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<blockquote data-quote="Teri Anne" data-source="post: 2416888" data-attributes="member: 118816"><p>About the only shooter error I can see from what you have described is that you were using the wrong bullet for the animal. I have been using Nosler partitions in both the .308 and .270 for many years. The only partition that I ever had blow through was a 130 gr partition shot at a small doe at 50 yards. The round was factory not a hand load. It was a Federal Premium Nosler Partition 130 gr. It left the muzzle of my Tikka T3x at around 3060 fps and at 50 yards had only slowed to about 2945 fps. Energy wise it had dropped from around 2703 ft lbs down to 2507 ft lbs. It hit the deer behind the shoulder between the ribs and blew out the other side only leaving a hole about 3/4 inch in diameter. Didn't matter since the deer dropped in place and never moved with it's heart blown in half and lungs pulverized as the bullet zipped through. The cause for the lack of expansion was not bullet failure but the fact that the bullet hit so fast and so hard and between ribs that the bullet barely had time to do much of any expanding before it passed through the other side. Think about it, travelling at 2507 fps how long does it take to transverse maybe 12 to 6 inches through a small deer? </p><p>You didn't mention what the caliber was of the rifle or the size of the partition fired both of which have a pronounced effect on what a bullet does. If I had been shooting my .308 chance are that the bullet would not have zipped through so fast and would have had more time to expand. To be honest I have never had a .308 partition exit any deer I have shot with it, most of them dropping on the spot and the bullet fully expanded recovered when dressing out the deer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Teri Anne, post: 2416888, member: 118816"] About the only shooter error I can see from what you have described is that you were using the wrong bullet for the animal. I have been using Nosler partitions in both the .308 and .270 for many years. The only partition that I ever had blow through was a 130 gr partition shot at a small doe at 50 yards. The round was factory not a hand load. It was a Federal Premium Nosler Partition 130 gr. It left the muzzle of my Tikka T3x at around 3060 fps and at 50 yards had only slowed to about 2945 fps. Energy wise it had dropped from around 2703 ft lbs down to 2507 ft lbs. It hit the deer behind the shoulder between the ribs and blew out the other side only leaving a hole about 3/4 inch in diameter. Didn't matter since the deer dropped in place and never moved with it's heart blown in half and lungs pulverized as the bullet zipped through. The cause for the lack of expansion was not bullet failure but the fact that the bullet hit so fast and so hard and between ribs that the bullet barely had time to do much of any expanding before it passed through the other side. Think about it, travelling at 2507 fps how long does it take to transverse maybe 12 to 6 inches through a small deer? You didn't mention what the caliber was of the rifle or the size of the partition fired both of which have a pronounced effect on what a bullet does. If I had been shooting my .308 chance are that the bullet would not have zipped through so fast and would have had more time to expand. To be honest I have never had a .308 partition exit any deer I have shot with it, most of them dropping on the spot and the bullet fully expanded recovered when dressing out the deer. [/QUOTE]
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