Thread: Introducing Larry

Originally Posted by Flyblown

Yes @Tahr and @bully, maybe I was a little hasty when I looked at that photo last night on the phone.

However....

Now not to detract at all from Max's achievement. I think we're all stoked for the guy.

The point of impact is not low, as in too low, assuming it wasn't steeply downhill? The point of impact is very close to or right on the top of the heart. In that area, the main pulmonary and aorta arteries run into the heart, surrounded by quite dense and blood filled lung tissue. If the bullet had opened up fast and partially fragmented as it should, you'd expect it to cause huge damage to the main arteries and lungs with a very fast bleed out - I would expect it to run a short distance and not collapse on the spot, but not that far.

The contradiction is that for years guys have been complaining about Nosler BTs breaking up and under penetrating. The flipside is that sometimes they just don't seem to fragment at all, and do what Max has observed. So my comment about the Nosler is probably a bit biased, cos I gave up with them some time ago due to a lack of consistent outcomes with shot placement being mostly equal. I just couldn't get them to perform reliably. I think it was @300_BLK who said recently he gave up with them too for similar reasons.

So yeah, just responded last night to Max's observation that the bullet didn't appear to have created much of a wound channel.

Again, happy to be challenged with this view! Perhaps Nosler has toughened up the 120gr BTs in response to all the criticism of them being too fragile, and I just don't know about it.

The way I see it.... If you don't want it to run take out the front shoulder/leg I guess that's in line with tahr saying hit bone. Better to loose a front leg than a whole deer. This is the problem with a "meat saver shot". Taking nothing away from max however, under pressure with your first deer. It all ended well, no problems.