I have been using Black Hills ammo with hornady 60 grain v-max in my AR for several years now. They have been very accurate, and I have had good results on all the animals I have shot.
I have shot about 20 deer with it and all were recovered. 3 of those were shoulder shots and they didn't go more than 30 yards but as you can expect, not much blood. The head and neck shots just dropped as expected.
I have also shot a lot of hogs with them with similar results. I have lost 2 or 3 big hogs on shoulder shots, but I have killed several too. The head and neck shots just drop them.
On nearly all the coyotes, fox and bobcats they don't move. The fox often get tore up, but the bobcats usually don't even exit. I shot a bobcat last week right in the should at about 50-60 yards and it dropped and bullet never exited or made a visible mark on the off side when skinned.
Some coyotes exit, but a most don't.
So, more times than not, they never exit. BUT several times I have shot hogs behind the shoulder and had them exit. This you wouldn't expect seeing as they are so much thicker and denser than say a bobcat.
Day before yesterday I shot a hog at about 20 yards facing me and it went in right below the eye. Blew up the back part of the jawbone and part of the skull. No exit and he never left his tracks.
This morning, I shot a 142 pound sow at about 150-170 yards right behind the shoulder. It was before daylight and she ran off with the rest of the herd, so I went on deer hunting and went back to the pasture to look for her when I got back. She had made it about 50-60 yards.
Due to the distance and using my xlr-250 I elected for the shoulder shot. It turned out to be a very slightly quartering away shot but it completely exited.
I took a couple of pictures of the results.
This was the entry side. A little back, but quartering away.
This was the exit side.
I guess what I am wondering is how come I more times than not get no exit on smaller game, and then get exits on hogs?
Just the law of averages?
I will definately keep using them because like I say they are accurate and whatever I shoot is usually laying close by.
I have shot about 20 deer with it and all were recovered. 3 of those were shoulder shots and they didn't go more than 30 yards but as you can expect, not much blood. The head and neck shots just dropped as expected.
I have also shot a lot of hogs with them with similar results. I have lost 2 or 3 big hogs on shoulder shots, but I have killed several too. The head and neck shots just drop them.
On nearly all the coyotes, fox and bobcats they don't move. The fox often get tore up, but the bobcats usually don't even exit. I shot a bobcat last week right in the should at about 50-60 yards and it dropped and bullet never exited or made a visible mark on the off side when skinned.
Some coyotes exit, but a most don't.
So, more times than not, they never exit. BUT several times I have shot hogs behind the shoulder and had them exit. This you wouldn't expect seeing as they are so much thicker and denser than say a bobcat.
Day before yesterday I shot a hog at about 20 yards facing me and it went in right below the eye. Blew up the back part of the jawbone and part of the skull. No exit and he never left his tracks.
This morning, I shot a 142 pound sow at about 150-170 yards right behind the shoulder. It was before daylight and she ran off with the rest of the herd, so I went on deer hunting and went back to the pasture to look for her when I got back. She had made it about 50-60 yards.
Due to the distance and using my xlr-250 I elected for the shoulder shot. It turned out to be a very slightly quartering away shot but it completely exited.
I took a couple of pictures of the results.
This was the entry side. A little back, but quartering away.
This was the exit side.
I guess what I am wondering is how come I more times than not get no exit on smaller game, and then get exits on hogs?
Just the law of averages?
I will definately keep using them because like I say they are accurate and whatever I shoot is usually laying close by.