Heavy for caliber nosler partition bullets or barnes ttsx have always worked for me. I tried the nbt years ago. Worked good on deer, but failed on a 275 lb hog. Had to give him the shot behind the ear
This is exactly why I won't shoot them at game. In larger/heavier caliber loads the loss of over half the bullet's weight may not make a whole lot of difference but that kind of loss in smaller high velocity rounds leads to a lot of wounded game running off and suffering.215 Hybrid @ 3100fps mv at 432 yards on a bull elk. Broke both shoulders and shattered a vertebra. Worked just fine. Stopped under the offside hide. Not all results are typical. Some better than others. Use enough bullet. A 6.5 140 is marginal.on elk in my personal opinion. Especially if you hit a leg bone. Tough to beat proper shot placement. Even with a big magnum, but especially with a lighter caliber and bullet weight.
NBT's running over 2850fps are flying bombs. Never saw one exit the rib cage even on a decent sized WT Buck.Heavy for caliber nosler partition bullets or barnes ttsx have always worked for me. I tried the nbt years ago. Worked good on deer, but failed on a 275 lb hog. Had to give him the shot behind the ear
The trouble is that they perform exactly as designed. They were never made for shooting anything other than light bodied game, varmints, and predators.You're right about the nbt. Tapered heel bullets (boattail) have a problem with spitting their cores when impacting.
Hope this new generation of shooters has better luck with them than i had. .
NBT's running over 2850fps are flying bombs. Never saw one exit the rib cage even on a decent sized WT Buck.
I'd love to know how you get an impact velocity of 3k without sticking it up a deer's hind end?Yeah, the 7mm 120 grain NBT out of a 7mm08 at 3,000 fps doesn't exit a deer. Said no one, ever....
The elbow and just above puts it through the heart or at the heart/lung junction.Who shoots an elk in the elbow and expects to collect it? I don't care what your shooting, 50 BMG included, elbow shots aren't going to have a good ending. VLD bullets will defeat an elk shoulder blade, or a rib, or a vertebrae, which is the only type of bones you should be hitting if you expect to collect your animal.
The elbow and just above puts it through the heart or at the heart/lung junction.
Pretty safe shot as you're likely to get the lower lobes of the lungs at the same time.