troy fairweather
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Post some photos of the noslers that you recovered and a little back story.
Ya sometimes the thread is not on the main page most don't see it. What was the range, and meat damage. Thanks for your response.No responses? I’ve shot 2 deer and 4 elk with 250 grain Accubonds in a 338 win mag. All pass through shots. No bullets recovered.
No responses? I’ve shot 2 deer and 4 elk with 250 grain Accubonds in a 338 win mag. All pass through shots. No bullets recovered.
What was the range, and meat damage.
thanks for taking the time on that. Good they exit even up close. Better to wreck some meat then lose a animal.The 4 elk and one deer were all shot at ranges under 60 yards, closest being a large cow elk at about 20. 1 elk I hit both front shoulders at 60ish yards and it made a real mess with bone and bloodshot. Another elk was quartering way and bent down feeding at about 50 yards. The bullet hit toward the back of the rib cage, detached the blood vessels to the heart, and exited out the opposite side in the lower neck. The other two elk (1 at 20 yards and the other 50) were broadside, behind the shoulder. The one deer was about a 30 yard shot hit behind the shoulder and exited through the far shoulder. That made exactly half the same mess that shoulder shot elk made. Sucking chest wound is right like sage5907 said. The last deer I shot at about 300 yards behind the front shoulder and the bullet destroyed it's heart. So to conclude I'd say that with shots that miss the shoulder joints/bones, there is insignificant bloodshot and the internal bullet damage is impressive from big animals at close range to smaller animals at extended range. Hitting bone and joints didn't stop the bullet (a huge plus in my book) but it left a big mess to work around (a sacrifice I'll tolerate to feel confident in a quick, efficient kill.) None of the animals ran farther than 25 yards which is another benefit.
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Thanks, I don't climb trees. I'm not afraid of h heights of falling just the sudden stop lol. And I'm to dang fat. Great you have a photo still of your first.I'd have to dig to find the 165 Partition I shot my first deer with, from a 742 Carbine with my handload of 47 g. of IMR 3031. Range 65 yards, a spike buck that was trailing a doe and never even knew I was there. I tracked him with the rifle, (as I had the doe), and when he stopped to sniff where she peed, I dropped him. Aorta shot, only reason I was able to recover the bullet was that it hit the opposite side leg bone after exiting the body, and lodged in the foreleg. (Seemed like it pulled him down!) I waited for what seemed like an eternity watching him through the scope (It was probably 2 minutes...) then literally jumped out of my deer stand, hitting the ground running. (Yes gun in hands. I was 16, and we didn't wear harnesses back then.) Still the only deer I've shot while in a tree stand. Here's the deer, and my first car, a '70 Mustang:
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I have been a fan of Partitions ever since.
Thanks, death by baseball lol.
Thanks for the info. Where they picky about how close they where to the lands of no.One other comment on the 150 Accubond with my developed load. They are accurate. Sub 1/2 MOA 5 shot groups at 200 yards.