Thread: Hornady 139gr Whitetail ammo in 7m mag doesnt exit.

I was interested to see that the stag i guided my mate into today to shoot his first my mate used the Hornady 139gr whitetail ammo in his 7m mag (3150fps) He shot the stag from maybe ten feet in the back of the neck and it went straight down. The projectile didnt exit, and damage wasnt huge. We found the round well mushroomed against the skin on the other side . I found that quite surprising....any thoughts

Originally Posted by deer243

I was interested to see that the stag i guided my mate into today to shoot his first my mate used the Hornady 139gr whitetail ammo in his 7m mag (3150fps) He shot the stag from maybe ten feet in the back of the neck and it went straight down. The projectile didnt exit, and damage wasnt huge. We found the round well mushroomed against the skin on the other side . I found that quite surprising....any thoughts

Not surprising given the range, velocity & what it hit, extreme conditions for a projectile, if it was an Amax it would have been very messy....

Originally Posted by Kiwi Greg

Not surprising given the range, velocity & what it hit, extreme conditions for a projectile, if it was an Amax it would have been very messy....

Cheers, just thought as it didnt appear to hit much bone at all the short distance to exit for a 7m mag it would or make some more mess, ..but there you go...what i know

I shot a tahr not long ago about 20 metres away with that bullet in the neck, straight through bone and everything, exited never to be seen again.

Side note, if your mate keeps his 7RM hornady brass and doesnt want it i'll buy it

Gibo, hes got some boxes of empty hornady brass...just a case of does he want to get rid of them as he was thinking about getting some reloads done himself. I see what i can do

Originally Posted by deer243

Gibo, hes got some boxes of empty hornady brass...just a case of does he want to get rid of them as he was thinking about getting some reloads done himself. I see what i can do

Yeah all good mate. I just know lots gets biffed and its a shame

Pm with a offer, i see he has 80 he prob part with, bout 150 7m 08 brass as well but not sure if the 7m 08 are hornady, cheers