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<blockquote data-quote="Westernhuntr" data-source="post: 1817027" data-attributes="member: 112648"><p>Thought I'd respond to you both at once.</p><p>My bull was just shy of 700 yards, the first shot was slightly quartered away so I put it right behind the lungs. That bullet fragmented to bits on the ribs and only penetrated a few inches.</p><p>Shot 2 was taken as the bull started turning and I hit him right at the neck shoulder junction, the bullet passed through without expanding and actually clipped a vertebrae, exit hole was pretty much .308.</p><p>After that he ran off into the timber, and luckily I spotted him about 15 minutes later in a small opening at 650 yards.</p><p>I sent one right behind the shoulder and it put him down with pretty good expansion, although explosive.. I couldn't see anything but fragments of lead and jacket.</p><p>I don't drill out tips, maybe that would have kept the one from pencilling. Who knows though it might have gotten smashed shut from recoil in the mag..</p><p>What I found even more disturbing last season was watching a guy shoot a bull center shoulder with a 300 EH from a Lapua improved at 800 yards, that bullet blew apart and failed to make it through the shoulder.</p><p>He tracked him 2 miles the next day and got him.</p><p>I saw the pics of the shoulder when I met him at our trucks that evening, pretty bad.</p><p>After these experiences I'll be hunting with bonded bullets or monos only</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Westernhuntr, post: 1817027, member: 112648"] Thought I'd respond to you both at once. My bull was just shy of 700 yards, the first shot was slightly quartered away so I put it right behind the lungs. That bullet fragmented to bits on the ribs and only penetrated a few inches. Shot 2 was taken as the bull started turning and I hit him right at the neck shoulder junction, the bullet passed through without expanding and actually clipped a vertebrae, exit hole was pretty much .308. After that he ran off into the timber, and luckily I spotted him about 15 minutes later in a small opening at 650 yards. I sent one right behind the shoulder and it put him down with pretty good expansion, although explosive.. I couldn't see anything but fragments of lead and jacket. I don't drill out tips, maybe that would have kept the one from pencilling. Who knows though it might have gotten smashed shut from recoil in the mag.. What I found even more disturbing last season was watching a guy shoot a bull center shoulder with a 300 EH from a Lapua improved at 800 yards, that bullet blew apart and failed to make it through the shoulder. He tracked him 2 miles the next day and got him. I saw the pics of the shoulder when I met him at our trucks that evening, pretty bad. After these experiences I'll be hunting with bonded bullets or monos only [/QUOTE]
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