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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 1143981" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>Never say never. A member we both know and have talked to related his experience to me of shooting an antelope with his .338. I purposely avoid identifying the cartridge, but the cartridge has a large capacity. His 300gr Berger OTM hit the antelope, broadside profile, in the shoulder and the bullet never penetrated to the lung cavity. Antelope was still alive when he walked up to it and he had to shoot it again to kill it. That's the most extreme, reliably documented incident of a frangible bullet exploding on impact I've heard to date. It wasn't even a buck antelope. I've had a 210gr VLD dust within 9" on a medium size black bear 20 feet off the muzzle. That didn't terribly surprise me due to the high impacting velocity just off the muzzle. But how 300 grains of copper-sheathed lead can disappear in such a shallow wound on the side of a doe antelope's shoulder goes well beyond my imagination and expectation. I wouldn't have believed this if it didn't come from a member I've come to know over the past 6 years. He's well informed. Meticulous preparation for his long range hunting encounters. Quality equipment all the way around. He has a LOT of hunting experience over many years afield.</p><p></p><p>This experience convinces me more than ever of the wisdom of my practice of loading controlled expansion bullets for close range shots on large, dangerous game/predators. If an itsy bitsy doe antelope can shake off a 300gr OTM, imagine what's possible from an animal packing 10 or more times that weight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 1143981, member: 4191"] Never say never. A member we both know and have talked to related his experience to me of shooting an antelope with his .338. I purposely avoid identifying the cartridge, but the cartridge has a large capacity. His 300gr Berger OTM hit the antelope, broadside profile, in the shoulder and the bullet never penetrated to the lung cavity. Antelope was still alive when he walked up to it and he had to shoot it again to kill it. That's the most extreme, reliably documented incident of a frangible bullet exploding on impact I've heard to date. It wasn't even a buck antelope. I've had a 210gr VLD dust within 9" on a medium size black bear 20 feet off the muzzle. That didn't terribly surprise me due to the high impacting velocity just off the muzzle. But how 300 grains of copper-sheathed lead can disappear in such a shallow wound on the side of a doe antelope's shoulder goes well beyond my imagination and expectation. I wouldn't have believed this if it didn't come from a member I've come to know over the past 6 years. He's well informed. Meticulous preparation for his long range hunting encounters. Quality equipment all the way around. He has a LOT of hunting experience over many years afield. This experience convinces me more than ever of the wisdom of my practice of loading controlled expansion bullets for close range shots on large, dangerous game/predators. If an itsy bitsy doe antelope can shake off a 300gr OTM, imagine what's possible from an animal packing 10 or more times that weight. [/QUOTE]
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