Irascible
11-20-2014, 03:39 PM
Last year I posted how I had hit a deer just in front of the diaphram with a 454 Encore and 300gr HP bullets of 50/50 +2%. It was knocked down and then stood up, so I hit the same area again with my 45 Colt Ruger, 260gr RCBS SAA 270gr which was also hollowpointed. It was definately dead, but I was really surprised that neither bullet exited. I vowed to go back to the solid point this year with the 454 Encore (down loaded to 1500fps).
Well, this year I hit two deer on management permits, with this solid bullet combo. Both ran about 10yds and fell over dead. While field dressing, I noticed that the first was hit low and back of the diagphram. It had entry and exit wounds, the exit wound being ahead of the diaphram, so the bullet had passed through it, taking out part of a rib on entry and exit.
The other deer was straighter shot and somewhat higher and ahead of the diaphram. It blew a big hole through the entry rib and again was lost somewhere in the organs and did not exit. In solid form, this bullet weighs about 310gr and again I'm very surprised at no exit hole. As I remarked last year I need to toughen the alloy up on that gun. I think 80 WW /20 pure + 2%. I still have an open tag so the hard work, looking for a decent set of horns, is yet to come.
Well, this year I hit two deer on management permits, with this solid bullet combo. Both ran about 10yds and fell over dead. While field dressing, I noticed that the first was hit low and back of the diagphram. It had entry and exit wounds, the exit wound being ahead of the diaphram, so the bullet had passed through it, taking out part of a rib on entry and exit.
The other deer was straighter shot and somewhat higher and ahead of the diaphram. It blew a big hole through the entry rib and again was lost somewhere in the organs and did not exit. In solid form, this bullet weighs about 310gr and again I'm very surprised at no exit hole. As I remarked last year I need to toughen the alloy up on that gun. I think 80 WW /20 pure + 2%. I still have an open tag so the hard work, looking for a decent set of horns, is yet to come.