Originally Posted By: SlickerThanSnotOriginally Posted By: NdIndy Pretty much anything should be able to blow through a deer rib, and yet it didnt.
you saying you hit a deer rib bone with a .243 and it did not go through the rib bone?
Exactly what im saying so roll away
. Less than 200 yards, clear shot, bullet struck rib, rode the rib up and hit spine, rode rib down and recovered in the shoulder. 0, none nada, damage to the internals including the rib. Well, gouged obviously but otherwise intact, but no penetration through the chest. Bullet failed entirely, complete separation. It was luck alone that he didnt just bolt and die a few weeks later. I have what was left of the bullet in my closet atm, the only bullet ive ever recovered.
More than likely a bullet failure but as i said ive been biased against the 243 ever since. I know a lot more now than i did then, but the bias will likely be there until i die. And its been at least 2 hunting seasons since my first. I like it for its original role, after that its a no go for me, havent used one on more than paper.
I min'ed with a 3006 for a lot of years, mainly because i had 1 rifle
now i use 25-06 for the little guys, likeit quite a bit.
So on to the bullet used... No idea. I was 15-16, father loaded,them but he has never loaded for varmint in his life. He was a fan of speer's and boat tails, so my assumption is that is used hot-cor or whatever they were called 20 years ago.