CatskillCrawler
Handloader
- Jul 30, 2011
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Excuse the cellphone quality and maglite lighting.
This bullet entered a 2.5 yr old male WT's throat head-on, just under the chin, just as it climbed to the apex of a small hill. Shot was 45 yds from a Ruger M77. It traveled thru the spine in the neck and then plowed alongside the spine for another 26" and was found under the hide on the back.
This same load went thru a large cow elk at 130yds (broadside, ribs, double lung shot) and left a 2-3" exit hole. Cow ran for 225yds with a large doormat-size splatter trail at every bound spot before piling up.
This bullet entered a 2.5 yr old male WT's throat head-on, just under the chin, just as it climbed to the apex of a small hill. Shot was 45 yds from a Ruger M77. It traveled thru the spine in the neck and then plowed alongside the spine for another 26" and was found under the hide on the back.
This same load went thru a large cow elk at 130yds (broadside, ribs, double lung shot) and left a 2-3" exit hole. Cow ran for 225yds with a large doormat-size splatter trail at every bound spot before piling up.