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7mm STW
Nosler accubond
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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1763010" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>For that to have happened something had to cause the bullet to expand and begin to either tumble or breakup before it even made contact with the animal.</p><p></p><p>I tried a "Texas Heart Shot" on a very large warthog a few years ago. The Shot seemed to be right on but the animal ran off a few hundred yards and we had to put it down with another shot.</p><p></p><p>On examination it looked like someone had knifed the hog in both hams indicating the bullet completely blew up before making impact.</p><p></p><p>I was aboslutely convinced I had a clear shot which was confirmed by the Outfitter and PH that were with me.</p><p></p><p>We set back up exactly where we were when the shot was taken, we knew exactly where the hog was standing as well and walked the full track of the bullet.</p><p></p><p>Sure enough we found a single stalk maybe the size of a pencil lead that had been a fledgling acacia tree about 40 yards from where the hog had been standing directly in the path of the bullet. It was cut off like someone had snipped it with pruning shears.</p><p></p><p>That had to be the cause of the bullet failure, there was simply nothing else that could explain it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1763010, member: 30902"] For that to have happened something had to cause the bullet to expand and begin to either tumble or breakup before it even made contact with the animal. I tried a "Texas Heart Shot" on a very large warthog a few years ago. The Shot seemed to be right on but the animal ran off a few hundred yards and we had to put it down with another shot. On examination it looked like someone had knifed the hog in both hams indicating the bullet completely blew up before making impact. I was aboslutely convinced I had a clear shot which was confirmed by the Outfitter and PH that were with me. We set back up exactly where we were when the shot was taken, we knew exactly where the hog was standing as well and walked the full track of the bullet. Sure enough we found a single stalk maybe the size of a pencil lead that had been a fledgling acacia tree about 40 yards from where the hog had been standing directly in the path of the bullet. It was cut off like someone had snipped it with pruning shears. That had to be the cause of the bullet failure, there was simply nothing else that could explain it. [/QUOTE]
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