Big Bad Bob
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- Feb 25, 2011
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So I killed a 8 point buck saturday. Shot him mid shoulder at 120-125 yards with a .30 208 grain AMAX out of 300 WSM. Yes, thats alot of gun for whitetail, but every deer I have shot go 2 feet, straight down, all boiler maker profile or center chest shots, so meat loss has been minimal.
Heres the thing, of the 9 deer I have shot with this rifle and different bullet weights, none of the bullets exit. 180 soft points, 168 BTHP, 208 AMAX (second deer killed with this bullet) Internally its pretty graphic, the chest cavity looks like a small bomb went off, all major vitals are mush.
Im not complaining I just find interesting. Ive killed deer with .243's, .270's, .308's, 30-06, 44 magnum and those bullets went clean through the vital zones.
I recovered this bullet just under the hide on the opposite side.
Heres the thing, of the 9 deer I have shot with this rifle and different bullet weights, none of the bullets exit. 180 soft points, 168 BTHP, 208 AMAX (second deer killed with this bullet) Internally its pretty graphic, the chest cavity looks like a small bomb went off, all major vitals are mush.
Im not complaining I just find interesting. Ive killed deer with .243's, .270's, .308's, 30-06, 44 magnum and those bullets went clean through the vital zones.
I recovered this bullet just under the hide on the opposite side.