Recovered bullets

[nastynate]

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Shoot a bigger gun!

Maybe you need to shoot bigger critters! Ha

 

[FlatlandHunter]

175gr Terminal Ascent recovered off shoulder of a cow elk shot at 80 yards quartering away. Used my 30.06 and if I remember correctly it still weighed 167gr after it was cleaned up.

 

[LuketheDog]

6.5 127gr Barnes LRX recovered from an aspen trunk after a pass-through on a cow elk

 

[Sheltowee]

6.5 127gr Barnes LRX recovered from an aspen trunk after a pass-through on a cow elk

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Any rough estimate as to impact velocity? I would've thought an LRX would open up a little better.

Also, here's a 165gr. Accubond fired into a cow elk at about 75 yards moving about 2700fps.

 

[LuketheDog]

Any rough estimate as to impact velocity? I would've thought an LRX would open up a little better.

Maybe ~2500fps, 6.5CR, she was at 165yd

 

[LuketheDog]

Left: Nosler E-tip 120gr, 6.5PRC, 330 yds, bull elk, slightly quartering to, hit a rib on entry, found under the skin in front of the far side ham
Middle: Barnes LRX 127gr, 6.5creed, 265 yds, mule deer buck, frontal (follow-up after a pass through), found under the skin on the backside of the rear ham
Right: Hornady ELD-X 147gr, 6.5creed, 169 yds, mule deer buck, broadside, found in the opposite shoulder (which was completely obliterated and full of the disintegrated core), last thing I ever shot with an ELD-X



Here's the E-tip in the bull

 

[Guy]

225 grain Barnes TSX from a 338 Win mag - finishing shot at about 15 yards after the grizzly was down but not dead.
200 grain Nosler Partition from my 30-06. Dropped him twice with the 30-06, then the guide handed me his 338 for the finishing shot. All rounds fired at less than 40 yards. Heck of a hunt in the Brooks range a few years ago.

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

225 grain Barnes TSX from a 338 Win mag - finishing shot at about 15 yards after the grizzly was down but not dead.
200 grain Nosler Partition from my 30-06. Dropped him twice with the 30-06, then the guide handed me his 338 for the finishing shot. All rounds fired at less than 40 yards. Heck of a hunt in the Brooks range a few years ago.

Man look at those claws

 

[smw110136]

Got any? Any good stories? I’ve had nearly all pass throughs so don’t have many. Pictured are the two I’ve recovered. A 165 grain federal trophy copper 30-06 I dug out of the hillside after a broadside shot on a mule deer and a Barnes 50 cal TMZ I recovered out of a rear ham from a frontal shot on a whitetail. It heart shot that zipped through ribs, missed guts and ended up in the back ham, sliding along just under the hide, as best I could tell.

Exact same scenario as the post that started this thread. Frontal shot on an antelope buck. Barnes 50 cal TMZ. Recovered just under the hide on a rear quarter. Somehow missed the guts completely. Found the blue tip on the inside while quartering him out.

 

[nastynate]

Exact same scenario as the post that started this thread. Frontal shot on an antelope buck. Barnes 50 cal TMZ. Recovered just under the hide on a rear quarter. Somehow missed the guts completely. Found the blue tip on the inside while quartering him out.

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Looks like yours expanded a lot better than mine! I use 100grains of pyrodex pellets. I was wondering if I wasn’t fast enough for expansion or just that how it goes sometime. What’s your load?

 

[smw110136]

Looks like yours expanded a lot better than mine! I use 100grains of pyrodex pellets. I was wondering if I wasn’t fast enough for expansion or just that how it goes sometime. What’s your load?

150gr of White Hot pellets. And I've used that combo on several animals and had great expansion and retention. Just don't have pictures of them.