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Are we too critical of modern bullets?
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<blockquote data-quote="LRSickle" data-source="post: 910715" data-attributes="member: 18167"><p>Too many times I've heard someone blame a lost animal on a bullet failure. I guy I worked with lost a bull elk in Utah to a bullet that "splashed". ("bullet splash" was going around the internet at that time). I asked "how did you know it splashed?" "Well", he said " [X-manufacturer bullet] is known to do that." First of all, why would he use a bullet that "is know to do that"? Second, how the hell did he know the bullet splashed if he didn't recover the elk?</p><p>I shot an antelope right behind the shoulder and it ran off limping. I just couldn't believe it. My son dumped it as it reappeared on a distant hill. My bullet had skidded down the ribs between the shoulder and the ribcage. Bad bullet placement not bad bullets.</p><p>Also, I'm always eager to inspect the damage along the bullet path and the spent bullet if I can find it. Sometimes it's an eye opener.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LRSickle, post: 910715, member: 18167"] Too many times I've heard someone blame a lost animal on a bullet failure. I guy I worked with lost a bull elk in Utah to a bullet that "splashed". ("bullet splash" was going around the internet at that time). I asked "how did you know it splashed?" "Well", he said " [X-manufacturer bullet] is known to do that." First of all, why would he use a bullet that "is know to do that"? Second, how the hell did he know the bullet splashed if he didn't recover the elk? I shot an antelope right behind the shoulder and it ran off limping. I just couldn't believe it. My son dumped it as it reappeared on a distant hill. My bullet had skidded down the ribs between the shoulder and the ribcage. Bad bullet placement not bad bullets. Also, I'm always eager to inspect the damage along the bullet path and the spent bullet if I can find it. Sometimes it's an eye opener. [/QUOTE]
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