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Is the 140 gr VLD really great for deer?
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<blockquote data-quote="devins" data-source="post: 555292" data-attributes="member: 27441"><p>Thanks, that is what I see too as far as popularity. I have seen many kills with many different bullets over the years and I am old enough to remember the days when some of the early attempts to use high bc bullets were not so good. Under certain circumstances they might perform very well and then, for instance we were getting a guy his first rifle deer about 20 years ago and he was using one of the first polymer tipped bullets and when we recovered the deer we found that the shot did not penetrate the lining of the rib cage. It caused a tremendous shock but skipped along the outside of the rib cage. It was I believe a 130 grain 270 Win. I put that deer down for him with a 165 gr 7mm partition. Way overkill for deer but it dropped it right there. I have killed my last 8 kills in Africa with Barnes TTSX bullets in 180 gr 308 Norma Mag and all one shot kills but nothing over 220 meters. Otherwise I use Accubonds and have loved there performance even on a nice bear a couple of weeks ago. I have made kill shots with it to 400 plus on Audad and 200 plus on Deer. I know on one of the TV shows they advocate the high shoulder shot, which with my understanding of anatomy I had already been encouraging for years, but I have encouraged that with a "tough" bullet. Did you intentionally hit the shoulder on your shot? And is that the shot everyone else that has used it recommends for that bullet?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="devins, post: 555292, member: 27441"] Thanks, that is what I see too as far as popularity. I have seen many kills with many different bullets over the years and I am old enough to remember the days when some of the early attempts to use high bc bullets were not so good. Under certain circumstances they might perform very well and then, for instance we were getting a guy his first rifle deer about 20 years ago and he was using one of the first polymer tipped bullets and when we recovered the deer we found that the shot did not penetrate the lining of the rib cage. It caused a tremendous shock but skipped along the outside of the rib cage. It was I believe a 130 grain 270 Win. I put that deer down for him with a 165 gr 7mm partition. Way overkill for deer but it dropped it right there. I have killed my last 8 kills in Africa with Barnes TTSX bullets in 180 gr 308 Norma Mag and all one shot kills but nothing over 220 meters. Otherwise I use Accubonds and have loved there performance even on a nice bear a couple of weeks ago. I have made kill shots with it to 400 plus on Audad and 200 plus on Deer. I know on one of the TV shows they advocate the high shoulder shot, which with my understanding of anatomy I had already been encouraging for years, but I have encouraged that with a "tough" bullet. Did you intentionally hit the shoulder on your shot? And is that the shot everyone else that has used it recommends for that bullet? [/QUOTE]
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