Guess the bullet.

['Boo]

With the recent threads concerning excessive "expansion" & "meat damage" from some popular bullets I thought I would post these pictures of entrance and exit wounds on a mule deer doe my daughter shot a couple of weeks ago.

The cartridge was the .25 WSSM and the doe was standing ~ 160 yards away. Her shot was a little high and clipped the lower part of the spine. Muzzle velocity was ~3000 fps.

What bullet do you think was used?

ENTRY

EXIT

 

[prairie lover]

Show us a pic with the shoulders taken off. The holes going in and out of the ribcage will tell us more

 

[bcsteve]

Old factory or reloads? Cool cartridge by the way.

 

[guido]

I'm guessing a similar bullet to the one in BCSteves avatar.

 

['Boo]

Old factory or reloads? Cool cartridge by the way.

Reload.

 

[HuntersStand]

Sst?

 

['Boo]

Show us a pic with the shoulders taken off. The holes going in and out of the ribcage will tell us more

I didn't take any pictures with the shoulders off and the deer is in the freezer now.

Here is an picture of the inside of the chest cavity showing where the bullet nicked the bottom of the spine.

 

[bollox]

Nosler partition?

 

[chisholm]

My guess would be factory PSPs...

 

[fat but funky]

partition

 

[Pickles]

115 Ballistic Tip

 

[prairie lover]

I would have to go with a all copper bullet like the tsx, e-tips or gmx. Not a lot of damage there

 

[j_06]

115 Ballistic Tip

Stole my guess!

 

['Boo]

Stole my guess!

You and Pickles got it.

In my opinion the Nosler Ballistic Tip has gained an undeserved reputation for being so frangible that some would call it explosive. My experience with the hunting Ballistic Tips is that they often produce much less damage than the bonded - yet "softer" - Nosler Accubond.


115 grain Ballistic Tip in the 25 WSSM (far right)
115 grain Ballistic Tip in 250-3000 (centre)
60 grain Nosler Partition in 22-250 (far left)

 

[Superbrad]

Posted likewise in another thread........ the BT is not designed to be frangible...... it's designed to expand very rapidly........ even the bt varmint is not a grenading bullet..........

 

[prairie lover]

it must be toughter than the 140 7mm. that puppy can blow some holes. ballistic tips do vary in toughness depending on weight and caliber. the 120 in 7mm holds together a lot better then the 140. the 270 are very soft/frangible as well.

 

[tjsudbury]

The 140gr 7mm BT that I used on my deer last week completely disintegrated inside the body cavity, not even leaving a bruise on the off side of the body cavity. Quartering shot, through one rib, lungs and liver, but that was it. This was out of a 284Win at about 50 feet. I plan on pulling the bullets from all of those loaded rounds I made up and working up a load with something a little less prone to that kind of disintegration.

 

[prairie lover]

The 140gr 7mm BT that I used on my deer last week completely disintegrated inside the body cavity, not even leaving a bruise on the off side of the body cavity. Quartering shot, through one rib, lungs and liver, but that was it. This was out of a 284Win at about 50 feet. I plan on pulling the bullets from all of those loaded rounds I made up and working up a load with something a little less prone to that kind of disintegration.

try the accubond. they are just right from the mags for my taste. better damage on lung shots than the all copper bullets. and always an exit unless you shoot them length wise.

the same weight accubond should shoot very much like the bt speed and groups wise out of most guns.

 

[9.3mauser]

... and always an exit unless you shoot them length wise.

I shot my buck this year with a .270 using a 140gr. Accubond. Broadside shot, clipped the spine just behind the shoulders, and found the bullet under the hide on the far side. About 55% weight retention. So they don't always exit.

 

[bollox]

I used Accubond "long range" 129gr on my buck a few weeks ago. 6.5CM. Bullet did a great job.