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Barnes LRX - First Season Impressions
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<blockquote data-quote="mmw194287" data-source="post: 2024711" data-attributes="member: 106290"><p>My first year shooting 175 LRXs....3180 out of my 28" barreled 300 WM.</p><p></p><p>Shot a small 5x5 bull straight-on through the chest at 400 yards. He wobbled and turned broadside, and I shot him through the neck, dropping him. Hole through the neck and spine was impressive. Gave up on digging through the guts for the first bullet, but it shredded his lungs and made it pretty pretty danged far through his body length-wise. When we walked up on him, he was leaking stomach juice through his nose.</p><p></p><p>Shot a big-bodied muley buck this weekend at about 300, steeply quartering away. He trotted about 15 yards and tipped over. Impact was a few ribs behind the near shoulder and exit was straight through the offside shoulder. Surprisingly little meat loss, even with a golf ball-plus sized hole through the far scapula. I was most impressed by the size of the wound entering the body cavity--hole through the hide was bullet sized, hole through the ribs was like a half dollar. Even with that quick expansion it was a strong pass-through.</p><p></p><p>I'm pleased with the results. Very little shredded or bloodshot tissue and quick kills on both animals. I've been shooting Berger 215s for a number of years and have a hard time imagining going back, especially when the LRXs are staying above 2000fps out to 850 or so.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mmw194287, post: 2024711, member: 106290"] My first year shooting 175 LRXs....3180 out of my 28" barreled 300 WM. Shot a small 5x5 bull straight-on through the chest at 400 yards. He wobbled and turned broadside, and I shot him through the neck, dropping him. Hole through the neck and spine was impressive. Gave up on digging through the guts for the first bullet, but it shredded his lungs and made it pretty pretty danged far through his body length-wise. When we walked up on him, he was leaking stomach juice through his nose. Shot a big-bodied muley buck this weekend at about 300, steeply quartering away. He trotted about 15 yards and tipped over. Impact was a few ribs behind the near shoulder and exit was straight through the offside shoulder. Surprisingly little meat loss, even with a golf ball-plus sized hole through the far scapula. I was most impressed by the size of the wound entering the body cavity--hole through the hide was bullet sized, hole through the ribs was like a half dollar. Even with that quick expansion it was a strong pass-through. I'm pleased with the results. Very little shredded or bloodshot tissue and quick kills on both animals. I've been shooting Berger 215s for a number of years and have a hard time imagining going back, especially when the LRXs are staying above 2000fps out to 850 or so. [/QUOTE]
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