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I'm 75 and glad I still have a little kid inside that gets excited shooting powerful guns that make lots of noise! It is just more fun to shoot a 7 mag than a .22 or a 12ga.than a .410.

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Hear ! Hear ! My Man !!

More kill pics!!!!!!!Exit holes

A little hard to see. Old Camera in 2009, pic rescued from PhotoPUKEIT, just enlarge.



300 WM, 180 gr H Spire Point, 3000 fps ->-> 150 yds.


SAME situation as above....



2008, FIRST day to hunt & FIRST deer I ever shot with my Black Shadow 300 WM
Same 300 WM -- 180 gr Speer Hot Cor...bullet SEPARATED only part of core exited.
180 yds, ->-> Same results on 3 deer ...>> CHANGED to Hornady.



Same Situation on Cam & Ph pukeit




2009 (?) 376 OR 386 yds ->-> That's OFF side with 300 WM and Speer H C >>> LAST deer using Speer Hot Cor
If you enlarge the pic you can see SMALL exit with the Hot Cor.

Even at distance the Hot Cors SEPARATED. I quit ! !



Proof In the Puddin. A little smaller cartridge.



270 Win, 130 Rem PSPCL, distance 160-170 yds. FMD (fading memory disorder)

I'll look for more pix later.


Jerry

More than once some of my buds have accused me of using “pre-expanded bullets” when I’ve killed deer with my 35 Whelen or 350 Rem mag. 😁

Phase II

Normally I don't think about pix of exit side. I have a few more here.
I have many PIX being held HOSTAGE by PhotoPUKEIT and don't remember all of em.


Here's an exit you can ALMOST see. It is under the G 2 about 2/3 of the way up.



Here he is on the ground. I had turned him 180 * from how he DROPPED, DRT. The blood on R side is from entrance LEAK.



Dec 2014, Rem 700 Syn ADL 7mm RM, 139 HBTSP - 3300 fps (graphed)
If you look above his R hip you'll see a "thin red line". That's where the BULLET sucked or blew blood after pass thru.

Here's one from 2016. Rem Model Six 30-06, aka 606 (grin)




That is the exit of a Hornady 165 HBTSP, 62 grs. H 205, 2900 fps. ->-> DRT
Sorry, NO blood trail.
Hi Shoulder Spine ---- My preferred shot.


Here's ALMOST an exit !




Nov. 2017, M 98, 284 Win, 139 HBTSP 3000 fps, +/- 200 yds.
He was walking STRAIGHT AWAY from me and I shot him in the back of the neck. Fractured the skull, bulged eyes.
His L antler is against the tailgate cable. Otherwise it dangled.

*** ALL of these were shot USING my Stoney Point Shooting Sticks ***

That's all of the Exit shot pix I can find.


Jerry


ps: My phone just pinged: RBG has died today. 9-18-20

I like your style.

I've talked about really liking my Black Shadow 300 WM and 'most' have frowned
I like the GUN and I've had an "irrational affection" for the 300 WM, don't ask me why, I JUST like it.


Jerry

I shot a fly with a 222 once... & skeeters with a 6PPC. None were moving mind you. They just happened to land on the targets.

Killed a grouse with a head shot from a 300 Weatherby once....

Was very effective, but it's alot cheaper to use a shotgun!

There’s a dude here that shoots jackrabbits with a .460 Wby.

Depends on who is asking / who is judging what "too much" is. Since I have not managed to kill one "too dead" yet, I'd have to say no. Likewise, I have not lost a cripple because of using something too small, so I have not failed to use "enough", either.

Tom

Since having a stroke, Ifind my 338 RCM very handy.

I killed most of my deer with a 300 win mag. Might be to much gun but I never ever had to look for a speck of blood anymore. I shot them to 500 plus yards and it always blew through with lots of blood.perfect. Ed k

No one else but me ? Come on guys, show em if ya got em.

Jerry

Subsonic loads aren't overkill though

I have used a 375 H&H on deer.
338 on antelope.
270 Win on prairie coyotes, prairies dogs, squirrels and rabbits when it was my only big game rifle.

Have also been a stuntshooter, using 22 calibers for deer. That is according to campfire philosophy.

I killed a rattlesnake with two rounds of 00 buckshot back in July. Was prospecting a gold mine and the sucker slithered out from under a box, got aggressive, and tried to block our way out. That land is heavily grazed as well, and my rancher friends have a kill-on-sight policy for venomous snakes. Personally, I ignore them if they ignore me. One of my buddies brained it with a rock, which briefly stunned it. It then revived and was even angrier than before! I'm sure one shell would have done the trick, but I wanted to be sure.

The head completely separated from the body, and the snake's midsection is out of frame about four feet to the left. There's no such thing as too much gun when something is considering striking!

Guys - All y'all Guys, or Yuse guys (depending on location) - lol

I am so relieved !

I thot most had gone to 223s or 6.5X47, 6.5 Man buns, or 250 Savages, or stayed with 30-30, 35 Rem.

Someone (?) here, AND I have said, "I rather shoot too much gun than NOT enuff gun OR too little gun.

DEAD is dead , NO such thing as deadER.


Jerry

Good for you, Man. The only good rattlesnake, is a dead rattlesnake.

.300 WinMag, DRT.

338 RUM for deer. Slightly overkill but....