Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters 6.5mm 120BT's vs 7mm 120 BT's

Not so good.
I feel like the "odd" man out here. Didn't have the results I wanted.
I hunt an area where I want an exit because it's very thick. Shot a mid sized buck in the pocket behind the shoulder. He was slightly quartering away and no exit. Shot a large dry doe almost same shot and same results, no exit. Shot a small buck behind shoulder a little farther back and he was standing almost exactly broad side and no exit. They each ran about 70 yards and fortunately they didn't run into the thick stuff. Had they, I would have had a difficult time finding them and I may not have. 6.5X55 at about 3000 fps muzzle. 60 - 120 yard shots. I did use the rangefinder to get exact measurements but without digging out the notes my measurements above are close.

Dead, recovered Whitetail is no bullet failure - BUT the performance I want (exit hole) hunting where I do just didn't materialize. I realize unexpected stuff happens after you pull that trigger and 3 shots cannot be relied upon as an exact results guarantee. I did, however, take those results as an indicator and am weary of shooting them. My gun really likes the 120 NBT. Great results at 100 - 200yd range sessions. My old Model 64 32 Win Spl shooting 170gr. at 22-2300 fps would have probably served me far better in the field. The 125gr Nos Partition through the 6.5 has produced the results I want through the shoulders and exit. My son has had great results with the 120NBT through his Model 70 .284 Win.