200 gr 40 cal Hornady
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All broadside? Any hard quartering shots?! Two holes or just one?I've shot alot of paper with them, 100% pass-thru on all but they were kinda thin targets. None of them made it out of sight............
99.9% was broadside. There a few odd angle shots when the wind blew. 100% exit holes on all. Mostly at 100yds, some at shorter ranges.
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Years ago now spotted a herd of antelope out several hundred yard. Was able to drive, then hunker then crawl until one didn't dare try to get any closer. Ranged at 314 yard was a sleeping pronghorn. One of the Hornady bullets was sent, and we had some of the best eating meat available in all of creation.
Load was 115 grain Blackhorn; 200grain SST or shockwave, Shot was dialed using CDS dial engraved for 2250fps muzzle velocity. Rifle is 45 caliber Omega.
Load was 115 grain Blackhorn; 200grain SST or shockwave, Shot was dialed using CDS dial engraved for 2250fps muzzle velocity. Rifle is 45 caliber Omega.
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Years back I tried shooting the 195 gr Barnes from my .45 cal Omega with a variety of sabots, powder charges, knurled and un-knurled. Just couldn't find the right load. The 200 gr SST on the other hand shot very well even with magnum loads. I made the mistake of shooting a buck at 60 yds with a 120 vol gr load of Blackhorn 209. The bullet hit a rib and exploded. The deer ran uphill about 70 yds and expired. The entrance side of the deer looked like it was hit with a turkey shot load due to the bullet exploding. There was also a very small exit hole on the opposite site. So I guess the core made it through.
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