Gator Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 Sat I shot a nice 9pt buck at 18yds. The deer was kinda quartering to, as I hit him high behind the ribs, and found the bullet by the opposite back leg. I did take out lungs, liver, and unfortunately, part of the gut tract (YUCK!!!!!). Anyways, I am kinda upset that the bullet didn't go through. I am shooting 100gr CLEAN SHOT or APP pellets, 209 primers, and a 240gr T/C XTP bullet. The bullet was recovered and weighed, and came in at 222gr, with OUTSTANDING expansion. Any ideas as to why I didn't receive a pass through? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 Re: No pass through? That's a lot of stuff to go through. You are asking a lot for a bullet to penetrate roughly a lot of tissue and still want it to exit. How do you get lungs when the deer is quartering to you and you shoot behind the ribcage and the bullet ends up in the opposite rear leg? Did you mean in front of the ribs? That makes sence since the bullet will have traveled about 24" through hide and tissue. The bullet performed perfectly as you mentioned it expanded greatly and retained 92% of its weight. Since it was a close range shot the bullet expanded more violently due to higher velocity. As it gets bigger in diameter it looses speed very quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gator Posted October 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 Re: No pass through? Oops, yep, I did hit in the rib cage, a little further back than what I though I was aiming at though. I guess maybe if he had been perfect broadside it would have passed through. Thanks AJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutchies Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 Re: No pass through? Bullets do funny things when bouncing around in bodies. As long as the bullet performed well I would not worry about a pass thru. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeramie Posted October 31, 2005 Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 Re: No pass through? They do some odd stuff sometimes! I shot a buck several years back with a TC Mag Sabot. It was pushing 85 yards. I was shooting uphill on a perfect broadside shot. It his his heart, literally ramped up his rib cage and stuck in his back, directly over the shot. It just hit and followed the conture! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superguide Posted November 1, 2005 Report Share Posted November 1, 2005 Re: No pass through? I'd never be too worried about the performance of a bullet that I recovered from a dead buck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deldeer Posted November 7, 2005 Report Share Posted November 7, 2005 Re: No pass through? same thing happened last year to me!!!!! i shot a 7pt. at 15 feet, never made an exit hole & never found the bullet!!!!!!!! i gutted him & butchered him myself...no bullet!!??......i was told by somebody at hornaday that at that close, the bullet probably fragmented inside the chest cavity.....im not sure i buy this but i have no answers??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ousoonerfan22 Posted November 8, 2005 Report Share Posted November 8, 2005 Re: No pass through? Wouldn't a no pass through be a good thing?That would mean the deer absorbed all the energy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest deldeer Posted November 9, 2005 Report Share Posted November 9, 2005 Re: No pass through? [ QUOTE ] Wouldn't a no pass through be a good thing?That would mean the deer absorbed all the energy. [/ QUOTE ]....yeah.....as long as he falls in his tracks. if they run off, sometimes without an exit wound there is'nt much of a blood trail, & they seem to run a little farther..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnatecsteve Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 Re: No pass through? I shot my buck at 15 yards, bullet went in between last two ribs, and lodged in his lower chest. It suprised me that it didn't pass through too, but he only went 10 or 15 yards after the shot!! Took out one of the main heart atreries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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