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Post by: TopOfTheFoodChain on October 24, 2012, 06:20:37 PM
yes no excuses 460 in 50 cal and i will never use them again.
Curious to hear the story. I used the 460gr/.45 from Dave(No Excuses). Took a small mule deer at 234 yards. They shot mostly well but I had a few really wild fliers when sighting it in.
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Post by: Sabotloader on October 30, 2012, 07:36:23 PM
when we ran to the meadow for a shot jeff cow called to stop the moving mass of elk, good call jeff. the bull stopped perfect as i pulled the trigger he ran putting my shot farther back than wanted , it was getting dark so being unsure of a good hit we went to camp to regroup.
OK - I have some 2bit questions...
1.What range do you figure this 1st shot was?
2.What was the powder and te load?
One of my biggestest fears... shooting a big lead conical is the movement of the animal just after I touch the load off. It really does not take much movement to make a good shot into a marginal shot, and then the fact that you are shooting a slow moving freight train compounds the possible problem.
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as you know not much sleep would be had that night i was sure of my shot but it still puts doubt in your head. that night i asked my sister-inlaw for her help finding this elk, she passed last oct of breast cancer. the next morning we awoke to frozen ground and clear skys.when we got to the timber patch he ran into we split up looking for a body i heard a bull bugle and jeff cow call 3 times meaning he found something as i looked toward him i called back he didn't hear me and headed away from me so i continued to the next meadow. as i got to the meadow i see my bull running dead away from me in a fog layden meadow,what an amazing sight to see fog at his knees and that rack high in the air. so i let 1 fly and as im reloading i see him stumble so i run after him and he stops quartering away i shoot again whop!! as im loading again jeff gets to me we run after him and hit him again down!!! reload run up to him and finish him.
Without seeing the shot locations... it is hard for me to understand why this animal took the punishment of those shots... other than a truly majestic animal like this one can do and survive things that should stop a normal elk.
One thing we did not really talk about is the nose of the the 460. The big flat nose should create a hole the size of a quarter moving through the animal. In away I really wish they could be shot with more velocity to get additiona 'hydrostatic shock' - but the shear size (diameter) and weight of the bullet and placed in the correct spot will down an elk.
I have shot a couple of animals with the .503-460 grain Bull Shop - shooting 90 grains of T7-3f and the bullet did an outstanding job. Both bullets exited the animal and it was my thought at the time the exit hole was not really that big. I believe the nose expands and rolls back over the first band and that is about it. But if you want that deep penetration you really do not want a whole lot more.
None-the-less - what an awesome harvest! :) :) :) :) I think you will remember this one for awhile...
Post by: X-Force on October 30, 2012, 08:13:28 PM
Its unfortunate when an animal doesnt go down the way it should.
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Keith
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