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I've no experience with the 139 but the 123's have been working very well for me out of 2, 260 AI's on WT deer, mule deer, and antelope at 3100 fps. How much tissue damage, exits, etc. DF I don't know if I could say that the 123's are any more rough on tissue than many other bullets. I've had exits on everything I have shot broadside except a mule deer that I shot between the shoulder blades into the spine that I recall. Usual exits are bigger than a silver dollar, maybe about the size of a tennis ball depending on what it caught on the way through. I haven' had anything happen that would discourage me from continuing to use them on that size of animal.
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Campfire Outfitter
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I've no experience with the 139 but the 123's have been working very well for me out of 2, 260 AI's on WT deer, mule deer, and antelope at 3100 fps. How much tissue damage, exits, etc. DF I don't know if I could say that the 123's are any more rough on tissue than many other bullets. I've had exits on everything I have shot broadside except a mule deer that I shot between the shoulder blades into the spine that I recall. Usual exits are bigger than a silver dollar, maybe about the size of a tennis ball depending on what it caught on the way through. I haven' had anything happen that would discourage me from continuing to use them on that size of animal. Though mine have been used on pronghorn, I've not seen much qualitative difference between a Scenar and a Partition on them. Just last week I shot a buck pronghorn quartering to me. Bullet exited high on the offside rear quarter. Some meat was lost, but not a bunch. I've had more lost meat on pronghorn with a 165gr X out of a 30-06.
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