Bullet failure?

[carpsniperg2]

All the energy was dumped into that buck and the bullet went in 24" that is just fine in my book. I have killed tons of different animals with lots of different bullets. I have been around probably 20+ big game animals shot with a nosler b-tip. more then Half of them did not leave the animal! Just turned into pieces and most were very small. I don't like to see seperation on a bullet from its core. However I do think it did its job first

[257 Wby Mag]

Is that fancy designer boolit on the left a failure? Both came from the same buck, 85 TSX via a Venturi shouldered, free bored 240 Roy.

[BULLBLASTER]

I guess all Berger bullets are designed to fail then also... break apart and shed weight.... they sure kill well for failing every shot.

[257 Wby Mag]

They'll all fail given a guy makes enough meat with said boolit. After loading lotsa different slugs, I've come to the conclusion,
perty tough to trump a good ol Hornady Interlock for accuracy and straight killin....

[Biggerhammer]

They'll all fail given a guy makes enough meat with said boolit. After loading lotsa different slugs, I've come to the conclusion,
perty tough to trump a good ol Hornady Interlock for accuracy and straight killin....

I would have to agree concerning the Hornady Interlock! If a 30 cal 150gr Interlock was good enough for a friends stud of a sheep ( Current world record Calafornia WA State sheep) Then it's sure good enough for anything I'm going to point it at.

[BOWHUNTER45]

Now we getting somewhere... those of you who kinda know me by now know that I am a serious Hornaday Fan and the only bullets fly out of my guns are Interlocks BUT I decided to try those SST out of that 25-06 just to see what it does ...Next year we will be putting a 117 gr interlock back in the 25-06... I just feel better about it  :tup:Actually I forgot about the 87 gr SST my older son shot a 3 pt with a few years back ...it to dropped that deer like a bad habit and both deer were shot threw the lungs ....I think the SST would make a serious mess if it hit shoulder or any heavy bones !!

[257 Wby Mag]

Wish I could downsize pics on this damn new computer.

Pard dropped a monsterous 360 blues bull opening day with a 130 Interlock, 270 Roy freebore special!! grin.....
2 shots, humped, nosedove into a patch of blowdown. No tracking needed..

Last week, montucky, 2 really big bodied Montucky bucks, a 165 & 175 B&C, 257 Roy, 100 Hornady, 1 shot, Said pard with the 270 Roy, 130 Blues bull
combo, 1 shot. NO boolits were recovered, so I can't say if they failed or not???  Grin.....

[Biggerhammer]

Wish I could downsize pics on this damn new computer.

Pard dropped a monsterous 360 blues bull opening day with a 130 Interlock, 270 Roy freebore special!! grin.....
2 shots, humped, nosedove into a patch of blowdown. No tracking needed..

Last week, montucky, 2 really big bodied Montucky bucks, a 165 & 175 B&C, 257 Roy, 100 Hornady, 1 shot, Said pard with the 270 Roy, 130 Blues bull
combo, 1 shot. NO boolits were recovered, so I can't say if they failed or not???  Grin.....

Ha, ha, ha... Stinking free bore! 

[257 Wby Mag]

Laffin.... I was telling my pard"the one that shoots the 270 Roy" about the hyenas and rubber knife. We got a hellava laugh out of it on the Montucky trip.. Later

[Biggerhammer]

Laffin.... I was telling my pard"the one that shoots the 270 Roy" about the hyenas and rubber knife. We got a hellava laugh out of it on the Montucky trip.. Later

I bet that elk dislikes " Free bore "'as much as I do.

Have you seen the new Swift Scirocco II's?  25 Cal 100gr. They should work wonders out of that .257 Roy.

[jaymark6655]

Sounds like it worked to me.  At that range .308 SST are travelling around 2400 to 2500 fps depending on how you load them, thats fast for a round to try a stay together.  I haven't shot an elk with one yet, but it will punch through 6 inches of pine no problem and turn a milk jug into a flat piece of plastic at 100 yards.

[gadwall]

Can you explain how 24inches of penetration and a dead deer is a bullet failure? Sounds like it did.its job to me.

 

My daughter shoots a .260 remington and shot a mule deer doe this year.  She missed the boiler and clipped the liver on a quartering toward shot.  Bullet traveled through and lodged against the hide in the oposite hind leg.  Perfect mushroom and 81% weight retention all in soft tissue with a 140 gr. Accubond.  I am really impressed with that bullet.

[BOWHUNTER45]

yeah alot of guys talk about how good the accubond is So I guess they are alright 

[scudmaster]

You only mentioned finding the jacket?  Where did the core go?  Jackets generally do not penetrate far once separated?  If the core was not found then I suspect it performed as SSTs are designed to; a near explosive expansion and fragmentation of the core.  They are not designed for deep penetration.  You may want to try a bonded heavy jacket bullet to accomplish that. 
 

[hendog]

The core did exit.

 Also seen a pic the butcher took of the bullets travel. Not only did it take out a neck bone, it travel along the rib cage and took out six ribs.