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Post by zeus on Nov 5, 2012 16:49:39 GMT -5
Thanks guys! It was a great trip and for the record....I've already started the cookout  |
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Post by pbslinger on Nov 5, 2012 17:52:57 GMT -5
Nice shooting Glenn! Glad you realized a dream hunt.
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Post by kaytod on Nov 5, 2012 20:37:36 GMT -5
Congratulations Glenn.
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Post by squawberryman on Nov 5, 2012 20:42:55 GMT -5
Did the bullet exit or did you recover as it was a HP sir?
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Post by zeus on Nov 5, 2012 20:56:50 GMT -5
It exited the offside shoulder just to the rear of the knuckle and legbone. About two more inches forward and we would have found it for sure as it would have centered that knuckle. The bullet did expand early as we thought it would and really punch a large torn hole through the onside lungs. It was a cleaner hole through the top of the heart and then another large hole in offside lung. Leaving ribcage, that is where it was a perfectly circular hole with one rib completely severed and another half into. There was actually about 7 inches of bloodshot tissue on exit side around exit hole. More than I've ever seen when using cast bullets in the past. It sheared some of the nose pieces that were most likely peeled back just before it exited. I found one small piece in the shoulder on offside and the whole in the hide wasn't large at the exit. As Dick mentioned, it acted much like a soft nosed cast bullet. You get really good initial expansion and "splash" and then the nose may possibly shear but then you have the base that keeps trucking along. I was really impressed with the performance.
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Post by Markbo on Nov 14, 2012 17:06:00 GMT -5
Glenn, just a heads up... I am going to use this post and information as reference for questions about bullet construction. Your 'soft' bullet and HP have me questioning a lot of previous information passed around here.
Mark
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Post by ChrisO on Nov 17, 2012 11:36:47 GMT -5
Congratulations Glenn!!!
Super story and pictures!
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