Recovered Bullets?

[Seeker2]

Puttering around at the loading bench and came across my small collection of recovered bullets. i always am fascinated when i get my bullet back out of the critter to take a look at how it stuck together. Here they are from left:
1) .338 Win mag 225gr Barnes TTSX now 223.9gr
2) 30.06 165 gr swift sirocco now 151.5 gr
3) .338 win mag 250gr accubond now 136.5.

Would love to see pictures of what you have.

 

[Mandi_S]

Barnes 180gr TSX 300 Wm. Recovered from a moose my bf shot.

 

[bcsteve]

Must have been a regular Barnes X, not a TSX. There’s no grooves in it.

 

[Bassmaster]

Puttering around at the loading bench and came across my small collection of recovered bullets. i always am fascinated when i get my bullet back out of the critter to take a look at how it stuck together. Here they are from left:
1) .338 Win mag 225gr Barnes TTSX now 223.9gr
2) 30.06 165 gr swift sirocco now 151.5 gr
3) .338 win mag 250gr accubond now 136.5.

Would love to see pictures of what you have.

I'm a little surprised the accubond didn't stay together a little better

 

[reb]

Hard to beat the Barnes TSX in almost any caliber.

 

[Slamfire]

416 caliber 300gr TSX from my 416 Ruger recovered from Bullwinkle, ~2450 fps impact speed.

 

[zuke]

You should shoot into snowbank's, the bullet's are almost intact. Easy to find when the snow melt's

 

[Slamfire]

416 caliber 300gr X bullet from my 416 Rem. Mag. recovered from Elk, ~2900 fps impact speed.

 

[reb]

Here are a few Barnes TSX.
375 caliber, 270 gr from Alaskan Brown Bear, 300 gr from Cape Buffalo (Blue) and 100 gr from Elk (way to far) 25 cal.

 

[Lead hammer]

Barnes 250grain, vs AR500 at 300 yards.

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[bellero]

Barnes TSX 150gr. Cal 308 Win, approx 100m on a whitetail buck, passed thru and found in the snow.

 

[Gatehouse]

These 50 BMG bullets were recovered after the snow melted. Snow always seems to keep bullets of every sort fairly intact, they just slow down gradually. Unlike water which is pretty tough on bullets. All of these bullets were recovered from around 300 M

 

[Purple shoulder]

Not recovered bullets but I find this video fascinating.

 

[Eagleye]

I have a few, recovered over decades of hunting. These are mostly Partitions
This represents approximately 20% of all the partitions I have taken game with
the rest exited, and were not recovered. See below.
The arrows point to a couple of bonded bullets, a Blue Point and a Scirocco.

Here's a couple of TTSX bullets with poor expansion.

Here's a 180 grain, 30 cal Scirocco II recovered from a moose..308 Norma Magnum.

8mm, 220 grain A-Frame from an Elk [8mm Remington Magnum]

A number of Cup and Core bullets recovered over the years.
Please note the bullet failures, where only part of the jacket remains. Dave.

 

[Dake21]

I plan on doing some expansion test with water jugs this summer. I'll share the result if I get anything conclusive.

 

[fiddler]

Bullet recovery is subjective in my opinion. Mass retention is only an exact science until the bullet hits a bone. I have some bullets that held most/all of the weight, and others that completely blow apart...and I've used the same bullet for 25 years.

 

[uberti77]

30-30 win.170gr. core-lokt sp recovered from snow bank at 125m

 

[Slamfire]

458 caliber 400gr Swift A-Frames from my .45-70 recovered from Elk at impact speeds noted.

 

[bcsteve]

I've been mostly shooting Barnes TSX and TTSX over the last 10-15 years so more often then not I don't recover the bullets. Here are the ones that I have.

6.5x55 140gr PMC factory load from a whitetail.

7mm Rem Mag 160gr TTSX Federal Premium factory load from a bull moose.

.35 Whelen 225gr TSX handload from a bull moose.

.35 Rem 200gr FTX factory load from a mulie buck.

 

[Slamfire]

458 caliber Remington 405gr FN bullet from my .45-70 recovered from Bullwinkle, ~1650 fps impact speed.