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<blockquote data-quote="RockyMtnMT" data-source="post: 1338863" data-attributes="member: 7999"><p>There is a lot of great advise on this thread. Imo the OP made a good shot and had typical results regardless of bullet or caliber. It takes 5-10 seconds for the animal to die when they lose their ability to move blood. Some stand there and some run. They can run a long way in 5 seconds at full tilt. Sometimes you will see a heart/lung shot animal drop to the shot. This I believe is just a coincidence in timing of impact relative to the heart beat of the animal. If hit at the right moment the blood pressure will rise to the point of stroking the animal and causing central nervous system failure instantly. </p><p></p><p>I too was trained by my father not to shoot the shoulder due to the meat loss. I still shoot lungs and expect to track the animal after the shot. Sometimes they drop or stand until dead. With that said the mono bullets do not cause the kind of meat damage associated with lead core bullets. A shot in the meat will result in surprisingly little meat damage. I say this confidently from testing of our bullets. Many whitetail deer have dropped to the .243 with our 80g Hammer Hunter. This bullet has the physical size of much heavier lead core bullets, so not a small pill. Short range impacts that are over 3000fps will show blood shot on the impact side. It always looks worse than it is. The blood will be under the hide and in the membranes between the muscles and can be cleaned up easily. The blood shot in this case is caused by the high vel of impact not by disintegrating projectile pieces like lead core bullets. Thus it does not actually tear the meat to pieces. Longer shots with impact vel below 3000fps will not show this. I do believe that an animal can be much more limited in its ability to cover ground if shot through the chest at the front edge of the leg. With our bullet you will get all the way through the animal even if heavy bone is encountered. They will shed 30% of the weight in 3 or 4 pieces that retain enough weight to continue penetrating and the retained portion will have a flat frontal area that displaces tissue perpendicular to the direction of travel. Properly stabilized bullets will stay on a straight line path through the animal creating a large wound channel in the soft organ tissue.</p><p></p><p>This is a long way of saying take our 80g Hammer Hunter and take that shoulder shot with confidence that you will stop the animal without wasting the meat.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://hammerbullets.com/product/243-cal-80g-hammer-hunter-50/" target="_blank">https://hammerbullets.com/product/243-cal-80g-hammer-hunter-50/</a></p><p></p><p>Steve</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyMtnMT, post: 1338863, member: 7999"] There is a lot of great advise on this thread. Imo the OP made a good shot and had typical results regardless of bullet or caliber. It takes 5-10 seconds for the animal to die when they lose their ability to move blood. Some stand there and some run. They can run a long way in 5 seconds at full tilt. Sometimes you will see a heart/lung shot animal drop to the shot. This I believe is just a coincidence in timing of impact relative to the heart beat of the animal. If hit at the right moment the blood pressure will rise to the point of stroking the animal and causing central nervous system failure instantly. I too was trained by my father not to shoot the shoulder due to the meat loss. I still shoot lungs and expect to track the animal after the shot. Sometimes they drop or stand until dead. With that said the mono bullets do not cause the kind of meat damage associated with lead core bullets. A shot in the meat will result in surprisingly little meat damage. I say this confidently from testing of our bullets. Many whitetail deer have dropped to the .243 with our 80g Hammer Hunter. This bullet has the physical size of much heavier lead core bullets, so not a small pill. Short range impacts that are over 3000fps will show blood shot on the impact side. It always looks worse than it is. The blood will be under the hide and in the membranes between the muscles and can be cleaned up easily. The blood shot in this case is caused by the high vel of impact not by disintegrating projectile pieces like lead core bullets. Thus it does not actually tear the meat to pieces. Longer shots with impact vel below 3000fps will not show this. I do believe that an animal can be much more limited in its ability to cover ground if shot through the chest at the front edge of the leg. With our bullet you will get all the way through the animal even if heavy bone is encountered. They will shed 30% of the weight in 3 or 4 pieces that retain enough weight to continue penetrating and the retained portion will have a flat frontal area that displaces tissue perpendicular to the direction of travel. Properly stabilized bullets will stay on a straight line path through the animal creating a large wound channel in the soft organ tissue. This is a long way of saying take our 80g Hammer Hunter and take that shoulder shot with confidence that you will stop the animal without wasting the meat. [URL]https://hammerbullets.com/product/243-cal-80g-hammer-hunter-50/[/URL] Steve [/QUOTE]
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