ML season started today in Michigan. Last night I talked my buddy (Michigan resident) into using my Knight LRH with Barnes MZ 250 gr instead of using his CVA with powerbelt bullets. Sadly, my ML was still loaded from last week when I was gun hunting in Wisconsin. Anyway...he shot many deer with powerbelt bullets with mixed results. The over riding comment he kept saying was "the powerbelts seem to just blowup!"
I told him that I'm positive the Barnes MZ would not blowup like his powerbelts.
This morning about 9:00 am a big doe came by him at about 50 yards. When he shot, the doe bucked a little and ran about 10 to 15 yards and piled up on her nose. After seeing the deer, it's a wonder it made it that far. My buddy told me that if he was shooting powerbelts, there would only be one hole in this deer.
Load information. Knight LRH with 80grains(weighed) of Blackhorn 209, Fed 209A primers. The velocity of the 250 grain bullet averaged 2070 fps.
Entrance wound.
The exit would after breaking the leg bone.
