Originally Posted by
Cypress32
Yea I will try it again tomorrow. He didnt react at all like he was hit. I watched him through the scope and he just disappeared. Was shooting hollow points so figured they would do enough internal damage to drop him even though it was a small caliber but I never saw even a drop of blood. Also usually they will vomit up what they were eating when I get a hit and there wasnt any of that either and he was feeding. I hate to admit missing something so close but Im sure I shot right over him as Im zeroed in at 100 yards. Switched back to my .270 so at least I should be able to get an exit wound. Looked at a new Browning 7mag with a Trijicon milidot scope combo today. With that combo I will never have to track a deer again. Im just really bad at gauging how far up or down I should be aiming and should have had a milidot in the first place but good ones are $800+ and I couldnt afford one at the time.
Just because you were shooting HP's does not mean they will do alot of damage. In my line of work we shoot HP's because of their superior long range accuracy capabilities. They do not open up!!!!
I have shot plate steel with several of my rifles at home and then shot FMJ's right beside them and had the HP's out penetrate the steel over the FMJ's.
In a 243 you would be better off with ballistic tips or soft points for penetration and bullet expansion that you desire.
To the mil-dot scope. If you are not accostomed to shooting mil-dot, you will be worse off then without. You need to shown how to correctly use and gauge you mils to get their full capabilities and learn on how to use then for the wind values and the mil specs themselves. I have been shooting them for going on now 15yrs and still get them screwed up once in awhile. Especially if you have other traditional scopes and will have to trade back and forth. Better off learning what you have and stick with it to get its full potential. And at 30yds, you could have shoot over its back easily in the rush of the moment. What power is your scope and at what power setting was it at when you shot?