another lucky shot

[impala]

took this guy the other night deer hunting.he was quatering away at 150 yards on a full run.got him in the ear and out the eye with my sako finnlight 300wsm.the 168 hornady amax went in and out no expantion.exit didn't even touch his eyelid.the guy i was with couldn't belive it.I told him that was were i was aiming

 

[Levi Garrett]

Thats just nasty, great shot, even if a lucky one, no second shot required
Nice rifle

 

[303carbine]

That's the weirdest looking deer I ever saw.....hybrid maybe??

 

[fester]

nice shot

I love those sakos thats my next rifle

 

[chinook]

Thats just awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[BCWILL]

..on a full run.got him in the ear and out the eye with my sako finnlight

Where's Captain Deadly ?
Joke of course....

I guess a Head mount is outta the question ?

Great looking Doggie ! Congrats

 

[eltorro]

good shooting ! people like you made me dream of that 200yds eye-shot with a 22LR...

 

[Duffy]

"GOOD SHOOTING" is when you take careful aim and put your bullet where you want to.

"A LUCKY SHOT" is when you take a poke at a running coyote at 150 yards and get lucky and hit it.

Now probably the best way to "get practice" on running shots is to actually take running shots at critters. Better to practice on coyotes and not deer.

Robin down under

 

[impala]

I did take carful aim and thought about my shot but it was still lucky.I wouldn't have taken that shot on a deer anyhow.but a coyote I will try any shot on

 

[todbartell]

why do you use Amax for hunting?

 

[impala]

should I not use Amax?I got a whole wack of them reloaded and they are dead on accurate in that sako.I was told that was a good bullet to use.I have not had any problems with them.I just figured they were the same type deal as a silver tip

 

[Levi Garrett]

That bullet is just fine , the lighter amax bullets expand more quickly is all.

 

[impala]

I was under the impression that all amax expand quickly and alot of the "hunting"bullets I have used in the past on white tails have very little expantion.I wouldn't use these on anything bigger than deer though because i think with a thicker hide it could be a surface wound in the wrong spot

 

[Dustin]

The A-Max is Hornady's target bullet IIRC. SST would be a better choice if you're after rapid expansion

 

[todbartell]

yeah the Amax is designed for accuracy, not terminal performance. Personally I wouldnt use them, but they might work, sometimes

 

[Levi Garrett]

At long range their great, if your close up, gotta keep velocity down

 

[todbartell]

which is pretty pointless when loading them in a 300 WSM

 

[ben hunchak]

Yeah....like cast bullets...those a-maxs won't even kill a coyote!

 

[6mm Shooter]

I'm with you Levi. The 7mm and 30cal A-max works great for light skinned game. This comes from experience not some internet bull spread by people that have never used them.

 

[impala]

ben-those amax bullets will kill a coyote (pics above)but seriously every coyote I have hit with the has been downed and leave a big whole.shot a doe lastnight with them and the shot went straight through big whole in and big whole out.the thing is though with that large of a entrance whole the bullet was already expanding on the way in.now if that was a thicker skinned animal that would have been a surface wound.the bullet actualy did more damage than I thought it would.I probably won't use these next season on deer because the bullet looks like it exploded instead of expanded.I don't see anything wrong with using them on anything up to deer.but anything bigger would not be a good idea I think the problem with them is under penitration and not over penitration