I don't get many recoveries of Ballistic Tips when launched at moderate velocities as they tend to penetrate completely on most broadside presentations.

I stubled upon this photo of a couple that I did recover, however.

The doe was a 110-115 pound animal. The hog went at least 255-260. Internal damage was impressive in each instance. It actually appeared the BT exited the hog as there was a nice gaping wound which left a generous blood trail. I am guessing the exit was from secondary bone fragments as the bullet was located in a layer of fat between the muscle and hide.

Anyway, here's the photo:

Absolutely GREAT pictures as always from your posts.

I have a lot of that bullet and am interested to see the performance from the other end of the envelope. Performance from MVs of 2000-2200 out of my 6.5 TCUs.
I may be wrong, but I am expecting complete penetration because of less bullet deformation.

Luckily the next couple of years I will have significantly more hunting time!

You will get tremendous performance at that velocity level -- and more than likely an exit in virtually every instance given broadside presentation.

ALso, thanks for the kind words!

Nice picture. I love all the facts included. Nosler 120 6.5mm sure is a sweet bullet.

Safe shooting
Doug

I'm pushing them around 2500 fps out of my Striker. They are very accurate. Haven't shot a deer yet but hope that changes this year.