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exploding bullets on impact...is this real or are people guessing?
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<blockquote data-quote="jcbjr" data-source="post: 1754271" data-attributes="member: 59793"><p>Absolutely. As an extreme example, in 1969, (I was 15), I purchased for $100 a custom Mauser 25'06 from my grandpa that he had taken in trade. Remington had just standardized the cartridge, and the rifle was probably 20 or so years old (guess).</p><p>We had the chamber miked by a 'smith, and it was indeed the correct chambering for the standardized Remington. At the time, only 87 gr. HP was available, and we did not reload. Due to youth and relative ignorance, I assumed that the little pill would be fine for small Texas Hill Country whitetails. Well, my first shot, broadside from about 100 yards, failed to drop my first Texas deer. He spun, ran a few yards to the right, spun back around right to left about 80 yards out, and I fired a second time (I felt sure I'd hit him with #1), and he piled up and dropped in his tracks.</p><p>Later, when we field dressed him, we found 2 holes, no joke, about 2 inched apart. One, presumably the first, had hit a rib, blown up, and peppered the lungs; not immediately effective. The second went between 2 ribs and destroyed the aorta and top of the heart; immediate effect. I will NOT claim that I was shooting for the first hole; nobody here would buy it, anyhow. Just another example of the importance of bullet selection. The 120's came out soon after, and all was well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jcbjr, post: 1754271, member: 59793"] Absolutely. As an extreme example, in 1969, (I was 15), I purchased for $100 a custom Mauser 25'06 from my grandpa that he had taken in trade. Remington had just standardized the cartridge, and the rifle was probably 20 or so years old (guess). We had the chamber miked by a 'smith, and it was indeed the correct chambering for the standardized Remington. At the time, only 87 gr. HP was available, and we did not reload. Due to youth and relative ignorance, I assumed that the little pill would be fine for small Texas Hill Country whitetails. Well, my first shot, broadside from about 100 yards, failed to drop my first Texas deer. He spun, ran a few yards to the right, spun back around right to left about 80 yards out, and I fired a second time (I felt sure I'd hit him with #1), and he piled up and dropped in his tracks. Later, when we field dressed him, we found 2 holes, no joke, about 2 inched apart. One, presumably the first, had hit a rib, blown up, and peppered the lungs; not immediately effective. The second went between 2 ribs and destroyed the aorta and top of the heart; immediate effect. I will NOT claim that I was shooting for the first hole; nobody here would buy it, anyhow. Just another example of the importance of bullet selection. The 120's came out soon after, and all was well. [/QUOTE]
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