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Hey T Inman,
I am just about 100% sure the comment "It's a failure if they don't exit right?" was meant as a joke.
Stem to Stern penetration on an elk is obviously excellent! I'm pretty sure PaulBarnard gets that and just left out the little emoji winky thing...

Cheers,
Rex


P.S., We mustn't forget, when talking about failed bullets recovered from critters, the question that goes begging is of course "At what point in the animal's death did the bullet fail?"

Using a proven 7mm max load 150 grain BT I hit a nice bull a few inches behind the front shoulder center of body at 247 yards. After almost 600 yards of tracking in the snow found the bull with a palm sized entry wound shrapnel in his lungs bled him out. After that I switched to Barnes TTSX and wouldn’t think of changing back.

What year may I ask?

Dave

You're absolutely correct that the bullet exit statement was a joke, but that was not what I was responding to. I actually prefer bullets to not exit, for a few reasons.

My response was to the dead animal equals properly functioning bullet (paraphrased) statement, which I guess may or may not have been a joke. There are plenty of instances on these forums where folks absolutely were not joking about similar statements though, which prompted me to respond as I did.

Shot a young bull moose this fall with a 180 BT out of a 300 Wby. About 50 yards, bang flop.

The 165 Nosler Ballistic Tip at 2940 fps via H4350 is my normal 30-06 load.

Had a great season, couple of years back. Used that combo to take elk, mule deer, antelope & black bear. The mule deer required finishing shot - I'd taken a frontal shot into the chest at about 140 yards. Dropped the buck instantly, but he wasn't quite dead when I got up to him. Other than that all the other animals were one shot, quick kills.

The 340 yard shot at the large cow elk penetrated one shoulder blade, trashed the lungs, broke the other shoulder blade. Never found the bullet. I'd guess it was lost during field dressing.

I realize I'm talking 165's, not 168's, but I suspect they'll do similarly on game. That 165 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip has proven itself as one heck of a good all-around bullet from the 30-06, at least to me.

Regards, Guy