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high_country, this is a post I made a while back about the Match Burners on whitetail.

Did a little bullet testing this weekend. Shot two doe, both one shot kills, out of my 260AI using Barnes new 140gr Match Burners. I'm fairly impressed with their performance on whitetail.

First deer was right at 265 yards. Ran about 15 yards and fell dead. Lots of blood.

Exit side:


Exit side undressed:


Inside. Entrance lower left, just missed a rib:


Inside, exit:



Second doe was shot broadside right at 200 yards. Ran about 30 yards and into the brush. Even though she had a 2" hole in her, there was very little blood, and we basically had to stumble onto her to find her.

Exit on her:


Exit side undressed:


Entrance on the left, exit on the right. Obviously hit a rib on the way in:
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