marksman45b
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Registered: 10/02/09
Posts: 74
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| | 12/19/09 at 09:48 AM | Reply with quote | #11 |
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Elmer was right on target when he swore by heavy slower lead bullets for game the shocking power alone is devastating with the mushrooming of the lead giving a larger wound channel and even larger exit hole seems to be the best way to do things right everything that I have shot with a lead slug has gone down quickly or not out of sight of where I shot from, I can`t say that about copper jacketed bullets, my biggest disappointment was with my 50 Beowulf rifle it`s an AR style rifle made by Alexander Arms out of Va. three 325 gr open hollow points made by Speer went thru a 175lbs 6pt. buck, first one went thru the ribs just behind the front shoulder into the lungs and heart,Second was 1 inch from the first the third went between the shoulder blades as I was above him at that time he was running in a small valley beneath my stand, he left a blood trail that Stevie Wonder could follow for 175yards then piled up. In the process of skinning and cutting the meat I discovered that 1 and 2 went between ribs in and out the third just missed the back bone and took out a short rib on exit the only bone I hit.
I have called Alexander Arms and talked to Bill Alexander(great guy)he told me that the load was for heaver animals than deer I talked to him for 45 mins on loading the shell with a cast bullet but the action of the beast needs 1500 fps to operate the semi action of the AR the cast bullet I wanted to use won`t hold the rifling at that speed and also there`s the problem of leading the gas tube port so the Beowulf would be most excellent for boar but I won`t use it again for deer.
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