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<blockquote data-quote="cabelasken" data-source="post: 2303468" data-attributes="member: 117774"><p>Last year a member of our hunting party took a shot and hit a cow elk at nearly 400 yds. The 180 gr bullet from a 300 WSM fragmented into itty bitty pieces. I know because i killed that elk the next day with my 300 WSM with a 168 Barnes TTSX bullet. Last month while eating some stew made from that elk, I picked out a chunk of copper (5 Gr) and have been doing that on several previous occasions. Over the years, I too have come to prefer an entrance and exit hole. I remember the first bull elk I took, a 6x6 was shot right behind the shoulder about 2/3 of the way up the body with my 284 win with a 140 gr Barnes TSX from 125 yds. The bull ran directly at me an as I got ready to shoot again, I saw blood spurting from BOTH holes - right where I had aimed. As the bull got to about 30 yds away, he stopped and fell over. Upon skinning that bull, the exit hole was a perfect 4 petal clover. While it's true that velocity and the explosive designs of Berger and Hammer bullets can be very effective on big game, I personally want the bullet to stay together and penetrate all the way thru or at least close to the far side hide.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cabelasken, post: 2303468, member: 117774"] Last year a member of our hunting party took a shot and hit a cow elk at nearly 400 yds. The 180 gr bullet from a 300 WSM fragmented into itty bitty pieces. I know because i killed that elk the next day with my 300 WSM with a 168 Barnes TTSX bullet. Last month while eating some stew made from that elk, I picked out a chunk of copper (5 Gr) and have been doing that on several previous occasions. Over the years, I too have come to prefer an entrance and exit hole. I remember the first bull elk I took, a 6x6 was shot right behind the shoulder about 2/3 of the way up the body with my 284 win with a 140 gr Barnes TSX from 125 yds. The bull ran directly at me an as I got ready to shoot again, I saw blood spurting from BOTH holes - right where I had aimed. As the bull got to about 30 yds away, he stopped and fell over. Upon skinning that bull, the exit hole was a perfect 4 petal clover. While it's true that velocity and the explosive designs of Berger and Hammer bullets can be very effective on big game, I personally want the bullet to stay together and penetrate all the way thru or at least close to the far side hide. [/QUOTE]
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