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JPK
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Re: Questions about the 45-120 / Rigby .450 3 1/4 N.E.
15/11/05 02:20 PM

An observation for you:

I shot cape buffalo, that was already down and was partly visible, at a hard quartering away angle, at a shallow angle through the spine. From entry to spine was +/- two feet. After the bullet, a 458 500gr Woodleigh solid had penetrated the spine you could see the bullets track below the hide (the buff was lying back up/ belly down but the onside was higher since the buff was lying on a slope). For about 8" it appeared true then the bullet obviously tumbled, spinnng more or less parralel to the ground and hide, a full turn and a bit more based on the track visible through the skin, and coming to rest visible under the skin and at about a 45* angle to the line of travel, which was straight the full length.

I figured the tumble was a result of the velocity loss from passing through 2' of muscle, the spine and another 8" of muscle. Initial distance was about 35yds; initial velocity about 2090fps. The bullet was perfectly round and undeformed with just a bit of lead pushed out the rear.

What are your thoughts?

JPK

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Questions about the 45-120 / Rigby .450 3 1/4 N.E.	Guncotton	11/07/05 05:11 AM
Re: Questions about the 45-120 / Rigby .450 3 1/4 N.E.	45LCshooter	12/07/05 03:04 PM
Re: Questions about the 45-120 / Rigby .450 3 1/4 N.E.	BillfromOregon	28/07/05 01:22 AM
Re: Questions about the 45-120 / Rigby .450 3 1/4 N.E.	davem3	11/07/05 01:59 PM
Re: Questions about the 45-120 / Rigby .450 3 1/4 N.E.	DarylS	18/08/05 04:49 AM
Re: Questions about the 45-120 / Rigby .450 3 1/4 N.E.	500Nitro	03/09/05 09:21 AM
Re: Questions about the 45-120 / Rigby .450 3 1/4 N.E.	DarylS	04/09/05 10:18 AM
Re: Questions about the 45-120 / Rigby .450 3 1/4 N.E.	500Nitro	04/09/05 11:40 AM
Re: Questions about the 45-120 / Rigby .450 3 1/4 N.E.	JPK	15/11/05 02:20 PM
Re: Questions about the 45-120 / Rigby .450 3 1/4	Guncotton	11/12/05 03:38 AM
Re: Questions about the 45-120 / Rigby .450 3 1/4	Guncotton	03/09/05 07:04 AM
Re: Questions about the 45-120 / Rigby .450 3 1/4	Guncotton	11/07/05 10:29 PM
Re: Questions about the 45-120 and Rigby .450 3/4 N.E	500Nitro	11/07/05 05:23 AM

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