Recovered bullets

[thomas89]

Barnes .284/140 TTSX, off side shoulder of a raghorn. 138.9 retained.



Makers Bullet .375 cal, off side shoulder of cow elk, originally 220 gr. Can’t recall retained weight.



Federal Trophy Bonded Tip, .277/130 gr, off side shoulder of whitetail buck. Yet again, can’t recall retained weight. 401 yards though, furthest shot I think I’ve taken.

 

[Straight Arrow]

7mm-08 copper bullet blessed the larder with a fine alfalfa fed antelope. (shot at 225 yds)

 

[WildWill]

130gr 270 accubond 150 yards on a deer.

240gr TC mag express 50 cal 60-100 yards deer.

250gr 45 long colt at less then 10 yards on a hog.

 

[B&CTom]

Recovered a .300 wsm Winchester XP3 after it passed through a bull elk at about 40 yards, and embedded into an old stump. Not sure why the XP3 went away. I was getting very impressive wound channels in elk with that round

 

[Hem]

Cool thread.
Looked high and low for two .50 cal round balls i recovered from a moose. Round on one side, flat on the other.
You get the picture.

 

[mtmuley]

12 Guage. Cow elk. 50 yards or so on both. Smooth bore 870. I kill birds with it too. mtmuley

 

[Hunt&FishCO]

270 Win, 130gr, Hornady SST, bull elk, 300yds, - found in the opposite hide largely intact.

 

[Caseknife]

290 Barnes T-EZ from my bull this year, 56 yards, imbedded in the shoulder on the off side. Bottom bullet was in the neck, the grinder found it.

 

[Wild Bill]

290 Barnes T-EZ from my bull this year, 56 yards, imbedded in the shoulder on the off side. Bottom bullet was in the neck, the grinder found it.View attachment 347791

Just picked up some 250s the other day and my gun really liked them. Glad to see some good results.

 

[Sheltowee]

270 Win, 130gr, Hornady SST, bull elk, 300yds, - found in the opposite hide largely intact. View attachment 347783

Haven't shot an elk with one but damned if the SSTs aren't my favorite deer bullet. They just work.

 

[Foldem]

50 cal no excuses after passing through a big bull elk at 50 yards and stuck under the far side hide.

 

[NR_Hunter]

Speer Grand Slam from a .30-06 found in a cow elk that my buddy shot.

 

[Redman]

Barnes 139gr LRX 7mm Rem Mag. Recovered under skin in leg after going through opposite shoulder. Range was over 150yds but less than 300yds (snowing to hard for rangefinder)

 

[Caseknife]

This was the last deer I killed with a gun. Barnes TTX 120 grain fired from 10.5 300 BLK AR-Pistol. He was facing away but I had a steep downward angle into the body cavity. It was about 60 yards and the bullet punched thru the spine and seared a nasty round channel thru the entire length of one lung. He didn’t take a step. I found the bullet in the body cavity up again the sternum.

And you can bet your ass I used camera angles to make the deer look as big as possible!
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Nice buck, but that bullet sure looks like a cup and core, maybe a Speer Grand Slam from the GS on the base.

 

[Dan O]

Nice buck, but that bullet sure looks like a cup and core, maybe a Speer Grand Slam from the GS on the base.

I also see a lead core.

 

[NR_Hunter]

Nice buck, but that bullet sure looks like a cup and core, maybe a Speer Grand Slam from the GS on the base.

Man what the heck, it clearly does say GS on the bottom.

I tapped the bullet on my desk… the lead core fell out…..

I have no idea how I got this bullet, but I’m pretty sure this is actually a bullet my buddy shot a cow elk with. I’ve had this bullet for the last two years thinking it went with that buck, even had it on the shelf under the euro mount this whole time.

Now I’m annoyed cause I have now idea where my copper bullet is.

EDIT: I texted my buddy last night and asked what bullet he was using when we were elk hunting… sure enough he says Speer Grand Slam.

 

[slatebuilder]

95 grain hammer hunter tipped out of a 257 weatherby mag. 288 yards whitetail doe. Quartering to, left front shoulder through the body cavity to the right hind quarter just under the skin.

 

[Sheltowee]

95 grain hammer hunter tipped out of a 257 weatherby mag. 288 yards whitetail doe. Quartering to, left front shoulder through the body cavity to the right hind quarter just under the skin.
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What was your MV? Hoping to get to post something similarly come January but out of a .257 Ackley.

 

[slatebuilder]

What was your MV? Hoping to get to post something similarly come January but out of a .257 Ackley.

I am not sure, we do not have a chronograph

Edit. With 68.5 of IMR 4350 conservatively my guess would be 3500 or better.

 

[Pucky Freak]

143 gr. ELDX, 320 yards. Quartering to, hit just under the spine and ruined the opposite tenderloin. Antelope doe dead in a few seconds.