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Bullet failure 130 grain nosler partition with 6.5 creedmoor
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<blockquote data-quote="Orange Dust" data-source="post: 1499058" data-attributes="member: 92702"><p>Guys, Here is an interesting and very relevant story about little guns and game at the limits of their effective range. Shot a 10pt whitetail one afternoon at about 500yds with a .257WBY. Bullet was the old style 115gr Partition starting nearly 3300. Best bullet at the time for it, and had killed several deer with it. Buck was quartering toward me. Hit was in front shoulder, going through the meat but missing bone, almost exactly 1/2 way up on his body. Went completely through the left lung, and the rear of the right one. Thumb sized hole in left lung and bullet sized in the right one. Bullet found lodged against rib on inside at edge of diaphragm. Classic mushroom. Sounds fine, except I didn't learn this until the next day after I shot him again in the neck with a 300. He looked a little slow, but not crippled by any means. Everyone present during the bullet digging agreed the buck would have lived if not shot again. The lesson is you can hit an animal further with a little gun than it will reliably kill it, even with a WELL placed shot. Traded that rifle the next day for a 7MM WBY. It was either that or get closer next time. And this was only a 250# Whitetail. My $02, get closer and your daughter will do fine. Nothing wrong with the cartridge or bullet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Orange Dust, post: 1499058, member: 92702"] Guys, Here is an interesting and very relevant story about little guns and game at the limits of their effective range. Shot a 10pt whitetail one afternoon at about 500yds with a .257WBY. Bullet was the old style 115gr Partition starting nearly 3300. Best bullet at the time for it, and had killed several deer with it. Buck was quartering toward me. Hit was in front shoulder, going through the meat but missing bone, almost exactly 1/2 way up on his body. Went completely through the left lung, and the rear of the right one. Thumb sized hole in left lung and bullet sized in the right one. Bullet found lodged against rib on inside at edge of diaphragm. Classic mushroom. Sounds fine, except I didn't learn this until the next day after I shot him again in the neck with a 300. He looked a little slow, but not crippled by any means. Everyone present during the bullet digging agreed the buck would have lived if not shot again. The lesson is you can hit an animal further with a little gun than it will reliably kill it, even with a WELL placed shot. Traded that rifle the next day for a 7MM WBY. It was either that or get closer next time. And this was only a 250# Whitetail. My $02, get closer and your daughter will do fine. Nothing wrong with the cartridge or bullet. [/QUOTE]
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