Hi Guys, we are receiving our Elk sausage on Tuesday and I have run into something that I have never had before.
I shot that spiker Elk and it was only 236 yards away used my RX1000. I hit it first in the face as I thought it was a little further away than it was and it went down immediately and then got up and I then anchored it. My second shot was a little high hitting the spine there was not exist hole.
There butcher advised that the bullet exploded when it hit the spine and damage a lot of the back straps.
I have shot a number of animals in the spine over my 40 plus years of hunting but never had a Partition explode. I am trying to remember if I had ever hit a elk or moose up high but can not really remember, must be getting a little long in the tooth :wink:
Has anyone else had this experience.
I am shooting 130gr Part. in my 270 chron @ 3054fps.
I shot that spiker Elk and it was only 236 yards away used my RX1000. I hit it first in the face as I thought it was a little further away than it was and it went down immediately and then got up and I then anchored it. My second shot was a little high hitting the spine there was not exist hole.
There butcher advised that the bullet exploded when it hit the spine and damage a lot of the back straps.
I have shot a number of animals in the spine over my 40 plus years of hunting but never had a Partition explode. I am trying to remember if I had ever hit a elk or moose up high but can not really remember, must be getting a little long in the tooth :wink:
Has anyone else had this experience.
I am shooting 130gr Part. in my 270 chron @ 3054fps.