Originally Posted by
Game Stalker
Any reports on shoulder shots/heavy bone?
Yes, with the 305 grain one of the shots Thomas put on a hog that weighed in approximately 140 pounds was a dead broadside heart shot through the shoulders. Another was a quartering away heart shot. Both instances he said the heart was blown apart. Same caliber entrance and a slightly larger caliber exit at approximately 2 inches higher then the entrance. He said the shoulder meat on the entrance was bruised up a good bit around the entrance but the exit wasn't bad at all. Shot was approximately 85 yards on the broadside shoulder to shoulder and the quartering away was approximately 70 yards.
I think I understand the tissue damage, but it would also create some turbulence in the air using the same forces wouldn't it? So with those forces exerting on the air it is passing through how can it fly straight and why wouldn't that slow the bullet down faster?
Tx, I am no aeronautical engineer so I really couldn't tell you why they still fly well but so far they seem to fly very well indeed. Now as far as a long range (past 150) goes I really couldn't say since I haven't shot them past 100 out of the AR yet. I will be testing the 250's out to 150 which is pretty much as far as I shoot a smoke pole anyway.