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Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
Hammer “failure” and the importance of shot placement, kind of….! Pics included.
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<blockquote data-quote="6.5shaggy" data-source="post: 2677800" data-attributes="member: 13311"><p>Maybe my wording left things too open for wide interpretation. The bullet 'failed' to kill the first hog cleanly. Did it fail to function in such soft tissue? Probably not but we'll never know because the animal got up and walked around 500 yards total before he made it into dense cover. No second shot was taken because of safety reasons. It's ABSOLUTELY NOT HAMMER's FAULT I MADE A CRAPPY WIND CALL and didn't put it thru the shoulder. The second hog was also terrible shot placement but the hammer obviously functioned there. Enough so to reach the lungs starting from the wrong end. My point is for folks to choose bullets for reasons that they choose them. This is just two examples of what CAN HAPPEN when things aren't optimal. Manufacturers can control design but they can't control usage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="6.5shaggy, post: 2677800, member: 13311"] Maybe my wording left things too open for wide interpretation. The bullet ‘failed’ to kill the first hog cleanly. Did it fail to function in such soft tissue? Probably not but we’ll never know because the animal got up and walked around 500 yards total before he made it into dense cover. No second shot was taken because of safety reasons. It’s ABSOLUTELY NOT HAMMER’s FAULT I MADE A CRAPPY WIND CALL and didn’t put it thru the shoulder. The second hog was also terrible shot placement but the hammer obviously functioned there. Enough so to reach the lungs starting from the wrong end. My point is for folks to choose bullets for reasons that they choose them. This is just two examples of what CAN HAPPEN when things aren’t optimal. Manufacturers can control design but they can’t control usage. [/QUOTE]
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