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.270 whitetail bullet shopping again, for the last time.
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<blockquote data-quote="Muddyboots" data-source="post: 1967164" data-attributes="member: 63925"><p>It is extremely difficult to expect a bullet to perform EXACTLY the same for each kill. Every animal is different and kill post mortem will show you that the bullet did the job but probably in different ways. The BT "exploded" and barely entered chest but yet it killed the deer. The Barnes "lost" a deer but still killed others. This is hunting. Bullets will get deflected entering a deer from so many different reasons you could write a book, oh wait there are books.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>You may never know if the buck you lost from a Barnes was actually killed and just went a long ways and died in some nasty location. My buck in my avatar was hit with a 200AB at 300 yards perfect 12X ring shot and still went crazy distance. Both lungs jelliefied so how do these animals do this? </p><p></p><p>I almost lost a big Adirondack buck hit with a 180 gr Partition (300WM) at 75 yards that was hit front side of lungs and still was able to go almost 400 yards and dang near made it into a beaver dam flow which would have been disastrous due to location so far back. He died at waters edge. </p><p></p><p>My point is, I would not toss a bullet based upon one time experience since we can never truly determine what actually may have cause the perceived lack of performance. Animals can defy logic when it comes to post hit trauma and still go ridiculous distances with what we believe is a DRT hit. The BT and Barnes have long proven track records and I wouldn't hesitate to use either one of them for hunting. There are so many variables when a bullet hits an animal that there are no perfect bullets out there that will kill an animal the same way every time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Muddyboots, post: 1967164, member: 63925"] It is extremely difficult to expect a bullet to perform EXACTLY the same for each kill. Every animal is different and kill post mortem will show you that the bullet did the job but probably in different ways. The BT "exploded" and barely entered chest but yet it killed the deer. The Barnes "lost" a deer but still killed others. This is hunting. Bullets will get deflected entering a deer from so many different reasons you could write a book, oh wait there are books.:D You may never know if the buck you lost from a Barnes was actually killed and just went a long ways and died in some nasty location. My buck in my avatar was hit with a 200AB at 300 yards perfect 12X ring shot and still went crazy distance. Both lungs jelliefied so how do these animals do this? I almost lost a big Adirondack buck hit with a 180 gr Partition (300WM) at 75 yards that was hit front side of lungs and still was able to go almost 400 yards and dang near made it into a beaver dam flow which would have been disastrous due to location so far back. He died at waters edge. My point is, I would not toss a bullet based upon one time experience since we can never truly determine what actually may have cause the perceived lack of performance. Animals can defy logic when it comes to post hit trauma and still go ridiculous distances with what we believe is a DRT hit. The BT and Barnes have long proven track records and I wouldn't hesitate to use either one of them for hunting. There are so many variables when a bullet hits an animal that there are no perfect bullets out there that will kill an animal the same way every time. [/QUOTE]
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