Kill pictures from cartridges above 6.5 Creed???

[Archer86]

My daughter killed a cow elk this year with a 7 prc surprised it didn't recoil to much for her and cause a miss......

 

[BAKPAKR]

This 58 cal “pellet” killed a concrete block at 50 yards.

 

[Article 4]

Again, no exit pic but pertinent to this thread.

550 lb wild boar in Europe. Shot with an outfitter provided 300 H&H and a 250 grain A Frame.

Why didn't they provide me with a 243 that is "easier to shoot?" Its not allowed. Why? tTheir experience is they don't penetrate well enough to kill...especially if it hits the shoulder bone.

 

[JGRaider]

If I were crazy enough to go to Europe to kill a pig I'd disguise my face too.

 

[Article 4]

If I were crazy enough to go to Europe to kill a pig I'd disguise my face too.

Its a beautiful place. The Hunting Consortium set it up at SCI for us.

Epic lodge, epic meals, girlfriend came, amazing rituals before and after the hunt...don't get me wrong, 10 days in a 2 man tent chasing elk is big fun.

So is having a shower and a great meal while seeing a great hunting culture.

Try it someday. Or not.

 

[Taudisio]

Lots of hate and snide comments around. I couldn’t care less what caliber someone uses or where/how they hunt, as long as it’s legal, go for it. I like seeing and learning from all forms of experience.

 

[HandgunHTR]

Again, no exit pic but pertinent to this thread.

550 lb wild boar in Europe. Shot with an outfitter provided 300 H&H and a 250 grain A Frame.

Why didn't they provide me with a 243 that is "easier to shoot?" Its not allowed. Why? tTheir experience is they don't penetrate well enough to kill...especially if it hits the shoulder bone.

I guess I should revive all of the dead pigs I have left laying around TX, GA, and SC that I killed with my 223 and tell them they shouldn’t be dead because contrary to them actually being dead, the bullet should not have penetrated their shoulders.

And yes, before you ask, quite a few of them were 300+ in weight

 

[Article 4]

I guess I should revive all of the dead pigs I have left laying around TX, GA, and SC that I killed with my 223 and tell them they shouldn’t be dead because contrary to them actually being dead, the bullet should not have penetrated their shoulders.

And yes, before you ask, quite a few of them were 300+ in weight

Great job!!!

 

[SC HUNTER]

I guess I should revive all of the dead pigs I have left laying around TX, GA, and SC that I killed with my 223 and tell them they shouldn’t be dead because contrary to them actually being dead, the bullet should not have penetrated their shoulders.

And yes, before you ask, quite a few of them were 300+ in weight

i couldn't begin to count how many pigs I've killed and watched others forever nap with 223's. Big and small we kill them all. we have pigs like we have mosquitos here in South Georgia.

 

[solarshooter]

190gr SMK’s


1st shot in the neck, 12 hours prior-
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2nd shot the next day.
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Modified 190gr SMK-
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Modified 220gr SMK’s-
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Factory 220gr SMK’s
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2x 220gr SMK’s. Fiat is lower, second is upper-
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168gr TTSX, 3,100fps impact-
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What does 'Modified' mean for these bullets?

 

[Formidilosus]

What does 'Modified' mean for these bullets?

Depends on which one. In general for most think opening the tips up- some a little, some a lot.

 

[huntnful]

28 Nosler


300 Norma Mag Improved


7-300 Norma Mag Improved


6.5-7 PRC


And of course a couple dozen coyotes with the same rifles also, because all my guns are coyote guns when I see a coyote lol.

 

[DisplacedHusky]

28 Nosler
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300 Norma Mag Improved
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7-300 Norma Mag Improved
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6.5-7 PRC
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And of course a couple dozen coyotes with the same rifles also, because all my guns are coyote guns when I see a coyote lol.

Jeez. Save some for the rest of us.

 

[JREG19]

215 berger out of a 300 wsm going 2890fps at the muzzle, about 100 yards away on a mule deer, quartering away hard.

