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Interesting comments on the lack of blood

The reviews are quite good on other sites

We’re still shooting them in that 20” AR10. Winchester’s intent of creating a rapid expansion bullet holds true. Some exit, some don’t, but it wrecks stuff.

Didn’t have very good accuracy in 06 Venture and Ruger compact 308 , around 2-2.5” groups .
300 Win. And 300 Blackout [bleep] well with them
300 Win was Remington 783 and Black out was Ruger Ranch bolt
Shot a good sized spike with the 300 Win. And it demolished the out going side
Kenneth

They shoot very well in my .308 Win, CA Mesa. I shot a doe with them a few years back. Dropped at the shot, legs in the air. It tried to get back up and I shot it in the neck.

When I got up the deer I though I had made a bad shot, as I could see blood along the spine, mid-deer. When I gutted it it certainly wasn't gut-shot so I was confused. We hung the deer and skinned it on the pole, due to temps. I hit it where I was aiming, high shoulder. Bullet penetrated the shoulder, hit the spine, and traveled back along the spine, exiting. The deer nearly fell in 1/2 when I skinned past the exit.

Lack of penetration was not at all a problem. Wrecking 1/2 a backstrap was though!

Have only used them in the .350 Legend. We have taken about 8 deer with them in the last 3 years. None went more than 40 yards and recovered no bullets.