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Hammer bullet for short range bear hunting
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<blockquote data-quote="nralifer" data-source="post: 2756424" data-attributes="member: 94556"><p>Well here is my actual experience using a 308Win 20" carbon barrel shooting a 150 gr Badlands Precision 150 gr BD at 2920 fps on a 600 lbs Alaskan Coastal Black Bear. Bear was walking away through tall grass at a 25-30 degree angle from me. I could see him though a 10" or so hole in the grass. Had to estimate where his chest was and hit him at 175 yds quartering. We recovered the bullet under the hide on the opposite left side at the base of the neck. Estimated penetration was 30-32" diagonally through the chest with entrance hole at about 1" back of the right rib cage. Bullet still had all the petals but 1/2 of them had cracked close to the base, so the petals were fully deployed though out the bullet travel. He took one step and dropped, bleeding from his nose as he fell. We caped and quartered him. Did not open the chest. Guide, who refused to let people use other copper bullets was very impressed. Pics show the Bear and the bullet, and location on a chart where the hunt took place. The third pic is the old avalanche site we got the Bear in about 2/3 up from the water level. We were about 1 mile downstream from a glacier.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nralifer, post: 2756424, member: 94556"] Well here is my actual experience using a 308Win 20” carbon barrel shooting a 150 gr Badlands Precision 150 gr BD at 2920 fps on a 600 lbs Alaskan Coastal Black Bear. Bear was walking away through tall grass at a 25-30 degree angle from me. I could see him though a 10” or so hole in the grass. Had to estimate where his chest was and hit him at 175 yds quartering. We recovered the bullet under the hide on the opposite left side at the base of the neck. Estimated penetration was 30-32” diagonally through the chest with entrance hole at about 1” back of the right rib cage. Bullet still had all the petals but 1/2 of them had cracked close to the base, so the petals were fully deployed though out the bullet travel. He took one step and dropped, bleeding from his nose as he fell. We caped and quartered him. Did not open the chest. Guide, who refused to let people use other copper bullets was very impressed. Pics show the Bear and the bullet, and location on a chart where the hunt took place. The third pic is the old avalanche site we got the Bear in about 2/3 up from the water level. We were about 1 mile downstream from a glacier. [/QUOTE]
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