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Badlands Precision Bullets thread - From BC to terminal ballistics
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<blockquote data-quote="codyadams" data-source="post: 1966365" data-attributes="member: 87243"><p>Ok, I got my first kill with my .338, and also my first kill with the 270 bulldozer. Not quite the test I wanted, but there are a few more pronghorn doe that will be taken with this set up.</p><p></p><p>Range was only 187 yards, so pretty close. My intent was to put it right behind the shoulder to see if I would get expansion with only hitting the thin rib area, but I couldn't make myself aim that far back, I hate field dressing pronghorn that have any gut ruptured, and I have seen fragments of bullets go back and get the gut even with a good hit, the vitals on a pronghorn doe aren't very big.</p><p></p><p>She was perfectly broadside, and I put it square through the shoulder, about top of the heart, and did not hit any bone on entrance. The wound was quite devastating, however as you can see from the cleaned up picture, meat loss was far less than the exit hole would make you think, the blood shot seen between the rib cage and shoulder on the exit side washed off with water, and was not in the meat. The last picture of the shoulder on the table was essentially all salvaged, with only slight trimming needing done. The lungs were heavily damaged, and the chest cavity full of foamy chunky blood.</p><p></p><p>She rared up on impact, which I watched, then stumbled about 10 feet forward and hit the dirt. The exit side bone from the scapula to the leg was broke, but it was not hit with the bullet, my guess is that the energy from the bullet passing through broke the bone. The bullet passed in the pocket between that bone and the scapula, and actually didn't hit any bone (other than ribs) on the exit either, just barely missing the scapula, so the damage seen is simply from the bullet, that initiated expansion after passing through the entrance side shoulder and a rib, and came unglued after that. [ATTACH=full]210438[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]210439[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]210440[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]210441[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]210442[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]210443[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]210444[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]210445[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]210446[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>And of course, some pronghorn tenderloin.....slightly overcooked for my liking! Ha ha.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]210447[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Now I want to try a longer range poke, 600+ or so, and see how they do. Will update with my next harvest. So far with my personal sample of 1, I am happy with these 270's. Lets see if that trend keeps up!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="codyadams, post: 1966365, member: 87243"] Ok, I got my first kill with my .338, and also my first kill with the 270 bulldozer. Not quite the test I wanted, but there are a few more pronghorn doe that will be taken with this set up. Range was only 187 yards, so pretty close. My intent was to put it right behind the shoulder to see if I would get expansion with only hitting the thin rib area, but I couldn't make myself aim that far back, I hate field dressing pronghorn that have any gut ruptured, and I have seen fragments of bullets go back and get the gut even with a good hit, the vitals on a pronghorn doe aren't very big. She was perfectly broadside, and I put it square through the shoulder, about top of the heart, and did not hit any bone on entrance. The wound was quite devastating, however as you can see from the cleaned up picture, meat loss was far less than the exit hole would make you think, the blood shot seen between the rib cage and shoulder on the exit side washed off with water, and was not in the meat. The last picture of the shoulder on the table was essentially all salvaged, with only slight trimming needing done. The lungs were heavily damaged, and the chest cavity full of foamy chunky blood. She rared up on impact, which I watched, then stumbled about 10 feet forward and hit the dirt. The exit side bone from the scapula to the leg was broke, but it was not hit with the bullet, my guess is that the energy from the bullet passing through broke the bone. The bullet passed in the pocket between that bone and the scapula, and actually didn't hit any bone (other than ribs) on the exit either, just barely missing the scapula, so the damage seen is simply from the bullet, that initiated expansion after passing through the entrance side shoulder and a rib, and came unglued after that. [ATTACH type="full" alt="20200824_122423.jpg"]210438[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="20200824_122532.jpg"]210439[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="20200824_123438.jpg"]210440[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="20200824_123457.jpg"]210441[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="20200824_123424.jpg"]210442[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="20200824_123418.jpg"]210443[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="20200824_140352.jpg"]210444[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="20200824_140437.jpg"]210445[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="20200824_145830.jpg"]210446[/ATTACH] And of course, some pronghorn tenderloin.....slightly overcooked for my liking! Ha ha. [ATTACH type="full" alt="20200824_170924.jpg"]210447[/ATTACH] Now I want to try a longer range poke, 600+ or so, and see how they do. Will update with my next harvest. So far with my personal sample of 1, I am happy with these 270's. Lets see if that trend keeps up! [/QUOTE]
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