Speed goat not so speedy anymore
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Calvin45
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Congrats!
Where'd ya hit it?
Where'd ya hit it?
Rick Richard
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Congrats on your lope. What part of NM?
Shoulder and blew a 50 cent size hole out of the other side. It dropped straight down
Rick Richard
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I hunted in that area a couple of years ago on the Rim Rock ranch.
Calvin45
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Right on. Everyone seems to think the Barnes will just poke a hole on light game at distance. That certainly didn't happen here.
It's hard to find the entrance wounds. It's about the diameter of a pencil. There is no doubt about the exit wounds. The lungs were shredded and part of the heart. I've yet to recover a bullet on anything I've shot with this rifle/round. They aren't hard to kill...lol.
Calvin45
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That's a critter I'd like to hunt one day. They do live in Saskatchewan but a lot further south than where I am. I hear they're very tasty, albeit there's not that much meat on them.
Here is the exit on a sheep I shot with the same round at 380ish. The goat looked the same. The bullet at muzzle is 3250ish. It's like a 257 Weatherby type damage.
Calvin45
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Interesting you mention that cartridge. I plan to take my usual whitetail with a 257 bee with November. But pushing the envelope on bullet performance in the interest of learning: I've got a load worked up with a 75 grain hammer hunter doing 4150 feet per second.
Barrelnut
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Nice! That's a flat shooting rifle!
41Magnum
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Congratulations on a fine Antelope Sir!
Very Nice Goat, Congratulations.
