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<blockquote data-quote="FEENIX" data-source="post: 2351057" data-attributes="member: 14204"><p>Agreed! I posted it a couple of years ago that my friend nearly lost a huge 6x7 Montana bull. He shot him with factory ammo loaded with Hornady 200 ELD-X (OP's former bullet of choice - [USER=40738]@7sand8s[/USER] ) out of his .300 WM at ~450Y. He managed to run back into the timber. It took all 4 of us over an hour to track him down without success—no blood trail. Luckily, an honest hunter two ridges over were watching the hunt unfold. On his way down to tell my buddy, he heard the bull's gasping last breathe. The bull managed to make it two ridges over before he expired. ~5Y from where he laid to rest, there was a tiny spec of blood. It was a double lung shot, but it did not appear that the bullet expanded. It was not a pass-through, but we did not recover the bullet (pressed for time). The bull literally drowned with his blood. We sent his remaining ammo to Hornady, hoping it was a bad batch/fluke. It tested good on their ballistic gel test.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="FEENIX, post: 2351057, member: 14204"] Agreed! I posted it a couple of years ago that my friend nearly lost a huge 6x7 Montana bull. He shot him with factory ammo loaded with Hornady 200 ELD-X (OP's former bullet of choice - [USER=40738]@7sand8s[/USER] ) out of his .300 WM at ~450Y. He managed to run back into the timber. It took all 4 of us over an hour to track him down without success—no blood trail. Luckily, an honest hunter two ridges over were watching the hunt unfold. On his way down to tell my buddy, he heard the bull's gasping last breathe. The bull managed to make it two ridges over before he expired. ~5Y from where he laid to rest, there was a tiny spec of blood. It was a double lung shot, but it did not appear that the bullet expanded. It was not a pass-through, but we did not recover the bullet (pressed for time). The bull literally drowned with his blood. We sent his remaining ammo to Hornady, hoping it was a bad batch/fluke. It tested good on their ballistic gel test. [/QUOTE]
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