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<blockquote data-quote="Bisbee" data-source="post: 2494430" data-attributes="member: 51790"><p>Last fall I was going to zero in my rifle for some 6.5 Creedmoor,143 ELDX cartridges that I had loaded the year before, but was consumed with trying to get my sisters rifle to shoot accurately. I had been shooting the Hornady 140 grain HP target bullets so very accurately that I left well enough alone, believing that a 140 grains could never splash. Boy was I wrong. My sister had just shot a buck when I spotted another broadside, up the hill at 200 yds. When I shot there was a pronounced whap! The deer disappeared. While I was deboning my sister's buck, my brother spent a lot of time searching for mine. Eventually he jumped my buck and observed that he wasn't doing well. We searched the hill and eventually found him dead with a perfectly placed shot but the bullet had disintegrated on the shoulder meat, no bone encountered. The lungs were badly bruised and a few tiny jacket shrapnel pieces had hit the lungs, I do mean tiny. Several hours after being hit the deer died.</p><p>Take this opportunity to learn from my mistake, target bullets do not necessarily make good big game bullets. I have seen you-tube videos asserting that these same bullets are appropriate for big game. Don't believe it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bisbee, post: 2494430, member: 51790"] Last fall I was going to zero in my rifle for some 6.5 Creedmoor,143 ELDX cartridges that I had loaded the year before, but was consumed with trying to get my sisters rifle to shoot accurately. I had been shooting the Hornady 140 grain HP target bullets so very accurately that I left well enough alone, believing that a 140 grains could never splash. Boy was I wrong. My sister had just shot a buck when I spotted another broadside, up the hill at 200 yds. When I shot there was a pronounced whap! The deer disappeared. While I was deboning my sister's buck, my brother spent a lot of time searching for mine. Eventually he jumped my buck and observed that he wasn't doing well. We searched the hill and eventually found him dead with a perfectly placed shot but the bullet had disintegrated on the shoulder meat, no bone encountered. The lungs were badly bruised and a few tiny jacket shrapnel pieces had hit the lungs, I do mean tiny. Several hours after being hit the deer died. Take this opportunity to learn from my mistake, target bullets do not necessarily make good big game bullets. I have seen you-tube videos asserting that these same bullets are appropriate for big game. Don't believe it. [/QUOTE]
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