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A-max's for hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="dwm" data-source="post: 361580" data-attributes="member: 1136"><p>My 13 year old shot his first deer this year at 75 yards with a 6.5 WSSM and the 140 grain AMAX. The doe dropped right there where she stood, never made a step. Doe had her head down, bullet went in slightly behind the leg and came out in fragments through the neck ahead of the far shoulder. What was interesting was you could see where the bullet fragments came out through the skin as there was red fluid leaking through a bunch of small holes in about a 6 inch circle.</p><p> </p><p>Personally, I think they are fine for close range shots, I would not aim for hard bone though, like the shoulder. Behind the shoulder - through the heart, neck shot, spine shot, head shot, no problem at close range.</p><p> </p><p>At longer ranges - lower velocity they have less chance of blowing up on impact and are fine also ...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dwm, post: 361580, member: 1136"] My 13 year old shot his first deer this year at 75 yards with a 6.5 WSSM and the 140 grain AMAX. The doe dropped right there where she stood, never made a step. Doe had her head down, bullet went in slightly behind the leg and came out in fragments through the neck ahead of the far shoulder. What was interesting was you could see where the bullet fragments came out through the skin as there was red fluid leaking through a bunch of small holes in about a 6 inch circle. Personally, I think they are fine for close range shots, I would not aim for hard bone though, like the shoulder. Behind the shoulder - through the heart, neck shot, spine shot, head shot, no problem at close range. At longer ranges - lower velocity they have less chance of blowing up on impact and are fine also ... [/QUOTE]
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