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Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 1998482" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>Just came back from Wyoming where I shot a whitetail(375 yards), and an antelope(521 yards), both mature bucks. Rifle was a 6.5x284, velocity 2950FPS, using R26/210M primers.. The whitetail was shot from a high angle behind the last rib damaging lungs and taking off the top of the heart. No exit, but I could not find the bullet or any fragments. He ran about 50 yards before dropping.....in heart-shot fashion. The antelope was shot at 521 yards, hitting high, behind the shoulder, on the spine. Entrance was about an inch, exit 2-3" with the spine completely damaged and full penetration. The bullet did expand well While down and immobile, he did require a finishing shot. As an aside, the 521 yard shot impacted a few inches higher then my point of aim. Temperature in the morning at 50F had snuck up to 80F by mid-day. I believe the higher temperature caused a high impact due to a velocity spike with R26. This was further evidenced by the difficult extraction of the case. In hindsight, I should taken note of the temperature increase and switched to my more temperature stable 142gr load. I had experienced this effect during load testing of my 156gr/R26 load. </p><p>Overall, with the exception of the temperature stability issue with the R26, for this sample of two out to 500 yards, the 156 performed well. </p><p>Shown: 521 yard spine shot exit on antelope. [ATTACH=full]219026[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 1998482, member: 10291"] Just came back from Wyoming where I shot a whitetail(375 yards), and an antelope(521 yards), both mature bucks. Rifle was a 6.5x284, velocity 2950FPS, using R26/210M primers.. The whitetail was shot from a high angle behind the last rib damaging lungs and taking off the top of the heart. No exit, but I could not find the bullet or any fragments. He ran about 50 yards before dropping.....in heart-shot fashion. The antelope was shot at 521 yards, hitting high, behind the shoulder, on the spine. Entrance was about an inch, exit 2-3” with the spine completely damaged and full penetration. The bullet did expand well While down and immobile, he did require a finishing shot. As an aside, the 521 yard shot impacted a few inches higher then my point of aim. Temperature in the morning at 50F had snuck up to 80F by mid-day. I believe the higher temperature caused a high impact due to a velocity spike with R26. This was further evidenced by the difficult extraction of the case. In hindsight, I should taken note of the temperature increase and switched to my more temperature stable 142gr load. I had experienced this effect during load testing of my 156gr/R26 load. Overall, with the exception of the temperature stability issue with the R26, for this sample of two out to 500 yards, the 156 performed well. Shown: 521 yard spine shot exit on antelope. [ATTACH=full]219026[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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