Post by: robertsjd on February 23, 2014, 05:46:34 PM
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Post by: Bob33 on February 23, 2014, 06:21:19 PM
That said, drawing conclusions about any bullet based on one incident is a fool's mission.
Post by: PlateauNDN on February 23, 2014, 06:26:30 PM
Post by: buckfvr on February 23, 2014, 06:49:01 PM
http://www.ballisticstudies.com/Knowledgebase/7mm+Remington+Magnum.html (http://www.ballisticstudies.com/Knowledgebase/7mm+Remington+Magnum.html)
Post by: robertsjd on February 23, 2014, 07:32:23 PM
Post by: deaner on February 23, 2014, 07:48:51 PM
Finding the perfect bullet when you are regularly shooting almost 500 yards is a tough find. There are a lot more variables when that bullet starts to drop below 2,000 fps. One of the better 7mm shooters I hunt with shoots SST's with great success and performance at that distance. My 7RM guns hate it! Not sure exactly why :dunno: If I were to shoot at animals at that distance regularly I might have to start looking at the new AccuBond LR. Gives you some low and high velocity security most of the others do not. And my gun likes it! Though I don't expect I'll be doing much 500 yard shooting at big game animals.
looks like this guys shooting tends to put him in the 400-500 yard range, which is where the sst shines, as far as what ive heard and read. sounds like it doesnt really perform the way its supposed to until about 300 yards or so. but i will tell you, i shot my whitetail with a 300wm 180gr sst at just a hair over 100 yards this last november, and it put about a golf ball sized gaping hole in the far side of that deers chest. pretty impressive for not having reached the proper range / velocity for its peak performance. that buck sure couldnt tell the difference!
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Post by: Mongo Hunter on February 24, 2014, 09:51:27 AM
hey guys so last season '2013' I shot a deer at 460 yards with my 7mm rem mag with a 150 grain federal nosler balastic tips... prior in 2013 I shot a bear at 420 yards and dropped him with a shot through the shoulder and exiting through the neck he didn't move . but on the deer however he ran about 400 yards and died . but I was not able to find him until 12 hours later on the next day ... shot him at 6:00pm and recoverd him the next morning and he was eaten by one of the FEW :chuckle: methow valley cougars :yike:...so my question is should I try something else ? I feel like these balastic tips are just punching through animals and not doing tons of damage? I shot 3 bears and 3 deer with the same exact bullet in the past 3 years and all of them have just passed straight through the animal leaving no severe wounds ... just nice placed shots besides this deer in 2013 ... I made a good shot on him he fell hard really hard rolled 2 times down hill tried getting up chin on ground front legs under belly kicking finally got his feet under him and made it into heavy timber cover and laid and died .. I just wasn't impressed with these balastics tips ??? any suggestions ?? yayayay I know shot placement shot placement shot placement I know but wouldn't hurt to have some help from a bullet ;p thanks for any input guys appreciate it few pics of 2013 bear straight pass through
The only thing I can guess is that you lost too much velocity and the bullets are not expanding properly if at all and possibly acting like a solid and just passing through. especially on a thinner hide like a deer. Like I said this is a TOTAL GUESS. I use 150g Nosler BT in my 7mm loaded to about 3100fps, and I shot 2 deer at about 100 yards. both had about 1 good "hop" in them and they fell about 10 yards away from where I shot them. maybe try the heavier bullets or the sst's.
EDIT: so I just went to Noslers web sight. the recommended performance range for the BT is a Max of: 3200fps and a Min of: 1800fps. Assuming your bullet is going 3000fps at the muzzle at 460 yards its going about 2159fps. that's getting really close to the minimum. like I said though Im just gussing, it could have just been a lucky shot on the bear (hit a bone and the bullet fragmented and hit something important or tumbled) and un unlucky one on the deer. sometimes when your hunting, S Happens...
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