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Elk hunting 2015 problems with .338 225 accubond
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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1128407" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>Like many here I've shot enough game animals over the years to see some really weird stuff including that precise effect.</p><p></p><p>Last year I shot a really nice 10pt White tail at around 300yds if I remember right with the 300mag 180gr Swift SiroccoII. Perfect shot just about dead center of the chest right above the sternum. The SiroccoII does not break up, at least not that I've seen but they are a fairly soft bonded bullet that occasionally simply flattens out completely between the size of a modern Silver Dollar and the old 50 cent pieces or "Kennedy Halves" we grew up with.</p><p></p><p>The only effect I could see immediately was that his body kind of puffed up and his eyes seemed to be bulging out as he stood frozen for probably 10-15 seconds. I saw the impact so I knew he was absolutely dead but it seemed like it took forever for him to finally just collapse in place without ever taking a step.</p><p></p><p>The doe standing right next to him looked even funnier, she was like "Hey George are you ok?".</p><p></p><p>I've had that bullet perform similarly on other deer and hogs in the past sometimes with similar results and sometimes with instant death as the flattened bullet can turn as much as 90 degrees. I had a 140gr SiroccoII shot from the 260 a few years back at nearly exactly a hundred yards that I intentionally shot low right in the heart hoping for a complete pass through with zero meat damage and watched the bullet shoot out right between his shoulder blades straight up.</p><p></p><p>Unfortunately the 180gr Sirocco II I used on my blue wildebeest this year entered the crease between the shoulder and brisket exactly where it was aimed with him looking at me head on but slightly quartering and that bullet went about a foot straight into his chest but turned 90 degrees exiting high on his left shoulder.</p><p></p><p>He ran far enough to worry us since it was within minutes of too dark to shoot. Fortunately he was found about 300yds later.</p><p></p><p>I'm at the point that given a choice I'd want every bullet I fire to penetrate to the center of the body cavity no matter where I hit the animal and then just completely explode into fragments but so far no one has invented that "magic bullet".</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1128407, member: 30902"] Like many here I've shot enough game animals over the years to see some really weird stuff including that precise effect. Last year I shot a really nice 10pt White tail at around 300yds if I remember right with the 300mag 180gr Swift SiroccoII. Perfect shot just about dead center of the chest right above the sternum. The SiroccoII does not break up, at least not that I've seen but they are a fairly soft bonded bullet that occasionally simply flattens out completely between the size of a modern Silver Dollar and the old 50 cent pieces or "Kennedy Halves" we grew up with. The only effect I could see immediately was that his body kind of puffed up and his eyes seemed to be bulging out as he stood frozen for probably 10-15 seconds. I saw the impact so I knew he was absolutely dead but it seemed like it took forever for him to finally just collapse in place without ever taking a step. The doe standing right next to him looked even funnier, she was like "Hey George are you ok?". I've had that bullet perform similarly on other deer and hogs in the past sometimes with similar results and sometimes with instant death as the flattened bullet can turn as much as 90 degrees. I had a 140gr SiroccoII shot from the 260 a few years back at nearly exactly a hundred yards that I intentionally shot low right in the heart hoping for a complete pass through with zero meat damage and watched the bullet shoot out right between his shoulder blades straight up. Unfortunately the 180gr Sirocco II I used on my blue wildebeest this year entered the crease between the shoulder and brisket exactly where it was aimed with him looking at me head on but slightly quartering and that bullet went about a foot straight into his chest but turned 90 degrees exiting high on his left shoulder. He ran far enough to worry us since it was within minutes of too dark to shoot. Fortunately he was found about 300yds later. I'm at the point that given a choice I'd want every bullet I fire to penetrate to the center of the body cavity no matter where I hit the animal and then just completely explode into fragments but so far no one has invented that "magic bullet". [/QUOTE]
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