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Yes, Bob I 'used to' hunt the M 6s a whole lot but..

In 2003 I bought the Tikka T 3 270 Win

In 2008 I bought the Win 70 300 WM and hunted in exclusively 08-10.

This is the first yr since 2002 I pulled out 'meat in the pot" and guess what? it still works.

Jerry

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Recovery at least confirms a kill. Separation isn't ideal, but these bullets aren't bonded...

Shrap- Yes it does, I'm actually a big fan of this bullet and my boy is stacking up a pile of game with them.

His bear however was not a fan...

Great looking bear! Congratulations to they young man!

Exit wound of the 160 gr Sierra GK from my 7x57 Mauser. Deer was shot at about 110 yds away.



The deer killed with the 160 gr Sierra GK.

Retrieved a bullet from the deer my son shot. Afraid someone threw it away sometime in the past couple weeks.

I lined up two 50ish pound hogs at 50ish yards but failed to catch the .270 130gr. partition. The second exit hole was about three inches wide.

I use the same bullet in my .260 Rem rifle and .260 Rem Encore pistol, exact same load of 44 gr. IMR 4350. I've recovered half a dozen of these over the last few years and they look exactly like this. 2850 fps from the 22" barreled rifle, 2600 from the 17" barreled Encore. Great performance.

120g TSX from a Kimber 7-08 at roughly 3030 fps.

The doe was quartering to me at 30 yds. The bullet went through the top of the scapula, slammed into the spine and then deflected along the offside flank and was recovered in the hide along the offside hindquarter.

Yes, I recovered one this year. First one, in fact, in recent times. The bullet is a 150 grain Hornady spire point. 150 grains as shot, 142 grains recovered. It expanded to .884" I hit the deer facing head to me just inside the left front shoulder. It took out the heart and liver and lodged just under the hide in front of the right rear ham. The load was 37.2 grains of IMR 3031 with a velocity of 2475 FPS.

Great pictures, men.

I recovered a 110 grain TTSX once, but the petals had broken off of it. (.277" from a WSM.)

LBK,

We recovered one of the 150 grain Hornday SP's from a buck my son killed last year. He was shooting a 308 Win. Velocity wasn't much more than the speed you were running, I'd guess.

Both of them resulted in very dead creatures...

7mm 140 Gr Nosler BT 300 yard shot on a TX 8 pointer. As recovered 93 gr weight so about 66% +/-

I recovered one, or fragments of one. The Hornady 139 grain SP did the job, but was completely destroyed in doing so. It covered 140 yards, smashed the high shoulder on a buck that had to have weighed 240 or more on the hoof, knocked him down like he was hit with Thor's hammer, and he barely quivered.

I found lots of small lead fragments, one chunk of lead, and the jacket of the bullet. I'll try to remember to post a photo when I get it cleaned up.

Steve.

That's a pig of a deer. What cartridge did you let that hornady fly out of?

Sorry. Should have said 7mm-08 in a Remington Model 7 Stainless.

Yes, he is a pig. Here are a couple of weight-estimating formulas I found:
Multiply field dressed weight by 1.26 to get estimated live weight.
>> Roughly 200 pounds X 1.26 equals 252 pounds on the hoof.
Bucks lose 20% to 40% of their body weight during the rut, so if his live weight was 250 on Monday, back in September to early October he might have weighed 300 pounds.
>> A pre-rut weight of 300 pounds with a rut loss of 20% would put him at 240 post-rut.

YMMV, of course, depending on how far he had to chase does, how much food was available during the rut, etc. By far, this was the biggest one I've ever shot. Or seen. I'm not saying he was 300 pounds in September -- I'm saying maybe, maybe not. But he easily would have been in the high 200s. He had not an ounce of fat when I skinned him Monday night.

I really don't want to drag one that big, or cut one up that big, again.

Steve.

I neglected to mention the caliber. It was .300 Savage.

I know what happens when you assume, but I did it anyway.

I figured it was a 300 Savage.

You must know me too well.................