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.270boy
06-07-2006, 04:05 PM
So i found this while defrosting some steaks the other day....:shock: didnt find anything while cleaning my moose or skinning but somehow 7 months later i defrost a steak and out pops my bullet... im amazed the butcher didnt find it either, kind of leaves me wondering. Anyways heres some pics.

the load was..
.270 winchester
51 grains of IMR 4350
150 grain hornady interlock bullet

by the looks of things my bullet sure didnt hold together that well losing the core and fragmenting along the way bigtime.... Maybe new bullets will be in store for the fall.

http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/view1.jpg
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/view2.jpg
http://www.huntingbc.ca/photos/data/500/view3.jpg
bochunk2000
06-07-2006, 04:08 PM
Not much left of that at all. I like the Nosler Partitions. They work well for me. Steve.
Gateholio
06-07-2006, 04:18 PM
What was the bullets path through the moose?
.270boy
06-07-2006, 04:24 PM
What was the bullets path through the moose?

well thats the tough question haha, im wondering that now myself..first shot was a double lunger as i could clearly see the path of the bullet it went in one side and out the other, i followed with a quick second as it was on the run, but figured i missed that shot. then as i walked up the moose tried to get up about 50 yards away and i took another offhand shot and it dropped.

When i gutting I only found the path from my first shot though (clean through in one side out the other), making me wonder where the other 2 went... im thinking it was my third shot though which was quartering away ending up in the front leg region.. then into my steak possibley?
youngfellla
06-07-2006, 04:38 PM
Looks like it hit some bone, it's pretty beat up. Sure spit out the core though. I think I'd be switching to a Partition/A-Frame or any of the bonded bullets. That's not very good bullet performance.

At least you didn't swallow it!:-D
bcsteve
06-07-2006, 05:05 PM
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid191/p835751c1852470cf45e83b836f13cdd5/f1d0e048.jpg

You need to switch to a TSX!!! This is my 160gr 7mm Rem Mag TSX that I recovered from my moose last fall. Quatering towards shot, entered at the neck/ shoulder junction and recovered in opposite side kidney area. 100% weight retention. Gotta love those TSX.
mark
06-07-2006, 06:08 PM
i found the same thing slicing a roast once, cant believe noone found it before cutting up a roast!
bruno
06-07-2006, 07:29 PM
If the first shot was the kill shot what is wrong with the bullet, or were the second and third bullets different from the first??
.270boy
06-07-2006, 07:45 PM
Well yea the first was defonitly the kill shot, but id expect most bullets to hold up to a nice lungshot only going through 2 sets of ribs.... but say i screwed my shot up and hit it in the shoulder and my bullet exploded not penetrating, i now have a wounded moose that may never be found. I owe it to the animal to use a proper bullet and kill it cleanly and effeciently whether or not i shoot straight. Id think you should always use the best bullets you can, you owe that to the animal.
BlacktailStalker
06-07-2006, 09:53 PM
Yep. TSX is a nice projectile.
Foxer
06-08-2006, 01:25 AM
If you like hornady, consider the interbond. It seems from what i can tell from the feild data that they really do quite well in the smaller faster cartridges like 7mm and 270. Still fairly cheap too.
Schmaus
06-08-2006, 03:26 AM
If your eating the moose your bullet didn't fail
twoSevenO
06-08-2006, 07:16 AM
i think i'd throw that steak out ... after it's been poisoned by lead for 7 months haha :)
3kills
06-08-2006, 07:29 AM
yeah but thats not lead :lol:
Brambles
06-08-2006, 08:03 AM
I've had the same experiance with hornady interlock bullets, close ranges they do tend to separate, haven't shot anything with them at longer ranges so I don't know how they perform, never lost an animal though
twoSevenO
06-08-2006, 10:51 AM
yeah but thats not lead :lol:

shhhhhh :-D
.270boy
06-08-2006, 01:45 PM
haha actually i found a couple small peices of lead in there too.... the steak tasted great and im still kickin so i think it was alright
Jimbo
06-08-2006, 05:03 PM
Wasn't that steak a little bruised and bloodshot ? Did you pay real money for that butchering ?
.270boy
06-08-2006, 06:13 PM
Wasn't that steak a little bruised and bloodshot ? Did you pay real money for that butchering ?

.... the meat was alright.. but i wasn't too impressed either, the butcher we wanted to use wasnt open that late on a sunday so we took it to the place we have used quite a few times but try to avoid it now for good reasons, all I will say is its in the flats between abby and chilliwack....
boxhitch
06-09-2006, 12:32 AM
If your eating the moose your bullet didn't fail
Yupp, what he says. Dead is dead. If you 'what if' everything, you'll wind up shooting a .600 Nitro.
Elkhound
06-09-2006, 11:57 AM
.... the meat was alright.. but i wasn't too impressed either, the butcher we wanted to use wasnt open that late on a sunday so we took it to the place we have used quite a few times but try to avoid it now for good reasons, all I will say is its in the flats between abby and chilliwack....

Maybe it's not your bullet or meat:shock: