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<blockquote data-quote="idaho elk hunter" data-source="post: 814623" data-attributes="member: 68226"><p>Bullet was a complete pass through and we did not recover it. I took a loooong time to set up and take this shot. Some of this time was deciding which elk to take a shot at. We decided to take the shot at the one and only one looking straight at us, unlike the rest of the herd that was broadside and quartering. Out thought was if the bullet did not expand then a neck/ chest shot would kill anyway. Bullet hit a little high and took out the esophagus went under the spine until halfway where it ricocheted off the vertebrae shattering it into little shards started to tumble and took out the right side pelvis and exited. I can say the wound channel was about 1 1/2 inch in diameter until the impact on the backbone. We decided on this shot out of fear of a broadside shot and having no expansion and possibly missing the heart and getting a lung or worse gut shot and not recovering. We reasoned if I hit low with a head on shot it would take the heart or arteries. I have many thousands of dollars in load testing and practicing. I cal tell you out of all common guns and factory calibers you can not beat a 338-378 Weatherby loaded with a 280lrx Barnes and RL25 or MRP-2, or Vitavori 570. The 300 grainers that you hear about will not shoot as flat and take up case capacity, To the point of being counter productive. To be ethical you must put the time and money into learning the skills. Hope all understand this. I ask the rest of you. Do you think the bullet Expanded or did I get lucky?<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="idaho elk hunter, post: 814623, member: 68226"] Bullet was a complete pass through and we did not recover it. I took a loooong time to set up and take this shot. Some of this time was deciding which elk to take a shot at. We decided to take the shot at the one and only one looking straight at us, unlike the rest of the herd that was broadside and quartering. Out thought was if the bullet did not expand then a neck/ chest shot would kill anyway. Bullet hit a little high and took out the esophagus went under the spine until halfway where it ricocheted off the vertebrae shattering it into little shards started to tumble and took out the right side pelvis and exited. I can say the wound channel was about 1 1/2 inch in diameter until the impact on the backbone. We decided on this shot out of fear of a broadside shot and having no expansion and possibly missing the heart and getting a lung or worse gut shot and not recovering. We reasoned if I hit low with a head on shot it would take the heart or arteries. I have many thousands of dollars in load testing and practicing. I cal tell you out of all common guns and factory calibers you can not beat a 338-378 Weatherby loaded with a 280lrx Barnes and RL25 or MRP-2, or Vitavori 570. The 300 grainers that you hear about will not shoot as flat and take up case capacity, To the point of being counter productive. To be ethical you must put the time and money into learning the skills. Hope all understand this. I ask the rest of you. Do you think the bullet Expanded or did I get lucky?:) [/QUOTE]
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