Thread: Where was this hit?

Originally Posted by Tahr

I will probably never know.

Bella found it laying down right where it went out of sight. Quite a bit of dark red blood. It jumped up and ran and then stood, I didn't get a shot and it ran again. 20 yards and Bella found it again and I got 2 quick shots at it. One broadside and one going away. Then to complete the cock-up I had to cut its throat.

It had a high shoulder shot that didn't go through it and one through its back leg (but I cant for the life of me remember which one). I gave the shoulders and the good hind leg away - Ive rung the guy to let me know what hind leg it was . There wasn't any blood on its coat anywhere. If I had hit it in the shoulder at 15 yards I would have expected the Barnes to go right through but it didn't, so its all a bit of a mystery.

All in all shit shooting.

I stopped using that bullet after a run of needing two shots to kill Tahr with my 2506 - not a problem I've had before or since. Shit pill for me in that weight and in that cartridge and calibre.

Originally Posted by 257weatherby

I stopped using that bullet after a run of needing two shots to kill Tahr with my 2506 - not a problem I've had before or since. Shit pill for me in that weight and in that cartridge and calibre.

Ok. Thats useful. These are the non tipped ones. They are fantastically accurate on paper.