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6.5mm 120 gr Sierra Pro-Hunter what happened?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jinx-)" data-source="post: 571394" data-attributes="member: 19791"><p>On Saturday regular deer season opened, so I was out on the tree-stand after 30 minutes I spotted nice buck about 150 yards away heading towards me. This time I used rifle which I custom build from Savage 111 action, Riflebasix trigger and Criterion barrel chambered in 260 Rem. For this hunt I loaded 120 gr Sierra Pro-Hunter bullets on top of 45 gr RL-17, basically 2980 fps. So I hesitated to take a shot through thick brush and since buck was heading towards me I just waited for a clean shot, which took place 40 yards from a tree-stand, that buck never took another step and felt on the same spot, the bullet hit 4th rib on the right side, but there were no exit.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/6129/deer113.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>that bullet went through both lungs and it was nothing but gooey left, then it destroyed humerus junction with shoulder bone, then 5" up from it I found bullet jacket, probably half of it on the inside of the shoulder blade. </p><p></p><p>So had anyone used this bullets and what are your experiences with them?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jinx-), post: 571394, member: 19791"] On Saturday regular deer season opened, so I was out on the tree-stand after 30 minutes I spotted nice buck about 150 yards away heading towards me. This time I used rifle which I custom build from Savage 111 action, Riflebasix trigger and Criterion barrel chambered in 260 Rem. For this hunt I loaded 120 gr Sierra Pro-Hunter bullets on top of 45 gr RL-17, basically 2980 fps. So I hesitated to take a shot through thick brush and since buck was heading towards me I just waited for a clean shot, which took place 40 yards from a tree-stand, that buck never took another step and felt on the same spot, the bullet hit 4th rib on the right side, but there were no exit. [IMG]http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/6129/deer113.jpg[/IMG] that bullet went through both lungs and it was nothing but gooey left, then it destroyed humerus junction with shoulder bone, then 5" up from it I found bullet jacket, probably half of it on the inside of the shoulder blade. So had anyone used this bullets and what are your experiences with them? [/QUOTE]
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