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7mm STW accubond issue??
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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 883951" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>I am not making this statement to start a fight all I am doing is relating my VAST EXPERIENCE from killing hundreds of white tail deer. I did control work for 15 years where 100 deer a year had to be taken off a big farm in NC. I have killed deer with about everything from a arrow through a 45-70. There is such a thing as too much gun. It has been my experience that especially with the 7mm calibers that when you push many of the 7mm bullets really fast, 3000 fps and faster, and shoot an average 100 to 150 pound deer inside 200 yards even with a shoulder shot that does not traumatize the spine deer will run a ways. My theory is the bullet expands too fast, like on contact, and the jacket folds back tight against the base of the bullet and punches through. It does not make a long large bullet path but almost a caliber size path. You can take that same bullet and slow it down below 3000 fps or shoot deer at longer ranges where it has slowed down and it will bang flop a deer. I used to tell people that I would not use my 7mm mag or STW to shoot a deer under 300 yards because I could not carry enough flashlight batteries to trail it up with. I did most of my deer shooting in the evenings a couple hours before dark. I did not have this problem with 6.5 calibers or 30 cal. Weird ain't it. A 264 Win mag with a 27 3/4" barrel has replaced my 7 mag and 7 STW. It kills bang flop most any shot from short to loooooooooooooooog range. 130 Accubonds 3350 fps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 883951, member: 10178"] I am not making this statement to start a fight all I am doing is relating my VAST EXPERIENCE from killing hundreds of white tail deer. I did control work for 15 years where 100 deer a year had to be taken off a big farm in NC. I have killed deer with about everything from a arrow through a 45-70. There is such a thing as too much gun. It has been my experience that especially with the 7mm calibers that when you push many of the 7mm bullets really fast, 3000 fps and faster, and shoot an average 100 to 150 pound deer inside 200 yards even with a shoulder shot that does not traumatize the spine deer will run a ways. My theory is the bullet expands too fast, like on contact, and the jacket folds back tight against the base of the bullet and punches through. It does not make a long large bullet path but almost a caliber size path. You can take that same bullet and slow it down below 3000 fps or shoot deer at longer ranges where it has slowed down and it will bang flop a deer. I used to tell people that I would not use my 7mm mag or STW to shoot a deer under 300 yards because I could not carry enough flashlight batteries to trail it up with. I did most of my deer shooting in the evenings a couple hours before dark. I did not have this problem with 6.5 calibers or 30 cal. Weird ain't it. A 264 Win mag with a 27 3/4" barrel has replaced my 7 mag and 7 STW. It kills bang flop most any shot from short to loooooooooooooooog range. 130 Accubonds 3350 fps. [/QUOTE]
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