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  Well the 24" MGM 6.5x30-30 AI got a chance to shine tonight. I needed something from my shop around 8:30 this evening, so I decided I'd take a look to see if anything was stirring. I set the rifle onto an impromptu rest (a sack of corn on the covered bed of my truck, actually), turned on the scope's illuminated dot and flicked on the green shooting light. Within seconds, I picked up the form of a big boar, and as the light hit him, he turned slightly. I knew he was about to vacate the county, so I decided against waiting for a broadside opportunity. I wasted no time, put the dot in alignment with the opposite shoulder and sent a 120 grain Ballistic Tip downrange. The range later proved to be 165 yards. The bullet flew true, taking the boar through the third-to-last rib, devastating one side of the liver, heavily damaging both lungs and then plowing through the opposite-side shoulder. The bullet came to rest in the meaty front portion of the shoulder and about 1/2" from contact with the shield. When extracting it, I noticed a portion of the core was loose, but -- all things considered -- I'd call this perfect terminal performance as the damage was impressive, and the hog went less than 30 yards before piling up. I cleaned off the bullet a bit more after taking the photo, and the two pieces weighed 76 grains. I had just developed this load using Varget powder. It clocks a tad over 2600 fps and rewarded me with some very tight groups. Bobby Μολὼν λαβέ The most important thing in life is not what we do but how and why we do it. - Nana Mouskouri | ||
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Good job Bobby, glasd you are still working on them.   Even the rocks don't last forever. | |||
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It is unfortunate for the hogs around Shiner that they don't have access to the internet and therefore don't realize that Ballistic Tips will simply "blow up" on contact with their skin and they'll run off laughing at you after being shot with a Ballistic Tip. Better informed hogs would be much tougher to kill with such a fragile bullet. | |||
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 Bobby Μολὼν λαβέ The most important thing in life is not what we do but how and why we do it. - Nana Mouskouri | |||
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the striking velocity probably had a good deal to do with the terminal performance. I think you have a pretty good balance there. | |||
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Bobby T, As always, impressive. Amazing what "normal bullets" at moderate velocity well placed will do to game animals. Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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Fantastic work on the Hogs as usual.. Out of interest, at what range do you Zero your rifles? Cheers, Deon "A peculiar virtue in wildlife ethics is that the hunter ordinarily has no gallery to applaud or disapprove of his conduct. Whatever his acts, they are dictated by his own conscience, rather than by a mob of onlookers. It is difficult to exaggerate the importance of this fact." | |||
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Deon- Thanks. Typically, they are zeroed at 200 yards. My Contender rifles feature very similar trajectories, so whenever holdover is needed, it is instinctive and not something I have to think about at all. And since I can't venture far from the house, all the landmarks are committed to memory and trigger ranges with me. Hogs and coyotes often won't tarry for long, and this allows me to take a shot fairly quickly rather than lose out on an opportunity. Bobby Μολὼν λαβέ The most important thing in life is not what we do but how and why we do it. - Nana Mouskouri | |||
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Nice hit Bobby. Get dem hogs! Wish I was there. Life itself is a gift. Live it up if you can. | |||
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Bobby, I wonder how many cumulative thousands of acres of Texas agricultural and rangeland you have personally preserved from damage over the course of your one-man feral swine jihad. Your fellow Texans owe you a debt of gratitutde. HEAR, HEAR! There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn’t. – John Green, author | |||
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