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<blockquote data-quote="MontanaRifleman" data-source="post: 331279" data-attributes="member: 11717"><p>Bud, no flame intended here, but a non expanding bullet doesn't act anything like a broadhead. Broadheads have a large cross sectional cutting area that cause a lot of hemoraging. The primary cause of quick death to game animals other than catastrophic CNS damage is lack of blood to the brain. The lack of blood is due to low blood pressure which is due to hemoraging. The more hemoraging, the quicker the death. Nonexpanding spitzer type bullets do very little damage unless they they peirce a couple of heart chambers or happen to clip one or two major arteries. They basically slide through the animal leaving a small hole behind them un less they tumble. The two bullets in this pic both look like they have tumbled.</p><p> </p><p>The deer in this case may be dead, but I have to ask why and only a thorough autopsy would answer the question. There are many other stories of game being hit with nonexpanding bullets that end differently than this one. I'm not going to tell anyone else what they should or shouldn't do, but I'll never plan to hit a deer or elk with a bullet at velocities below it's anticipated expanding velocity.</p><p> </p><p>Mark</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MontanaRifleman, post: 331279, member: 11717"] Bud, no flame intended here, but a non expanding bullet doesn't act anything like a broadhead. Broadheads have a large cross sectional cutting area that cause a lot of hemoraging. The primary cause of quick death to game animals other than catastrophic CNS damage is lack of blood to the brain. The lack of blood is due to low blood pressure which is due to hemoraging. The more hemoraging, the quicker the death. Nonexpanding spitzer type bullets do very little damage unless they they peirce a couple of heart chambers or happen to clip one or two major arteries. They basically slide through the animal leaving a small hole behind them un less they tumble. The two bullets in this pic both look like they have tumbled. The deer in this case may be dead, but I have to ask why and only a thorough autopsy would answer the question. There are many other stories of game being hit with nonexpanding bullets that end differently than this one. I'm not going to tell anyone else what they should or shouldn't do, but I'll never plan to hit a deer or elk with a bullet at velocities below it's anticipated expanding velocity. Mark [/QUOTE]
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