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<blockquote data-quote="Ian M" data-source="post: 86940" data-attributes="member: 25"><p>Dave,</p><p>I believe you have something there. I had two chest shots that broke off legs, in fact both animals stayed up for longer than the others that took chest shots and did not get a leg hit. The 175's were blowing through shoulders and dumping deer on the spot - very good exits. </p><p></p><p>When my farmer buddy was setting up to take the first shot at the bedded deer at 696 yards we went through the dialogue and when I said to Send It I focused really hard on the immediate area around the critter in case the wind call was off a bit, bullet hit high or whatever. At the shot nothing happened, head dropped very quickly and body absolutely still. Nice feeling when it comes together that clean. Same with second buck, first shot was a perfect chest shot, deer reacted with a quick lunge forward in the way he was facing, several steps and started to get very wobbly. He was barely able to stay up but I told my partner to hit him again, as bullet hit him he dropped stone dead - no kicking. Double hits to the lungs will do that, even at 705 yards.</p><p></p><p>I believe Keith is also correct, there may be some Matchkings to avoid, some shot placement that does not work as well as others. Only one way to find that out, and this is the place to share such info.</p><p></p><p>I am pleased with the killing power of the 6.5-284, the factory BHA ammo got the job done very well. I used a Nightforce PDA on this hunt. Considering that I am computer brain-dead I am really getting into this unit as a hunting tool. Started to call it my "Little Buddy", **** thing had good answers to our trajectory questions. We were shooting a variety of rifles, it did gave accurate drops - that is what I need in the field. Besides it is a great time waster - I lost about 50 consecutive games of Solitare on the drive home...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ian M, post: 86940, member: 25"] Dave, I believe you have something there. I had two chest shots that broke off legs, in fact both animals stayed up for longer than the others that took chest shots and did not get a leg hit. The 175's were blowing through shoulders and dumping deer on the spot - very good exits. When my farmer buddy was setting up to take the first shot at the bedded deer at 696 yards we went through the dialogue and when I said to Send It I focused really hard on the immediate area around the critter in case the wind call was off a bit, bullet hit high or whatever. At the shot nothing happened, head dropped very quickly and body absolutely still. Nice feeling when it comes together that clean. Same with second buck, first shot was a perfect chest shot, deer reacted with a quick lunge forward in the way he was facing, several steps and started to get very wobbly. He was barely able to stay up but I told my partner to hit him again, as bullet hit him he dropped stone dead - no kicking. Double hits to the lungs will do that, even at 705 yards. I believe Keith is also correct, there may be some Matchkings to avoid, some shot placement that does not work as well as others. Only one way to find that out, and this is the place to share such info. I am pleased with the killing power of the 6.5-284, the factory BHA ammo got the job done very well. I used a Nightforce PDA on this hunt. Considering that I am computer brain-dead I am really getting into this unit as a hunting tool. Started to call it my "Little Buddy", **** thing had good answers to our trajectory questions. We were shooting a variety of rifles, it did gave accurate drops - that is what I need in the field. Besides it is a great time waster - I lost about 50 consecutive games of Solitare on the drive home... [/QUOTE]
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