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<blockquote data-quote="Idgunner" data-source="post: 2309367" data-attributes="member: 84194"><p>40 years ago I bought a M77 25-06 and topped it with a Burris 3-9 RAC scope using Remington 120 gr Core-Lokt ammo. I hit an antelope that stood for about 2 seconds then he sat back on his haunches and flopped over. Easy, so I thought. I slung the rifle over my shoulder and started up the hill to recover him. It was on an alluvial fan on the side of Mt Borah in Idaho. I had gone about 100 yards when the animal stood up and started walking in the direction of the herd that had run off! I put the rifle scope on him and could see blood behind his front leg on the white hair, lung shot. I'm thinking "that's a dead animal walking" so I took an angled approach to catch up to him. That "dead" antelope was going to walk me into the ground. I took a kneeling position and put one through his neck and he folded. When I cleaned him out I discovered that the bullet had passed clean through his lungs without expanding. I found the blood spot on the ground where he first fell and, walking straight downhill stretching my legs and counting every step, I counted 630 paces, I'm six feet tall. Don't know the exact yardage but it became clear that the bullet did not have enough velocity to expand and do its job. Antelope are tough critters.</p><p>The one in question in this thread was hit way too high. As has been noted, we need to know how much energy is required for the projectile to be effective and the range limitation for them. Oh, and shot placement is critical. This one wasn't a good shot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Idgunner, post: 2309367, member: 84194"] 40 years ago I bought a M77 25-06 and topped it with a Burris 3-9 RAC scope using Remington 120 gr Core-Lokt ammo. I hit an antelope that stood for about 2 seconds then he sat back on his haunches and flopped over. Easy, so I thought. I slung the rifle over my shoulder and started up the hill to recover him. It was on an alluvial fan on the side of Mt Borah in Idaho. I had gone about 100 yards when the animal stood up and started walking in the direction of the herd that had run off! I put the rifle scope on him and could see blood behind his front leg on the white hair, lung shot. I'm thinking "that's a dead animal walking" so I took an angled approach to catch up to him. That "dead" antelope was going to walk me into the ground. I took a kneeling position and put one through his neck and he folded. When I cleaned him out I discovered that the bullet had passed clean through his lungs without expanding. I found the blood spot on the ground where he first fell and, walking straight downhill stretching my legs and counting every step, I counted 630 paces, I'm six feet tall. Don't know the exact yardage but it became clear that the bullet did not have enough velocity to expand and do its job. Antelope are tough critters. The one in question in this thread was hit way too high. As has been noted, we need to know how much energy is required for the projectile to be effective and the range limitation for them. Oh, and shot placement is critical. This one wasn't a good shot. [/QUOTE]
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