7.62x39 took on a Sambar Deer hind 180 meters

[WhelanLad]

so i took the little Zasty out for a meat run this afternoon- well wait, no, its the last afternoon as of now anyway....
i just finished up some edit on the hunt but thought you guys may be interested in these pictures..........

some epic projectile impact video clips to come out of it too..........

Thoughts

 

[45ACPKING]

crazy.... just the jacket left eh?

it certainly dumped all it's energy into the animal.

 

[WhelanLad]

crazy.... just the jacket left eh?

it certainly dumped all it's energy into the animal.

Yeah! on the far side , just under the hide.. a large lump -

wasnt the 'worst' shot ever either

 

[WhelanLad]

 

[65cutlass]

Congratulations. I see the bullet has some base to it. Looks like a tasty animal. Thanks for showing

 

[WhelanLad]

 

[WhelanLad]

so to throw the spanner in the works, it needed coup de grace , was found sitting, slowly throwing its head back...... im assuming one lung - an deflection from rib OR very point of elbow??? on entry..
id waited approx 15 mins before getting to her
will return to see when carcass is cleaned up of guts an stuff. i took the legs and back straps an forgot a torch an seemed to be flavour of the month for the mosquitos down in that ditch

 

[Runningfool]

Great impact video for sure.

 

[Eagleye]

Well, Rhys, that Speer really came apart, didn't it?
Did it contact any bone on entry?
If that is what happened at 7.62x39 velocities, I
cannot see myself using it in a 303 British or similar
larger chambering. Dave.

 

[WhelanLad]

Well, Rhys, that Speer really came apart, didn't it?
Did it contact any bone on entry?
If that is what happened at 7.62x39 velocities, I
cannot see myself using it in a 303 British or similar
larger chambering. Dave.

this is my major concern!!!!

if it did this at sub 2000......... id hate to see it at 2600........ ?

i questioned, does the 303 kick it out the other side, unbeknown to use....... major damage etc, dead deer......?

quite interesting.

in the video i feel Rib an Rib were only hit

 

[DGY]

Really interesting!! Great video! Thanks

 

[jbmauser]

Now that is a garbage bullet. I really hate cup and core bullets for hunting. They often do the job but still...

 

[Grizzlypeg]

Where was this animal shot? Are they native to the area? Very interesting looking animal.

 

[AlbertaJohn]

so to throw the spanner in the works, it needed coup de grace , was found sitting, slowly throwing its head back...... im assuming one lung - an deflection from rib OR very point of elbow??? on entry..
id waited approx 15 mins before getting to her
will return to see when carcass is cleaned up of guts an stuff. i took the legs and back straps an forgot a torch an seemed to be flavour of the month for the mosquitos down in that ditch

I think you need a bigger gun

 

[WhelanLad]

Where was this animal shot? Are they native to the area? Very interesting looking animal.

Shot in the armpit, in Victoria Australia.... Native to Sri Lanka / India .... the most interesting Deer out there

 

[WhelanLad]

I think you need a bigger gun

As in , a Magnum?

 

[AlbertaJohn]

As in , a Magnum?

As in not letting an animal suffer for more than 15 minutes.

We don't do that up here.

 

[mbogo3]

Nothing wrong with the gun or the shot just needs a sturdier bullet. Wouldn't have expected that from a Speer? As mentioned would have been even more explosive out of a .303 Brit or Mosin.

 

[WhelanLad]

As in not letting an animal suffer for more than 15 minutes.

We don't do that up here.

easy to sling it from over there too though....... im not sure your in the right frame of mind to assume one would let an animal suffer per say.
not too dissimiliar to a bow hunter, arrowing a deer, reviewing footage (of a marginal hit) an givin the animal time to expire. - read in my situation we visually witnessed a darn near 'perfect' shot placement- one would expect to be dead in 3 minutes- many hunter with experience will not race up on a deer shot within 2 minutes if its gone out of sight- this will often cause animal to flee IF not dead , as expected.

edit to carry on- mbogo is right, but we went to a "sturdier" projectile, over original 124gr factory offerings to something that is "legal" for this Species- this is far out unexpected of projectile in question- We'll test on one more Sambar with ideal placement and if something else fails- we are moving onto something different, not definatly more weight but of better construction...
130 ppsn did someone say?

have a good day

 

[WhelanLad]

cool video of progression with 762