234 Wildcat Family....ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY

That's very cool Douglas, I hope you took lots of forensic type photos. That kind of performance
doesn't appeal to the traditional crowd that like to shoot their game in the meat, but for the long range crowd that kind of explosiveness is paramount, with an exit wound to boot.
Not really a Varmint round and not really a controlled expansion type either.

Good job on your creation, & congratulations on being the first ever to bag an animal with the
.234 Douglas.
 
234 Douglas.........First Kill With a 23 cal Bullet in The 21st Century Possibly Ever

As I said, the most destructive cartridge I have ever loosed at a living creature...........it has the same effect on WT deer as a 22-250 on a jackrabbit..........no bullet to recover, both exited at about 150 mtrs and 100 mtrs.











Just a tad hard on capes..........as you can see.
As you can also see my beard is in full winter camo, I'm certain this was of assistance in my ability to bag this great whitetail buck.
 
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c-fbmi said:
As I said, the most destructive cartridge I have ever loosed at a living creature...........it has the same effect on WT deer as a 22-250 on a jackrabbit..........no bullet to recover, both exited at about 150 mtrs and 100 mtrs.











Just a tad hard on capes..........as you can see.
As you can also see my beard is in full winter camo, I'm certain this was of assistance in my ability to bag this great whitetail buck.
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Nice animal but I'm guessing the bullet used is 'geared' more towards use at longer ranges? A little too much destructive power for the ranges this 'deep freeze' hunter usually encounters. It would've been an 'interesting' choice of calibre and bullet for me this year on Antelope in Alberta.
 
Can some one give a brief rundown on what this cartridge is, and what case its been built on,
I take it matrix has made sum custom bullets in 105gr,
Its .34 dia correct mid way between the .223 and .243 bullets but I sure like a bit more info, as a 105 gr must have bloody good Bc and make a dandy long range small/ med game rifle.
 
Not sure if this might help a bit? For more info than this you are going to have to go back and read a number of earlier posts.

23-222RM = 23 Pipsqueak

23-250 = 234 Lynx

23-08 = 230 Hyrax

23X55 = 234 Penguin

23-284 = 230 Douglas


23 Pipsqueak...........222 Rem Mag (204 Ruger)

234 Lynx................22-250/250 Sav

230 Hyrax..............243/308 Win

234 Penguin...........6.5X55

230 Douglas...........284 Win

I am very interested in seeing what the Lynx will do and can hardly wait to own one myself. My search for a drop mag 22-250 continues.
Regards,
Dave.​
 
I'm getting flashbacks of shooting a doe broadside "thankgod" with .243 + 95Gn Nosler BT With quite a hot load of varget (think muzzle +-3400fps "hey its where it likes it lol") @ about 75Yards.

Her lungs and heart were gone / scattered all over the side of the ditch (oil field service roads).

Where there was a 1" entry hole you could stick 2 fists through the exit hole on the other side of her rib cage.

I stopped using that rifle for deer lol.

larger slightly slower calibers tend to clean up better for eating purposes I can only imagine a shoulder shot.
 
marshman said:
That's a beautiful buck, I wonder what effect the bonding played in such a marvellous wound?? I think you'll need to do
more field testing:runaway:
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I doubt there would have been an exit at all without the bonding, Marshal. The too far forward brisket shot wound was without a doubt the most impressive I have ever seen on a WT deer. What should have been a non lethal wound, in fact hardly any effect should have been noticed, given the poi, was totally debilitating and the deer went 20 mtrs and laid down. In retrospect the second shot was superfluous as he would have surely exsanguinated very quickly from the first, but what the hell, it was all about ballistics testing, right?

What pray tell Marshal shall I do further testing upon..........know a farmer that wants to get rid of some cows or pigs in the near future?
 
Well Doug - congratulations and very well done indeed. I respect you for taking an idea and going through the work to actually make this a reality. And I say that boy oh boy, you certainly picked a mighty fine specimen as the first to be taken with your new chambering.
 
I drifted away from this thread many moons ago, just no personal interest in a new small caliber or chambering. I jumped right back in when I saw the updated title.

Beautiful deer, no doubt about it. Just not the Emperor Penguin I hoped and expected to see! :)
 
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