Originally Posted by
GPMD
Sabotloader- thank you for the suggestion. I never heard of these bullets until you mentioned them. After doing research, I'm real curious and interested now. I saw another thread on this site saying that they come in XP and controlled fractioning. Do you use either? My concern with the controlled fractioning is the exit wound. I don't want any more Powerbelts situations. It seems reviews on this bullet are very good, I may have to see how they shoot for me.
You are thinking correctly.. the exit hole is bullet size - it is not a big hole but it drains blood just fine... the real damage occurs inside the animal when the petals come off and puncture organs in a 360* arch + the tremendous amount of hydrostatic damage occurring as the bullet passes through and out. And then there is the permanent wound channel created by the bullet. MOST often the whole effect shocks the animal so much it over-rides the 'flight' response of the animal.
I have in the past always used the CF bullets, but right now I have a better understanding of how the XP works and in Theory it could/should work very well but I have to shoot it more to verify.
This is a little buck that succumbed to my frustrations of not seeing an elk one day. It was only about a 60 yard shot and I was really worried the bullet might pencil right on through because the hide is so thin and the area for the bullet to work the fluid is so short - but work it did.
I was a little shocked when I opened him up and the large chunks of coagulated blood dropped out.
His chest cavity was nothing more than a thick liquid.