Magnum Rounds Expand Too Fast
- Thread starter CL2000
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My buddy's 7 mag flattened a doe at 409 yards last year, exit wound through the lungs the size of a soft ball.
Berger 185's.....
Cat
I shot this bear quite recently with a 7MM Remington Magnum and the 168 accubond LR with a muzzle velocity over 3000 fps. Shot him at 15 yards spot and stalk. The results were dramatic. Bullet exited the shoulder rendering it completely useless.
nickname accubomb for a reason ...
dgradinaru
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I shot this bear quite recently with a 7MM Remington Magnum and the 168 accubond LR with a muzzle velocity over 3000 fps. Shot him at 15 yards spot and stalk. The results were dramatic. Bullet exited the shoulder rendering it completely useless.
Nice bear but using the LR Accubonds wont help as such ranges. They are designed specific for long range and are rapid expanding bullets compared to the traditional accubond. Use the right bullet for the right application for better results. Shooting 300 yards plus the LR is a good bullet, shooting at closer ranges and high velocity an all copper bullet would be a better choice.
Clearly it didn’t work.
The standard Accubond is a much "tougher" bullet than is the Long range variety.
I rely on proven bullets when hunting bigger game animals. Partitions, regular Accubonds,
TTSX, LRX, GMX, Swift Scirocco II, A-Frames, Norma Oryx, etc.
I shot a decent bull Elk this year with my 325WSM, using a 196 grain Oryx handload.
The results were very satisfactory, with the elk dead within a few meters and no serious
meat loss. Recovered bullet weighs 129.5 grains. Dave.
I rely on proven bullets when hunting bigger game animals. Partitions, regular Accubonds,
TTSX, LRX, GMX, Swift Scirocco II, A-Frames, Norma Oryx, etc.
I shot a decent bull Elk this year with my 325WSM, using a 196 grain Oryx handload.
The results were very satisfactory, with the elk dead within a few meters and no serious
meat loss. Recovered bullet weighs 129.5 grains. Dave.
dgradinaru
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- British Columbia
Sounds like your complaining about a completely useless shoulder, if you want less meat damage, use a bullet better intended for such ranges.
Bullet exited the shoulder rendering it completely useless. your words ...
I think he meant that the bear's shoulder was comoletly useless to the bear after the hit- sometimes a poster's sense of humor is missed in a post .
Cat
OP, Premium commercial cartridges usually have the type of bullet listed on the box.
Sadly, the person at the big box store or gun shop has no idea what those bullets will do.
This means you will have to do some due diligence on line and check out the bullets loaded into the ammunition you prefer is loaded with.
This can be a problem, because often commercial ammunition will have whichever appropriate bullet/powder/cartridge/primer combination that they found at the cheapest rate assembled into the cartridges at the time. This can and does change from lot to lot.
Obviously your funds are severely limited, from your post. I cringe when I read such stories stating "I only want to purchase five or ten cartridges at a time"
Still I've been in a position to know what it's like trying to scrape together enough money to purchase a box of cartridges.
At one point, I can remember a good friend of mine and I purchased a box of ammunition for our sportered 303 Brit rifles together and split it up between us. One mag full each.
We each took two shots at a homemade cardboard target at a paced 100 yards and when the rifles put both shots into the 10 inch (20cm) square, all was good to go. In those days, shots were seldom that far out.
In your case, at 200yds, even at the WSM velocities, which aren't extreme, the bullets should have performed well.
Did your bullet hit bone?? Sometimes that will flatten them out.
Cheaper cartridges tend not to list the type or quality of the bullet on their boxes or on their sites.
The only way to positively know what's in your cartridges is if you assemble the components yourself and I do realize this isn't always possible or affordable.
You might be able to find someone in your immediate area that will handload with better components for you, which will likely be cheaper than purchasing commercial cartridges.
If you're lucky enough to have a rifle that isn't fussy about what it shoots, bonus.
make sense. humor in writing is always a hit and miss ...
