elkaholic
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Very good documentation Rhian! Too bad you couldn't have found the bullet but I think the banana bullet theory is likely correct. That is about the only way it would turn that angle as well.......Rich
Nice bull Rhian, congrats. Good thing you didnt ruin any backstraps with that neck shot.
Lol, i hope that goes through your head before you press the bang button, "Dont spine her, dont spine her, i will never hear the end of it"
Of course...We all know that!!! Just like that other member on here didn't kill a giant moose @ 900-something yards with a plain-old 7mm RM...Congrats on a good shot and some tasty meat! I can't wait to see the "lack of bullet evidence" I think you scared him and he fell off a cliff!......rich
By the way; don't you know you can't kill an elk with a little cartridge like that!
Of course...We all know that!!! Just like that other member on here didn't kill a giant moose @ 900-something yards with a plain-old 7mm RM...
Aw, come on man...We're just pokin a little fun about previous made comments from other threads. Honestly, I wasn't even referring to your comments on the subject.Ya know, I don't remember anyone ever saying you couldn't kill and elk with a smaller cal... I do remember some folks including me say that bigger cals do it better... there is a difference...
I've read on here so many times, and I've met so many stupid locals in my area that are whitetail deer hunting with .338 Lapuas & RUMs to kill 110 lb does inside of 300 yards, that it makes me sick how stupid some people can be.
Oh trust me, it drives me nuts. There are only 3 reasons why I shoot does. 1) for meat (they taste better than bucks), 2) my club has a 2 doe minimum policy, and 3) because more does are born than bucks in our area, so population control is a necessary part of property management.That must be driving you crazy! LOL
Hey, if a guy wants to shoot a little whitetail doe with a 338 LM, why not? At least he will be ready for the zombie apocalypse
It's all good Mud, back to the thread now
Congrats on the bull and nice shot Rhian!
Roy, interesting observation.
Rhian, how many inches of flesh to where the bullet struck the vertebra?
Wonder how annealing the CEB's would work?
Very little meat was hit before bone, at max a couple inches, it was a hard hit and I knew it would be but I wanted to see exactly what it would do with that kind of hit, especially after seeing the bullet not open on a 2x6 and a dirt pile at a grand. I do suspect they will open well if I stick one through the ribs which I will but I wanted to get as broad a function test as I could and a hard bone hit like the point of the shoulder or neck is part of that.
I don't think annealing would do anything to these bullets, they are very soft already, you have to be careful with them or you can damage the tips, if you drop a bullet on the concrete while loading them it's toast they are that soft.