Funny things can happen with firearms/bullets. Even to someone who shoots as little as I do.
I had a .338WM 210 NP load "blow up" on the shoulder blade of a moose at about 100 yards. Shoulder blade was shattered, with BB sized bits of lead and bone all throiugh the near-side lung- just peppered. Nothing in the far lung. The killing shot was with the same load, basically up his nose at 10 feet when he lurched back to his feet. (That is the second and last time I ever approached a downed animal from the front- with much the same result - slow learner!)
Massive entry wound- I think the rear half of the bullet was lost back out it. Could not find it anyway.
Do I think this "bullet failure" likely to happen ever again? Almost certainly not.
Will I ever use the 210NP again? Probably not, unless it is all I have. Unlikely!
I try not to call anyone who could shoot like Elmer a liar........
