Thread: A question for the doubters

Originally Posted by Hermitage

Yeah no 'heavy for calibre' bullets involved as this was back in 1991 when I was a student at Teachers College.
My mate & I did a Sth Island trip and this happened when we were shooting rabbits in Tekapo. Back then we didn't have rangefinders so were reloading using small-for-calibre bullets at high velocity for MPBR (we did have a 'Shooters Chrony' chronograph).
I was using a Ruger .25/06 shooting 85gr Nosler Ballistic Tips @ 3600fps and he was using a Brno Fox shooting 40 gr Sierra Blitzkings @3700, so it was a very fragile explosive bullet.

Therefore I'll admit the bullet that I was hit with was nothing compared to the heavy-for-calibre bullets this thread is based on.

Nice controlled and factual answer to what could have been taken as a sarcastic question. All bullet wounds hurt and can do considerable damage, even 224 fmj, which a lot of people seem to write off as ineffective for anything.