps. My brother shooting with Shots kneeling unsupported. Shot one through lungs and the cow hunched and bolted, shot 2 while cow running further back lungs/liver. Lungs with large damage and spray of bullet fragments throughout lungs. Both bullets exited. Cow went 80 yards and piled up. Time to incapacitation 20 seconds.

Cow 1 exit
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Cow 1 exit shoulder removed
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Cow 1 entry scapula
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Cow 1 exit scapula
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Cow 2 entry hide removed
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Cow 2 entrance to chest cavity
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Cow 2 inside of entry shoulder
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Cow 3 entry hide removed

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Cow 3 shot 2 exit hide removed

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Cow 3 exit side internal view shot 2 (shot 1 to the right of image)

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Hopefully this is clear enough for the bullet performance. I am thrilled with DRT as a non lead option in the 6.5 bullet so far.
 
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