 

[BAKPAKR]

28 Nosler
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300 Norma Mag Improved
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7-300 Norma Mag Improved
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6.5-7 PRC
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And of course a couple dozen coyotes with the same rifles also, because all my guns are coyote guns when I see a coyote lol.

That is an impressive collection of animals but it definitely looks like you are a fair weather hunter.

 

[huntnful]

That is an impressive collection of animals but it definitely looks like you are a fair weather hunter.

Hahaha! I try not to be, but late season tags are pretty hard to get! I normally hunt shitty general tags, which are normally during October. But I’ve spent a few dozen nights packed in in the snow as well.

 

[Halligan]

30-06
165 gr SST superformance load
Box velocity: 2950
Two does from the second MD rifle season snow tracking.

Doe #1: 55 yds shot on the move, dropped like a sack of potatoes. Quartering away, bullet recovered under hide on off side shoulder. Gutted this one, no pics due to light and a long drag, but lungs and heart were turned to mush.
Entry

Bullet experienced jacket-core separation during upset.





Doe #2:
Tracked for two miles, then ran back down its own trail towards us. Shot caught on camera but can’t insert for some reason. Shot was 40 yds, frontal presentation. Jumped about 6 feet in the air, then ran 30 yds and piled up. This one was quartered, front left quarter was tuned to burger, heart and lungs destroyed. Jacket fragments present in damaged quarter and vital area.

Entry:

 

[Macintosh]

Sure I’ll play. This is this years deer. Thirty caliber barnes factory-loaded 168gr TTSX, impact velocity around or a touch over 2600 fps. Deer was trotting briskly down a twitch trail, quartering-to, entry on upper point of shoulder blade, exit out rib cage behind shoulder on opposite side. The deer jumped and hunched at impact, and raced down the trail at full sprint down a very steep hill, piled up about 5 seconds/75ish yards later. Exceptional blood trail despite the relatively high hit.
Entry hole caliber size. Shoulder blade shattered, the bone fragments caused a much larger wound on the entry side than I normally get with these bullets. Entry side hole into the chest cavity is about the same as the exit hole—both about 1.5” round hole. Wound channel through lungs and organs was confined to the few inches around the wound. Im happy with this performance, I actually prefer less damage in order to minimize meat loss.

BTW, the reason there hasnt been a “big caliber wound pic thread” is because no one has ever doubted the efficacy of these cartridges, so there has been no need to show what they do—most of us are already familiar with what happens to an animal hit by a 3006, 300winmag, etc. The other threads exist because people routinely claimed—and still do, a few posts in this thread being prime examples—that smaller cartridges are insufficient, despite being ignorant of actual performance—so photo evidence was necessary to refute the many claims that they couldn't work.


Caliber-sized entry at point of knife


Bone fragments from hitting shoulder blade caused some meat loss. This is the inside of the entry-side shoulder.


Exit. This is hanging so the hole is elongated, its about a 1.5” round hole.


Entry is on upper left between the little crumbs of tallow. Exit is on the right. Both about 1.5” holes.


This is the exit side shoulder blade. Bullet did not hit this, photo is just to show how thin it is—literally, its thin enough light passes thru it. No centerfire rifle has any trouble penetrating a shoulder blade.

 

[jimh406]

I'm not sure pictures tell the whole story. I still haven't ever taken an entrance or exit picture after decades of hunting. I think there is a "type" that bothers to take the picture. Not an insult, but still, I think it's a small number of people.

 

[huntnful]

I'm not sure pictures tell the whole story. I still haven't ever taken an entrance or exit picture after decades of hunting. I think there is a "type" that bothers to take the picture. Not an insult, but still, I think it's a small number of people.

I totally agree. I’ve always been intrigued by bullet and terminal performance. When I was a little kid I used to load a pellet, followed by 2 BB’s in my pump action pellet gun. I’d pluck the birds to see what of the combo hit them lol. It wreaked havoc and I thought I was a genius hahaha. I still have the same mindset and “cutting edge” thoughts