The perfect shot , Or slightly off

Ah nice! Still, hardly lacking to kill a deer. Hey a flat nosed bullet of the same diameter it opens to would be very well respected, at the same speed.

Must be a handy sucker too. The compact or did you have it cut?

Just received a stainless 22.5" and can't stop thinking about choppin hahaha we'll see after I carry and shoot it a bit perhaps.
 
DGY said:
I also think that with the 6.5cm there was a lot of match bullets that came hand to hand with it and people don’t make a difference between match bullets and proper well constructed hunting bullets! I like heavy for caliber bullets and I think if you do the same with the 6.5cm and use a heavy round nose or partition you will have great results on any games inside 400yRds
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Yup, run a 160 gr 6.5 tough bullet in the Swede, the 6.5 Mauser, etc, and it will kill very well. Won't win you any 1000 yard matches though. - dan
 
Joel said:
Ah nice! Still, hardly lacking to kill a deer. Hey a flat nosed bullet of the same diameter it opens to would be very well respected, at the same speed.

Must be a handy sucker too. The compact or did you have it cut?

Just received a stainless 22.5" and can't stop thinking about choppin hahaha we'll see after I carry and shoot it a bit perhaps.
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It's a CTR, and I've got it set up to be a nice little compromise between a precision rifle and a carryable field rifle. 20" still gives you plenty of oomph but helps keep things reasonable if you want to add a brake or something.
 
Ardent said:
This forum and its membership is certainly evolving. Results vary.
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This goes way beyond just this forum. ;)

It’s wonderful to see the direction we’re headed in the Information Age. Nice to see truth and objective shrugging off emotion and subjective like a champ. Bout time. Got a long ways to go yet, we got this lol.
 
bnk2 said:
It's a CTR, and I've got it set up to be a nice little compromise between a precision rifle and a carryable field rifle. 20" still gives you plenty of oomph but helps keep things reasonable if you want to add a brake or something.
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Got ya! How is carrying the thing around? Not too cumbersome?
 
Potashminer said:
Maybe some posts above mis-understand what is a "Texas Heart Shot" - or at least my understanding of it - is NOT a hit to the rectum or the "ham" - is into the root of the tail - to break the rear spine and pelvis bones - make the thing fall down and lose the use of it's hind legs - not a kill shot (usually), but extremely effective immobilizing shot - especially if that is the only target that you have to hit. Related to the difference between a "killing shot" (make it dead, eventually), versus a "stopping shot" (make it quit, right now - is maybe not dead yet, but is not getting away or coming at you). Many hunters have got killed by "dead animals" - a killing shot, on some animals, is not fast acting enough, to save the shooter.
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The Texas Heart Shot is most effective because it severs the Dorsal Aorta around where it branches into the Femoral Artery. Next to chopping the top off the heart (aortic arch shot - my personal favourite) it's one of the most lethal non-CNS hits you can make due to the near instantaneous drop in blood pressure. Killed my kudu in South Africa with such a shot. He went nowhere.
 
Thank you - I did not know the part about the Dorsal Aorta where is splits to the femoral artery. Makes good sense though - both my Father and a co-worker died of Abdominal Aorta Aneurism (and other co-morbidities) - so is a fatal consequence available, that most people would not think of. I have had mine checked twice by ultra sound - is apparently a possible genetic component to the risk of AAA - about the size of your little finger - would bleed out very quickly if that thing burst or was hit with a bullet.

I do not have enough experience at the game yet - I have seen several deer and one elk squarely hit in lungs / heart - 30 yards to 75 yards away they are dead as door nail on the ground. But never seen that "death run" yet with structure broken - pelvis or shoulders - makes the thing fall down right there - but often not yet dead - typically needs another shot, to finish it, before the field dressing knife comes out. Was always my thought about something coming at you - need to stop it, versus simply "killing it". I am sure a decent bear can disembowel you passing by, even though on a "death run" - I read of hunters being damaged by big animals simply hitting or falling down on hunter - even though big animal was dead - I thought of that often when moose hunting - Momma Cow Moose could cause a lot of grief simply running over top of you - even if "dead".
 
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BigUglyMan said:
The Texas Heart Shot is most effective because it severs the Dorsal Aorta around where it branches into the Femoral Artery. Next to chopping the top off the heart (aortic arch shot - my personal favourite) it's one of the most lethal non-CNS hits you can make due to the near instantaneous drop in blood pressure. Killed my kudu in South Africa with such a shot. He went nowhere.
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It also serves as a imobilizer, animals don’t go very far with their rear suspension busted. Its not my first choice for a first shot; but has great value as a recovery shot. I used it on my first elephant after shooting it square through the heart on the first. Down he went; the earth really does shake.
 
I have taken the "Texas Heart Shot" twice, and in both cases the animal already had
been shot by my partner. It is amazing how quickly it puts them on the ground.

Not suggesting it is a desirable placement, but to stop a wounded animal, it is very
very effective. RR
 
Good to see that even the silliest questions can eventually wander off on a tangent that provides useful info. :)

Always knew that the Texas Heart Shot was a useful stopper/finisher on wounded game; nice to know more details on exactly how and why it works.
 
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