I've had the same experiences, more with bullets than cartridge.
Just because you killed the game and recovered it/them does NOT mean the cartridge OR bullet performed properly.
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The only animals, I've had to seriously track to recover, where nothing to do with bullet or cartridge inadequacies.
They were simply bad shots on my part ! "The nut behind the bolt".
Think I may be the first person on this forum to ever admit that !
This response was the one I was responding to in the one I deleted.
Originally Posted by prairie_goat
You had a bullet failure there, not a cartridge failure.
I've seen the same darned thing happen with '06s, 7mm Mags, and a bunch of other rounds. If you're shooting crappy bullets, it doesn't really matter what you use. If you want DRT performance, shoot for bone. JFC people, this isn't that complicated.
Here P G was responding to WyoCoHu and I agree.
There IS such a thing as 'bullet failure' even with 'proper' bullet placement.
I know the difference. Over the years I've had my share of poor bullet placements AND other occasions I've had poor bullet performance = bullet failure.
