Tried new powder/bullet combination
#11
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
Posts: 10,917
RE: Tried new powder/bullet combination
I spent $39,000 for a hunting truck, $600 for a Knight rifle, $350 for a scope, an unknown amount for hunting clothes & accessories, so why would I complain about bullets costing $1 each if they work?
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
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Posts: 3,246
RE: Tried new powder/bullet combination
ORIGINAL: nchawkeye
I "help" the SSTs expand by putting them through the shoulder blade, that way I don't need a blood trail...
I "help" the SSTs expand by putting them through the shoulder blade, that way I don't need a blood trail...
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
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Posts: 3,246
RE: Tried new powder/bullet combination
ORIGINAL: falcon
Hornady SST sabots load very hard in my Encore. But that is a very small price for me to pay for their accuracy and consistency. JSG and SST sabots work well for me.
Hornady SST sabots load very hard in my Encore. But that is a very small price for me to pay for their accuracy and consistency. JSG and SST sabots work well for me.
Chap Gleason
#14
RE: Tried new powder/bullet combination
My first (& last) buck with an XTP bullet went almost 30 yards after the hit. My buddy talked me into trying Barnes bullets the next year, and they are all I've deer hunted with since. Not a huge score (haven't kept count, but 4 or 5 deer) but every one dropped on the spot!
#15
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 426
RE: Tried new powder/bullet combination
ORIGINAL: wabi
My first (& last) buck with an XTP bullet went almost 30 yards after the hit. My buddy talked me into trying Barnes bullets the next year, and they are all I've deer hunted with since. Not a huge score (haven't kept count, but 4 or 5 deer) but every one dropped on the spot!
My first (& last) buck with an XTP bullet went almost 30 yards after the hit. My buddy talked me into trying Barnes bullets the next year, and they are all I've deer hunted with since. Not a huge score (haven't kept count, but 4 or 5 deer) but every one dropped on the spot!
#16
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 86
RE: Tried new powder/bullet combination
you know it is amazing how some deer drop on the spot from a questionable shot but yet the next deer with a perfect shot will run a hundred yards or so after impact.up until this year i have been a shotgun only hunter in illinois and for the last six years have been shooting winchester partition gold slugs they have been great have killed around twenty deer with them most did not make it ten feet. but one in paticular last year took three thats right three through the front shoulder and still managed to make it 80-100 yards out of the field before collapsing.on that hunt i was using a new scope and thought as the deer kept moving that i was missing him but luckily i found some blood before it got dark and recovered that deer. when we got him skinned out we could see i shot a 2 inch group in his right shoulder and it looked like a softball had came out the left i was really amazed that he made it that far...with that beeing said no wonder it is hard to get a strait answer on what ML bullet to shoot because i dont think to many deer will give me three shots with my new omega...
#17
RE: Tried new powder/bullet combination
oldrookie,
It was a 300 grain XTP at about 60 yards. Nothing wrong with the bullet performance, or the recovery. A shot through the lungs and the buck didn't go far. The only reason I switched was the Barnes record among hunting friends. With a good hit - 100% recovery rate and almost all dropped right on the spot. One hunting buddy even badly mis-judged range and took a nice buck when the Barnes took two legs almost off.
It was a 300 grain XTP at about 60 yards. Nothing wrong with the bullet performance, or the recovery. A shot through the lungs and the buck didn't go far. The only reason I switched was the Barnes record among hunting friends. With a good hit - 100% recovery rate and almost all dropped right on the spot. One hunting buddy even badly mis-judged range and took a nice buck when the Barnes took two legs almost off.