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Dark_Helmet
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Re: Big bore damage on game animals
06/02/04 07:30 PM

its less about the caliber than bullet construction and velocity.

at middle distances, and with something akin to a 375 300gr A-Frame, small game will just have a hole in it. with a 30-378 165gr soft-point or Ballistic Tip, HUGE mess, MASSIVE expansion and bullet fracture.

woodleigh softs would be a bad bullet to try this with, especially the old-style sub-2000fps impact velocity versions.

basically it boils to this... if the bullet is going below its design velocity range (relative to the animals structure), it will not expand and just pass through. if it is too soft or too fast (some may say this is less an issue) it will create a gaping hole. I shot a small buck at 35 FEET, with a 117gr BoatTail Soft in a 25-06 loaded to 2990, that should give me an impact velocity VERY near 2900fps.

bullet just passed through the heart and lungs (no bone structure) and the exit wound did not indicate significant expansion/fracture... it appeared as if the exit would was between some .35 and .50" vs. the entry wound an even quarter.

make of it what you will... I suspect the real arguement is that Ballistic Tips damage a ton of meat and real "hunting bullets" (i.e. Partition or better) don't.

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Edited by dasMafia (06/02/04 07:31 PM)

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Big bore damage on game animals	NitroX	06/02/04 06:32 PM
Re: Big bore damage on game animals	DONOTDELETE	21/02/04 06:41 AM
Re: Big bore damage on game animals	Mbogojoe	21/02/04 08:10 AM
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Re: Big bore damage on game animals	DONOTDELETE	19/02/04 05:48 PM
Re: Big bore damage on game animals	atkinson6	21/02/04 05:22 AM
Re: Big bore damage on game animals	DONOTDELETE	21/02/04 07:49 AM
Re: Big bore damage on game animals	quigleysharps	19/02/04 12:31 AM
Re: Big bore damage on game animals	DaveJames	19/02/04 06:11 AM
Re: Big bore damage on game animals	cr500	18/02/04 12:40 PM
Re: Big bore damage on game animals	475Guy	18/02/04 12:46 PM
Re: Big bore damage on game animals	DaveJames	18/02/04 05:42 PM
Re: Big bore damage on game animals	Holmes	18/02/04 05:51 PM
Re: Big bore damage on game animals	475Guy	18/02/04 06:44 PM
Re: Big bore damage on game animals	WyoJoe	18/02/04 11:45 AM
Re: Big bore damage on game animals	mstarling	10/02/04 02:31 AM
Re: Big bore damage on game animals	atkinson6	10/02/04 06:11 AM
Re: Big bore damage on game animals	DUGABOY1	09/02/04 05:49 AM
Re: Big bore damage on game animals	Holmes	07/02/04 12:33 PM
Re: Big bore damage on game animals	NitroX	07/02/04 12:39 PM
Re: Big bore damage on game animals	475Guy	08/02/04 09:21 AM
Re: Big bore damage on game animals	luv2safari	07/02/04 05:02 PM
Re: Big bore damage on game animals	Dark_Helmet	06/02/04 07:30 PM
Re: Big bore damage on game animals	nopride2	07/02/04 02:17 AM
Re: Big bore damage on game animals	mickey	07/02/04 03:10 AM

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