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Love your quote "I practice a lot at 600 to make the 350yd and shorter shots I look for easier"They have done well for me so far. Only downside I've seen is that when a whitetail takes off after the shot (my wife's and my buddies bucks) they don't leave a big blood trail in their initial sprint. Much less than I've seen with Accubonds in the past. The smaller entrance and exit just don't gush blood as fast. We recovered both deer within 100 yards of where they were hit, but they didn't leave much blood getting there. They just sprinted until they died basically. Could be more of an issue on a poor shot. Where they don't over-expand or blow up though shooting through the shoulder can fix that.
My rifle keeps them up around 1930fps at 600 yards. That's as far as I'd shoot at game even under ideal conditions. From my limited experience I expect them to perform fine out there, and much better at the ranges I usually shoot game at. I practice a lot at 600 to make the 350yd and shorter shots I look for easier.
Argue it all day long, don't matter to me - LEAD ain't good for us in ANY concentration ….. I've heard the "common sense isn't that common anymore" but I haven't seen who's sayin' it ...Also, just found this guy- gives a pretty comprehensive look at the comparison between the terminal ballistics of lead and copper monos... food for thought, as it pertains to your food:
Argue it all day long, don't matter to me - LEAD ain't good for us in ANY concentration ….. I've heard the "common sense isn't that common anymore" but I haven't seen who's sayin' it ...
can you be more detailed about the meat damage and particulars ?
Love your quote "I practice a lot at 600 to make the 350yd and shorter shots I look for easier"
Well said. What power scope do you practce at 600 yards? I use the 3.5 x 10 CDs..works good, but would like a bit more magnification to practice out to 600 yrd.
kris
sounds like what you'd expect from either hit to me ?The first was a 3-1/2 year old 5 point and he was nearly broadside at 25 yards running. The bullet went through level with the heart but just behind it and stopped under the hide on the exit side. I don't remember if it hit ribs on either side but there was not as much bloodshot meat as I expected.
The second was another 3-1/2 year old 5 point standing broadside at 450 yards. The bullet hit center of the spine on the first vertebrae in front of the shoulder (C1?) and he dropped in a cloud of dust. A good portion of the neck meat was destroyed and bone splinters were in about 4-5" radius of impact. Both sides were bloodshot from the shoulder to 6" from the skull, worse than I expected at that distance.
I looked but found no bullet fragments and the exit hole in the hide was about 2"x4".
This was a 180gr Etip from a 300WSM with 24.5 +/- barrel starting at 2900 fps.