Thread: Is a 6.5x55 enough gun for Thar

Originally Posted by K95

I remember Derek Johnson wrote an article about tahr hunting for NZHunter. He reckoned verticle crosshair on the front leg and 1/3 of the way up the body if I remember correct. Should break the shoulder join.

This is 10x clearer advice than mine as to actual placement. Just remember the shoulders are like a overly top heavy body builder so projectile choice matters. I've broken shoulders of reds with the 162 amax but I'm not pushing high speeds and I'd be skeptical if the penetration is there. Anecdotally iv seen a 139 sst out of a rem mag mangle the muscle on the front shoulder and it didn't do much to the bone with a few bits of projectile tearing up the internals. The Tahr ran a long way and took about 6 hours to find.