Thro bullets Questions

[ole hunter]

We are hunting elk right now in Oregon and using Thro bullets , I have some questions and are we doing something wrong , We are getting pin hole pass threw's no expansion in the bullets ,, One of us was able to get a head shot on a yearling and I would expect a big exit hole ,,The 250 gr Thro bullet went straight threw the skull .500 hole in .500 hole out , It was originally hit left front shoulder bullet went threw shoulder down spine cut liver into out right side flank ,, Setup was a ,, CVA ML, 110 gr 3f Triple seven powder .
any help would be great ,,didn't retrieve bullets ,

 

[stevenm2]

I am glad you recovered the animal. I am sorry the bullets are not expanding,
what could you be doing wrong? You are loading it, hitting your target and getting bad downrange performance.
Bummer

 

[ole hunter]

They have great down range performance ,other words great groups on target ,, I called Thro last night and he walked me threw what the bullets do , Thro bullets work on a Hydraulic principle ,other word they work best in fluids or flesh ,bones will not make them expand or very little. The bullet will go threw and shoulder bone and not expand until it hits the fluids inside ,,,

 

[stevenm2]

Sorry I meant terminal performance. Meaning not expanding.
I will stick with a pure lead conical from my muzzleloader which has been tested for centuries.

 

[Bar]

That, or take lung shots with the Thor.

 

[jim thorpe]

I will be hunting elk for the first time this year in Co with ML. I have been using Thor 300g .501 ballistic tips for months on paper. They shot great with 110g of BH. Hope they don't disappoint me with poor terminal performance.

 

[MuleyFever]

One thing I have read is that the ballistic tip helps facilitate the expansion of the bullet. As I understand it the tip is forced back into the cavity and that starts expansion. In a plain hollow point something else has to encounter the bullet to start expansion. That may be why he said the bullet expands best in fluid or soft flesh. That fluid/flesh needs to fill the cavity to start expansion. I have read of hollow points not expanding when hitting bone (or tested in wood) because the hard object actually plugged the cavity of the hollow point.

I could also be very wrong.

 

[jim thorpe]

Thanks Muley. Hopefully we'll find out! Bunch of "ifs" involved but eventually I will know and I'll be sure to pass along the info.

 

[dotman]

Sounds like a few of us are using Thors this year, one of us is bound to find out

 

[ole hunter]

I Think the Thro bullet is a good shooting bullet ,Next year will be looking for other options ,,