90 gr GMX vs hog skull 3350 fps

[efw]

My son & I did some Texas hog hunting, and I was able to put em to excellent use (besides the great food!!) by running a 90 gr GMX through one length-wise. Velocity at muzzle was 3350 fps from my 257 AI, and it impacted the smallish (120 lbs?) pig's skull at approx 100 yds or likely 3000-ish. The effect was as one would imagine:



I found it in the ham with a retained weight of 40.4 gr or 45% which is pretty impressive given how tough pig skulls are!



Personally I'm happy as can be in spite of less than picturesque performance; it seems a tad softer than other mono metals.

I've been 3/3 on DRTs w/ this load (Pushed by Hunter) and couldn't be happier. I'd hesitated to utilize mono metals on deer-sized game in favor of softer bullets like NBT, but decided to give em a chance when MidwayUSA ran blems at a reasonable price.

They're sub-MOA before weight sorting so clearly this load is a keeper!

 

[JD338]

Eric,

Looks like you got some serious penetration and a freezer full of pork.
Good show.

JD338

 

[DrMike]

The stress may have peeled away a few pedals, but it would appear that the GMX worked quite well for you. Great capture of the bullet, Eric. Ya gotta' love those recovered bullets.

 

[SJB358]

Very nice Eric. That bullet went through some torture. Great recovery.

How was the rest of the wound channel after the skull?

 

[efw]

I butchered the thing myself but didn't get much look at wound channel since most was in noggin. I did see where it exited the back of the head and entered guts and there was a ton of blood inside chest cavity but the channel mostly dropped out w/ guts. I'd actually thought the bullet went with em; was suprised to find it!

 

[Guy Miner]

Nice work!