ORIGINAL: fishforfun
Hello well I finally became a member to this site.I have been visiting it for a long time for info.So here is my question for anyone.I just started using 250 gr. shockwaves with 130 gr. pyro. pellets.They shoot very good out of my 50 cal. knight Disc.How good are they on whitetails and do they leave good blood trails. As i shoot always for the heart ,lungs.......I used T/C 250 gr. PTX s always before these and killed alot of deer with them...but they don t make them anymore..
First off, welcome to the forum. It's nice to have you here.
From all I have read, since I have no practical experience with the Shockwaves... I would rate them as an excellent hunting bullet. I do understand that people have claimed perfect lung shots and no blood trail with them. I personally can not explain the reason for that. Ballistics and bullet performanceis not my thing.
Then, I have a close friend who sent me a photo of a deer he shot (to rub it in)with a 250 grain Shockwave. Due to the position of the camera not only could I look at his excellent buck, his rather grubby face, but looking in the snow behind him, I could have tracked that deer with a phote to where he shot. The blood trail was tremendous. He claimed he did a simple double lung at 60 yards, and the deer ran 35 yards, bleeding like a stuck pig (as my father used to say) and dropped.
Too many posts have told of the harvesting of deer with a Shockwave not to respect them. I personally feel if your rifle shoots them well, and you can put that bullet in the right place, there is no reason a Shockwave will not work.