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Here are the recovered bullets from the buck I shot this year, they are current production Remington corelokt, the distance was 80-90 yards and both entered just behind the shoulder and were just under the hide on the far side. Where they came to rest stretched the hide enough to knock the hair off the hide, they looked like two warts. I chrono'd this ammo and it was just over 2550 average in my rifle.

Curious what they weigh now. Do you have a powder scale to weigh them on?

Surprised they didn't pass clear through.

Are you sure that deer is dead? You weren't exactly using a 300 Whangenboomer there at only 2550 fps. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />


mathman

You never did say what weight the bullets were,,150/180, bigger, smaller??? At any rate, you can't ask for much better. IMO they look great. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Nice job. Congratulations!!!!

Nice mushrooms. I have a similar one for a 150 grain Hornady spire from my 300 Sav. Broke the onside shoulder and came to rest under the hide on the off side. Shot was 40 yards and velocity was 2550 fps as well. Retained weight was 118 grains (didn't peel back past the cannelure). Like Lightfoot, I'd be interested to see how much those weigh. Thanks for sharing.

Guys the bullets started out as 150's and they were 119 and 123 after recovery. I was also suprised that they didn't go all the way through, where the buck was standing there was a fair amount of hair on the ground from the bullets stretching the hide. After the first shot he just stood there like nothing happened so I shot again and I did see him stagger from that hit. Both shots were behind the front shoulder about 2-3 inches apart. He trotted about 30 feet and fell over. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

Hide is pretty elastic, it will stretch out and snap back. Remember the story in the Bible about the man who tied his ass to a tree and walked 40 miles?

A few years back I reported that Rem 150s were right at 2550 FPS out of my 300 F with a 22 inch barrel. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

well now dont that beat all. rem corelokts have to be about the cheapest bullet around, I use them in my 270 on red, sika and yes samba deer, also 50grn in my .222 when culling kangaroos, have a mate who tried all the top brand pretty lookin plastic tip bullets in his 250-3000, back to the ever reliable 100grn corelokt, I am just about to load a few for my99F, well i guess its still mine, lent it to my son 2 years ago, he lets me play with now and again but always takes it away with him. qustion, have I lost this rifle
johno

Absolutely amazing that such an anemic cartridge with an antiquated cup&core bullet can still get the job done.

johno, gun lost to your son better start looking for another. John

Those are picture perfect mushrooms ....... as far as the buck " just standing there " after the shot - he was dead and didn't know it .

Johno....thanks for the idea...maybe I will ask the old man if i can borrow his 99....inherit a little earlier than i expected...hahaha

Oh come on guys, that is bullet failure for sure! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Think about it:
Failure #1: The bullets did not retain at least 90% of their weight
Failure #2: The bullets are mushroomed too far down the shank -- so they might not continue to drive straight through the animal (heaven help us if they hit bone)
Failure #3: Did not get a complete pass through
Failure #4: the deer did not bang flop in a cloud of dust with hooves in the air.


I suggest that scott63 sell his M99 to me and acquire at least a 300 Weatherby for future hunts. Careful handloading of A Frames or X-bullets should correct the issues he has raised.

I use 180 gr silver tips in mine. so far it has been bang flop up to 100 yds with bullet exits.can't find a longer place to shoot a deer here. the destruction is amazing .

Sadly, too many people take your 'tongue-in-cheek' as gospel.

I just cringe when the .300 mags show up at the ranch to dispatch those 120 pound whitetails...

I prefer Nosler Partitions in the 300 ( 150 grain ) , have yet to recover a slug .

That Core Lokt did the destruction ..... recovered in the offside hide .... would have been nice to have it exit ( for tracking ) .... but if the bullet was placed in the right spot , there would have been enough tissue disruption to harvest the animal ( and he did ) .

Granted , the 180 would have ( probably ) gone through ..... doesn't hurt , that's for sure .