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In the last several weeks I have been doing some reloading of Barnes/Nosler expanding bullets and a few hard bullets that don't expand. Shooting the expanding bullets into gallon water jugs has producted some exciting results. The non expanding bullets I have been shooting are Berry 250 gr. flat nose .451s. The Barnes/Nosler have been in .358 .. By far the Barnes 180 TTSX out penetrated the factory Nosler 225 partition. They both had a great explosive effect on the first 2-3 jugs (ripped) them apart. The Barnes 200 gr. HP in the .451 for my 45 WinMag did great damage to the first 2-3 jugs and penetrated very well.
Here is my issue: The .451 Berry 250 gr. (let's call it a solid) just barely knocked the first jug off the table and the following 10 jugs just sat there with roughly a 45 cal. hole thru them. No doubt the greatest penetrator of all. This would produce a long bone crushing wound channel but not the extreme explosion when impacting the large dangerous game. Should this be considered when a hunter is facing the challenge of his first broadside shot of a 1200 pound brown killer bear? You shoot him inches behind the shoulder bone which slips all the way thru him without hitting a bone... Maybe he acts unhit. If your shot with your big gun/bullet hits his shoulder he is down very soon. Or if he is quartering toward you and your first shot breaks his front right shoulder and keeps passing all the way thru and breaks his rear left hip. I here tooo many stories about some game that peels out early and some that keep running. Maybe your first shot should be a partition type bullet that whumps him good and a solid type bone crusher to break him down.
My jug test proves there is a difference in the way a 45/70 and a 35 Whelen hits an animal.
Did all see my videos earlier?
Any ideas. Any experiences.
Here is my issue: The .451 Berry 250 gr. (let's call it a solid) just barely knocked the first jug off the table and the following 10 jugs just sat there with roughly a 45 cal. hole thru them. No doubt the greatest penetrator of all. This would produce a long bone crushing wound channel but not the extreme explosion when impacting the large dangerous game. Should this be considered when a hunter is facing the challenge of his first broadside shot of a 1200 pound brown killer bear? You shoot him inches behind the shoulder bone which slips all the way thru him without hitting a bone... Maybe he acts unhit. If your shot with your big gun/bullet hits his shoulder he is down very soon. Or if he is quartering toward you and your first shot breaks his front right shoulder and keeps passing all the way thru and breaks his rear left hip. I here tooo many stories about some game that peels out early and some that keep running. Maybe your first shot should be a partition type bullet that whumps him good and a solid type bone crusher to break him down.
My jug test proves there is a difference in the way a 45/70 and a 35 Whelen hits an animal.
Did all see my videos earlier?
Any ideas. Any experiences.