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It's seldom I get to recover a bullet but this year so far I'm 2 for 2 on recovered bullets. Anyone have any recovered bullets from this year's season

Left bullet is from Winchester Power Max Bonded 150 grain 30/30 ammo. It was that close from exiting, I picked it out with a flick of my finger nail.


Right bullet is from Remington Pointed soft point 100 grain 250 Savage ammo. I found it about a 1/2" deep in a Sweet gum tree that was 2 feet beyond the deer.

Mine stayed in their freakin brass.
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Story?

RS

sometimes hunting and target bullets will just pass through an animal. Pass throughs on all 4 animals this season

This one’s out of Jag’s deer.

Do Barnes guys get an automatic pass? LOL

What kind of bullet is that sandBilly?

Some winos probably got mine ground up into some salvation army sketti

lol

No exit

From another thread:

I believe that was a 165 Matchking. Good chance it hit a limb before the deer.

Here’s mine. A 200 gr Barnes XPB out of a muzzleloader.

Looks like the one from the Lincoln popped from the depository

No bullet recovery here, pass through on both deer I got so far. Doe at 180 yards broadside with a 100 Interlock out of the 257 Roberts and the buck took a 250 gr cast bullet out of my 38-55 through both shoulders.

I bought 5 boxes of those 168 gr. Matchkings a few weeks ago. Thinking about trying them on a hog or two. That one looks like it tumbled. How fast was it going?

That was through some brush, I think it did tumble. They usually come apart and do well, imo.

Probably 2700 fps? .308 Win within 100yds

That bullet is big enough that coming apart won't lose any animals. Sure is a shooter in my 30-06 and 308.

180’s in my 300 win mag too. Only other one that didn’t expand, it ice picked, was on a antelope at 808 yards.

Have been trying to catch one this season. The 115 CT Ballistic tip has been way tougher than all the deer I have shot this season.
GreggH

I had only one bullet not exit, I shot the deer late in the day and gutted it in the dark. I went back the next day to look for the bullet and set up a game camera but the coyotes already cleaned it all up. Even the bullet as it wasn't in the immediate vicinity. Now that I am curious, I could borrow a metal detector and take a look. If it doesn't snow much by next weekend I might give it a try.