What happened?
11-02-2011, 10:13 AM
#1
Spike
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Location: Overland Park, KS
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What happened?
My brother recently recovered a deer he shot with his 7mm-08. Upon retrieval he noticed that there were four entry holes, 2 large and 2 small, and no exit holes. He believes the cartridge separated either upon impact or before. Has anyone had a similar experience or may know what might have happened?
11-02-2011, 10:55 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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The likelihood of a bullet from a 7mm/08 Rem. fragmenting in flight is slim .... and likelihood of 4 pieces of it staying essentially on line to the target even slimmer. I am in agreement with Bocajnala. It is more likely that the bullet struck a small branch, stem or something of that nature relatively close to the deer. The bullet fragmented, but was so close to the deer that the pieces did not have enough distance to wander far of fline. Two of the pieces were still heavy enough to pass through. Did you recover the two pieces that did not pass through? Be interested in knowing if these were junks of lead, or jacket.
I have heard of in flight jacket separation of bullets fired from cartridges that create very high velocities .... 3700 fps up. But never personally witnessed such.
I have heard of in flight jacket separation of bullets fired from cartridges that create very high velocities .... 3700 fps up. But never personally witnessed such.
11-02-2011, 02:42 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: west central wi USA
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That happened to me many years ago with one of my first deer. It was a 30-06 bullet that fragmented and made several entrance wounds. I was shooting through brush. I have no doubt that I hit a branch.
11-02-2011, 07:33 PM
#6
Fork Horn
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Simple this is what happens when hunters use ballistic tip bullets. Which in my opinion one should never use on game.
Ballistic tip bullets are in fact more accurate especially at long distances. But they totally disintegrate when they hit anything.
Not to mention lack of a blood trail.
Ballistic tip bullets are in fact more accurate especially at long distances. But they totally disintegrate when they hit anything.
Not to mention lack of a blood trail.
11-03-2011, 03:22 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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A friend of mine shot a deer at very close range with a Savage smokeless muzzleloader. The bullet was a hollowpoint of some sort. There was an entrance wound and several exit wounds all on the same side of the deer. I guess the bullet blew up in the deer, but why the fragments came out the same side I don't know.
11-03-2011, 08:28 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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A friend of mine shot a deer at very close range with a Savage smokeless muzzleloader. The bullet was a hollowpoint of some sort. There was an entrance wound and several exit wounds all on the same side of the deer. I guess the bullet blew up in the deer, but why the fragments came out the same side I don't know.
