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On a recent hunting trip, we spotted a good buck, at under 40 yards. My friend took a shot with his 30-caliber loaded with handloaded Nosler Partitions. We saw the buck jump several feet high, and struggle to run off. We tracked it quite a ways, especially for a deer that apparently took one in the boiler room. It sought lower ground, fast, and we caught up to it in a tight canyon. He fired several additional shots to bring it down. (definitely NOT an ideal situation) When we finally had the deer, and everyone caught their breath, we could do a field analysis. The first shot had hit its mark, made a 3 inch entrance wound, breaking a couple of ribs, and then... stopped! the wound went no further than the ribs, the vitals behind the wound were untouched. We recovered the bullet (on the left) Another shot hit the head, above the right eye, penetrated the skin, stopped at the bone, and apparently traveled an inglorious 2" (bullet on the right) Since I have a chrono, I took the remaining rounds of the original 50 and shot four randomly selected. Average =2,726FPS SD 26 FPS There were other hits as you can see, but what do you think happened to the first shot and the head shot? Seems like this deer should have been dead long time ago... Especially with the Partition! Thanks!   | ||
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Here are your pics   But say it isn't so two Nosler's failed but wait the deer is dead...they didn't fail...OMG...does the same apply to TSXs?...I am just so confused  On a more serious note...congratulations on your deer and things just happen 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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The bullets were 150-gr. in a 30-06, and they were test fired in the same rifle they were used in the day of the hunt, but not over the chrono. Shooter reported no different recoil. I shot them in my rifle yesterday at the range. Maybe I will borrow his rifle and see if there is any velocity diff... On a side note, his dad used the same box of ammo 4 years ago at the same ranch. He shot a deer in the shoulder bone, through the internals, and out through the other shoulder... | |||
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Seems obvious to me, that deer had Adamantium bones. "though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression." ---Thomas Jefferson | |||
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