Great information!!!! Thanks Cody.
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codyadams
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You bet!!
About the only time I'm seeing a large amount of meat damage is when heavy bone is hit, mainly neck/spine hits, but that is with any bullet I have used. Performance has been consistent and predictable, with behind the shoulder hits resulting in 1.5-3" exits with minimal meat damage, and lungs pouring out the hole as with my niece's doe in one of the first posts photo. On centered up shoulder hits, you can see how the bullet performed on my deer. Again, minimal meat damage and good overall performance, though the bullet was under the hide on the off side. Lungs were bloody jello. In later November/early December we will be doing a doe whitetail beatdown in northern Wyoming (an annual trip for my cousin, myself and our friends) and get more deer with them, as tags are unlimited and OTC, though they will be similar to all the pronghorn, just more testing. What I am really excited about is elk season. I got my eyes on this guy!!
About the only time I'm seeing a large amount of meat damage is when heavy bone is hit, mainly neck/spine hits, but that is with any bullet I have used. Performance has been consistent and predictable, with behind the shoulder hits resulting in 1.5-3" exits with minimal meat damage, and lungs pouring out the hole as with my niece's doe in one of the first posts photo. On centered up shoulder hits, you can see how the bullet performed on my deer. Again, minimal meat damage and good overall performance, though the bullet was under the hide on the off side. Lungs were bloody jello. In later November/early December we will be doing a doe whitetail beatdown in northern Wyoming (an annual trip for my cousin, myself and our friends) and get more deer with them, as tags are unlimited and OTC, though they will be similar to all the pronghorn, just more testing. What I am really excited about is elk season. I got my eyes on this guy!!
Buxndiverdux
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Nice work Cody!
codyadams
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156 still doing work!!
My co-worker at the Sheriff's Office had only ever shot 1 deer while road hunting, and really wanted to go on a good deer hunt. I know her well, she has more work ethic and more try than 10 average people combined, so I figured she earned it.
I took her up to one of my secret spots, and we picked this guy out of several other good bucks. He may not have scored quite as good as a couple other we looked at, but he was an OLD brute, and had the biggest body of any deer I have ever seen.
Due to the contour of this basin, we were as close as we could get, 940 yards. Any further forward was a cliff drop off, around and lower and we couldn't see him. I am the firearms instructor for the county, and I know that she follows instruction to a T and does it right, I was confident that she could do it. I had her take a bunch of dry fires waiting for the buck to step out of the timber, and when he did this went down.
The first shot, she was so focused on making a good trigger squeeze she didn't notice that he stepped about 10" forward, and hit the liver. She reloaded, got back on target, and her second shot was on point with a narrow target zone. Her excitement was pretty awesome. I recovered both bullets under the hide on the off side, though I lost them in the snow because it was blizzarding when I was cutting the deer up. I would guess they were around 80-100 grains, and mushroomed beautifully. Normally I may be concerned, but this was a huge deer, and a long ways away. Of ONLY meat and no bone, I packed out over 100 lbs, and we didn't take the lower leg shank meat, cut off probably 10+ lbs of fat, and a little meat loss from the shot. Here is meat damage on exit side of second shot.
Not bad, total we lost around 5-6 lbs of meat, so I was happy with them for sure. Impact velocity was 2075 fps, with 1492 ft-lbs of retained energy. I may do another thread in the mule deer hunting section detailing the hunt more, it was a lot of fun and an adventure. Look for it there in the next day or two if interested.
I love this bullet guys!! Excited to try it on elk.
My co-worker at the Sheriff's Office had only ever shot 1 deer while road hunting, and really wanted to go on a good deer hunt. I know her well, she has more work ethic and more try than 10 average people combined, so I figured she earned it.
I took her up to one of my secret spots, and we picked this guy out of several other good bucks. He may not have scored quite as good as a couple other we looked at, but he was an OLD brute, and had the biggest body of any deer I have ever seen.
Due to the contour of this basin, we were as close as we could get, 940 yards. Any further forward was a cliff drop off, around and lower and we couldn't see him. I am the firearms instructor for the county, and I know that she follows instruction to a T and does it right, I was confident that she could do it. I had her take a bunch of dry fires waiting for the buck to step out of the timber, and when he did this went down.
The first shot, she was so focused on making a good trigger squeeze she didn't notice that he stepped about 10" forward, and hit the liver. She reloaded, got back on target, and her second shot was on point with a narrow target zone. Her excitement was pretty awesome. I recovered both bullets under the hide on the off side, though I lost them in the snow because it was blizzarding when I was cutting the deer up. I would guess they were around 80-100 grains, and mushroomed beautifully. Normally I may be concerned, but this was a huge deer, and a long ways away. Of ONLY meat and no bone, I packed out over 100 lbs, and we didn't take the lower leg shank meat, cut off probably 10+ lbs of fat, and a little meat loss from the shot. Here is meat damage on exit side of second shot.
Not bad, total we lost around 5-6 lbs of meat, so I was happy with them for sure. Impact velocity was 2075 fps, with 1492 ft-lbs of retained energy. I may do another thread in the mule deer hunting section detailing the hunt more, it was a lot of fun and an adventure. Look for it there in the next day or two if interested.
I love this bullet guys!! Excited to try it on elk.
ruby76
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Wow that is a tank. I have some 156's and ADG brass coming for my PRC, looking forward to it.
gillettehunter
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Used the 156 on a deer and 2 antelope the last 3 days. Buck deer was a mature whitaile at less than 25 yds. Entered just above shoulder and exited on the off shoulder. It actually was mostly under the skin. Deer dropped and never twitched. The first antelope at 279 yds. Hit a little low' Went less than 25 yds. Down and dead.
Last antelope was a doe at 314 yds. Behid the shoulder and exited cleanly. Doe dropped in her tracks.
Bruce
Last antelope was a doe at 314 yds. Behid the shoulder and exited cleanly. Doe dropped in her tracks.
Bruce
codyadams
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9 DAYS!!!!!!
codyadams
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2940 fps is what they are doing in my .260 AI. Should be pretty comparable as far as terminal performance
