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ORIGINAL: Snook384
Unhappy: It is like a grenade going off in their chest and explodes EVERYTHING in there. Yep that was a repeat. I mean it does so much damage that you lose a lot of meat sometimes.
I have also NEVER found a bullet from any animal I have shot with this bullet. I have no freakin clue where it goes.
i agree. i've killed deer with 150 grain bullets from my .308 and 130 grain bullets from my .270. they take care of business for sure. but, they were designed for long range shots. so, they are explosive at close range. where i hunt most of my shots are well within 100 yards. although, the longest distance i shot a deer with these bullets has only been 65 yards. so i'm thinking about using a standard jacketed soft point.
as far as you not finding a bullet that hasn't exited the animal. it probably desinigrated. this is what i've observed with the bullets that did not exit.
I shoot them out of my 308 at about 2600-2700 fps. All my shots are under 100 yards as well.I haven't expierenced the 165 SST exploding at all. Both the whitetail bucks anda cowelk I shot with them, It drilled a hole thru them like a FMJ. All ofthem were hit in the ribs not in the shoulder.Ofcourse there was internal damage to soft tissue but not like I was expecting. In all cases it has been bitter cold. I wonder if that has something to do with it? I wonder if they were to hit hard bone( ie shoulder)what they would do?