Performance of Parker Ballistic Extreme, 275g
 

Here is a buck I killed last night with the Parker Ballistic Exterme 275g. They were the 2nd most accurate bullet in my gun (TC SW was most accurate). I was hoping for pass thrus with this bullet on deer, and that has happened on smaller does and broadside shots, but this shot was quarting away. I was hunting about 50 yards from the top of a mountain (actully a hill to you western guys) and had been in my stand about 1 hour. There was a doe feeding about 75 yards away in some thick stuff, but a shot never presented itself. I was watching the doe when all of a sudden this buck somesrunning over the top of the hill andmoving quicklydown a trail about 50 or 60yards froom me. I take my safe off, and whisle trying to get him to stop, he keeps on going, not hearing me. I see an opeing up in front of him and hold in the opening, when he gets into the opening I shoot. He takes 1 step and falls overtwitches just a second and is dead---boom flop.It took about 10 seconds for this whole shot sequence to play out it was so so fast; no time to think just shoulder the gun and react. The other deer 75 yards away never looks up and keeps onfeeding. I load back up, hoping to get a shot at thatdeer (we can take two per day in Va).

I hit the buck on the his left hand side, back in the liver area, the bullet took out a lung and the top of his heart, broke a rib, there was no exit hole so it must be under the hide in front of the right leg. I asked thebutcher to keep the bullet for me if he finds it.

Here is the load I was shooting:

Savage 10ML2 smokeless muzzleloader
44g 5744 powder (a powder recommended by Savage), 44g is recommended load for 250 and 300g bullet
Parker Ballistic Extreme 275g bullet (a .450 diameter bullet--several guys shoot this sabotless in their 45 caliber smokeless SMI custom MLers)
I throw away the PBE supplied sabot and use an MMP HPH12 sabot, just the right tightness in my bore
(I have had misfires with the supplied sabot, very loose in my bore)
Winchester primer

I know my Nosler 300g Protected Points would have exited the deer, but I can't complain on the terminal performance of the bullet. The inside of the chest cavity was jello, as it was on a couple of doe that I have shot with this bullet. There was no bone hit, although I didshoot a large doe in the front shoulder at 50 yards quarteriing to me last Friday just to see what this bullet would do and it went thru the shoulder into the chest cavity took of the top of the heart and exited on the RHS of the deer. The deer ran about 20 yards in a big circle and fell over dead. Excellent terminal performance. I really want to see a mushroom of these bullet, will check with my butcher.

Chap Gleason

RE: Performance of Parker Ballistic Extreme, 275g
 

Nice job chap!

RE: Performance of Parker Ballistic Extreme, 275g
 

Very nice job Chap. I think the kind of shot you described is one of the hardest for people to pull off because it requires very pin point accuracy when you're faced with a hard quarter and a small entry zone. At least they are for me, and I hate them to be honest with you. From all I have heard of the Parker Ballistic Extreme they are a great bullet. Very accurate, and very deadly on game. I have talked to other people that shoot the same 275 and all of them brag of the accuracy and the devastation they do internally to game.

I currently am testing some of the Parker Ballistic Extreme 250 grain in different rifles. So far they have been impressive. In my Knight Disc with 120 grain of Pyrodex RS they will shoot excellent groups, although I noticed I have to be somewhat picky when it comes to swabbing. I really have to clean the barrel good and clean. Then it will stack them up. I wanted to see what they would do on a deer, but that opportunity did not present itself to me. Guess I better move to a State that has more generous deer harvest laws.. :D

RE: Performance of Parker Ballistic Extreme, 275g
 

Nice buck-- I shot a doe with remngton PT 250 gr (AKA Ballistic extreams) and got the same resualts bang flop she fell right in her tracks. The bullet never exited and I never found it but it dosen't matter I love thepreformance!!!Great shooting!

RE: Performance of Parker Ballistic Extreme, 275g
 

Nice Buck. Fine shootin!

RE: Performance of Parker Ballistic Extreme, 275g
 

Dave
How about a med winter warm florida pig hunt. Awful expensive pork though. But at least we would be warm. The way this winter is going will need the break

RE: Performance of Parker Ballistic Extreme, 275g
 

Thank you. Actually I was using the Remington PT myself. Traditions XLR is another brand that packages the PBE and they are a bit cheaper than the Parkers at least at MidSouth Shooter's supply, $13 for 15 bullets. I paid $17 for 15 of the Remington at Gander Mountain. Are you using the supplied sabot or a different one? Chap Gleason

RE: Performance of Parker Ballistic Extreme, 275g
 

Thanks Cayugad. I really like their accuracy, and I can say that they do a number on the internal organs, see this PDF for how the PBE does on ballistic gel:

http://www.the-gleasons.com/Parker%20BE%20TC%20SW%20shot%20into%20ballistic%20 gel.pdf

As for moving, no don't do that, you leave all your friends, just come and visit liberal deer states like Va, NC, Alabama, Mississippi, etc. Chap

RE: Performance of Parker Ballistic Extreme, 275g
 

Good shot, Nice deer. Congratulations. Lee