ORIGINAL: ahankster
Pglasgow, I agree since an XTP is basically the same exact bullet in 90% of it's construction as a Shockwave. Very little difference, other thana bit of a tighter hollow point and a plastic tip.
Maybe his sabots were staying with the bullet and impacting the paper?
Have to say I don't understand this as it has a very thick copper jacket. Maybe a bad batch of bullets.
Hank
Thought of that as well but the sabot wouldnt penetrate the steel door.When I backed up past 50 yrds you could also find the sabot between me and the target afterwards at times.
The bullets I recovered from the deer while missing the copper otherwise seemed to do exactly what they were supposed to, the mushroomed great, caused massive damage, and I never had a deer go more then maybe 30 yrds after the shot.The bullets would almost go through, usually lodging just under the skin on the far side.Bloodtrails were very poor.
After posting yesterday I was thinking, the bullets could have actually come from the same lot, while they were boughtin different years the store I get the at doesnt sell a lot of blackpowder goods and they could have very well been leftover from the previous year and just restocked.Maybe all it boiled down to was a bad bunch of bullets after all.Suppose I could buy another box and try them again but somehow the idea they could seperate in the barrel makes me think now shooting them may not have been the safest things to do with that gun.Must be getting older
