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<blockquote data-quote="RockyMtnMT" data-source="post: 1774516" data-attributes="member: 7999"><p>Not sure what you mean by "so much for through the shoulder"?</p><p></p><p>We very rarely recover a bullet from an animal. For North American animals it is generally done when shot end to end. We recovered a few out of 37 plains game animals on our trip to Africa. We had a 116g Sledge Hammer travel through 5' of an 1800 lb trophy eland on a frontal shot. This bullet was recovered on the small intestines. The second shot on that eland, not needed, was broadside. It entered the largest part of the front leg bone, went through the brisket and lodged in the off side. The leg bone on the eland is about 4" in dia. These two bullets looked identical after impact, heavy bone and no bone. We recovered one in a giraffe that went through the shoulder and lodged in the spine. .358 STA. Bones on a giraffe are so big it is hard to imagine. These were the only broadside shots that resulted in a stopped bullet. All other bullets that were recovered were from hard quartering shots. Breaking through two shoulders is not and issue, nor is shooting pure lung shots. </p><p></p><p>We want the nose petals to shed in order to maintain soft tissue permanent wound channel from any angle. Bullets that open and do not shed the frontal area slow down too rapidly suffering in the amount of permanent wound channel and sometimes fail to penetrate deep enough to get the job done well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyMtnMT, post: 1774516, member: 7999"] Not sure what you mean by "so much for through the shoulder"? We very rarely recover a bullet from an animal. For North American animals it is generally done when shot end to end. We recovered a few out of 37 plains game animals on our trip to Africa. We had a 116g Sledge Hammer travel through 5' of an 1800 lb trophy eland on a frontal shot. This bullet was recovered on the small intestines. The second shot on that eland, not needed, was broadside. It entered the largest part of the front leg bone, went through the brisket and lodged in the off side. The leg bone on the eland is about 4" in dia. These two bullets looked identical after impact, heavy bone and no bone. We recovered one in a giraffe that went through the shoulder and lodged in the spine. .358 STA. Bones on a giraffe are so big it is hard to imagine. These were the only broadside shots that resulted in a stopped bullet. All other bullets that were recovered were from hard quartering shots. Breaking through two shoulders is not and issue, nor is shooting pure lung shots. We want the nose petals to shed in order to maintain soft tissue permanent wound channel from any angle. Bullets that open and do not shed the frontal area slow down too rapidly suffering in the amount of permanent wound channel and sometimes fail to penetrate deep enough to get the job done well. [/QUOTE]
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