What do your recovered projectiles look like+info.

[tightgrouper]

I have only had this one opportunity to recover my projectile and this was it.

It is a 270 130 grain federal factory load shot at about 80 yards into a deer quartered away from me. Through the left chest through all the connections to the heart and then through the shoulder stopping under the skin on the other side.

Maybe this is a bit of an odd post but I am curious about others that may have this sort of info or comments on the technicalities of this.
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[russm86]

I couldn't tell you, I have never had a bullet stay in an animal. Every shot has been a through and through on about 15 to 20ish big game animals now from white-tails to moose. Even my first crossbow shot on a deer this year went right through. Maybe I'm using a slightly overpowered rifle...?

[Orangethunder]

I've got 5 that I've kept over the years. One is a 7mm 140 grain nosler partition recovered from a moose. Two are 140 grain barnes TSX from a caribou. The last one is a 140grain accubond from a mulie. The Tsx retained about 99 percent while the nosler products were only 60-65 percent retention.

[hunter1993ap]

i recover 90% of bullets in animals. the rifles we use are 300 wby and a 7mm. we use a 210 grain out of the 300 and a 160 grain in the 7mm. the bullets out of the 7mm look like the ones above and always do a lot of damage to the animal. either the bullet you use is soft or it is going really fast and this is the reasons your not going through the animals. if you are shooting a very hard bullet that doesnt "roll" when you hit the animal you are going to go right through it. or when the animal is at a fair distance your rifle will slow down and the bullet will hold its shape better and might go right through. ive shot small whitetail with the 7mm at under 100 yards and the bullet is on the skin on the opposite side. i shot a whitetail recently at 300yds and the bullet went right through. i love a bullet that does what yours did. but this is personal preference.

[bigslim]

I would think you would want your projectile to be recovered in the animal. That would mean all the energy was used up by the animal making the most of your load.

[NaStY]

Dead is dead no matter what happened before that. Ive only ever recovered one bullet and none of the animals made it past 100yrds so far. The wound channels have been devastating to say the least. I mostly use Barnes bullets due to acuracy.

[Amphibious]

I rarely recover bullets, but I like it that way. 2 holes drains blood faster then 1. Hypovolemic shock kills, not energy.

[bigslim]

right on about the Hypovolemic comment, I tried to find that scale on my ballistic charts but strangely enough it wasn't there.I prefer my animals to drop in their tracks, hence using up available energy. You can follow a blood trail, I would rather use my energy to admire my kill.

[budismyhorse]

I see a big dick contest brewing..........so I won't even bother to comment, I don't win many of those....

[270WIN]

200 grain accubond out of a 300wsm into a bukk moose. one travled lenght of the bull from chest to hind quarter. flling to rest just inside skin. the other broad side taking out part of shoulder. and resting just inside skin on other side.
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[Amphibious]

right on about the Hypovolemic comment, I tried to find that scale on my ballistic charts but strangely enough it wasn't there.


you must shoot Weatherby, and watch a lot of wildTV ;) read up on the Central Nervous System, hydrostatic shock and cavitation, you'll understand "bullet energy" better, and why the bullet staying in the animal matters little to the wound channel.

bullet construction on the other hand....

[Andrewh]

200 yrd shot with a 30.06 into a medium sized 2 point muley, semi quartered away.

Bullet was sticking out the other side of the deer, lodged half-way through the fur.

Gotta love those Barnes..

Andrew

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[hunter1947]

This bullet is a 160G Sierra Botail bullet 64 grains 4350 powder 31 hundread FPS 7mm this bullet was recovered from a bull elk I shot 15 years ago at 250 yard..

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[Brambles]

I rarely recover bullets, but I like it that way. 2 holes drains blood faster then 1. Hypovolemic shock kills, not energy.



Yeah but its energy and resistance that create the pressure wave that ruptures blood vessels, expands the bullet and creates the wound channel that causes hypovolemic shock, which is just a fancy word for lots of blood loss, So energy has some part in it. If there was no energy, then there's no killin.

I agree that two holes are better than one, in most cases the exit hole is the one that does the majority of the bleeding,

[bigslim]

Do not shoot a Weatherby or watch Wild tv, have watched Girls gone wild on tv but that is a whole different thread. But very true dead is dead and 2 holes are better than one (insert joke here) and a good blood trail can make the difference between finding the animal or not. Points well taken.

Merry Christmas to all

[Call of the Wild]

Here are some pictures of my two bullets I found in my first elk. Both shoot were quarter away and I shot both bullet on the back of the ribs one on each side of him without touching any bones. I found each bullets on the opposite side front shoulder while skinning. The middle one was at 200 yards and the left one at 250 yards.

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[tightgrouper]

I like those barns. Funny how the skin catches projectiles like these.

[Tron]

This was out of last years moose. 165gr tsx, still weights 164gr. It went in behind the left shoulder and was behind the hide on the right shoulder.

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[Tuffcity]

Hornady 250 SST .50 cal muzzleloader. Recovered from my wife's mnt goat.

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RC

[bigneily]

I see a big dick contest brewing..........so I won't even bother to comment, I don't win many of those....Hahahaha good one.

[Caveman]

Retrieved from the neck of my 2007 bison after passing directly through the spine. Federal Premium 30.06 180gr MRX

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