Thread: 6.5 prc loads

Originally Posted by Kelton

I think anyway was a very confusing assessment of the animal when skinning today unless it was stepping foward and its leg was right back and its gone threw front leg bone opened up and blown that hole in the ribs and i lost projectile in jelly that was its engine room? Il be sure to update in a few weeks after a few more deer

I it is very hard to find the right 'do all' near and far, big and small, projectile for higher velocity type calibers in my experience. With the move by manufacturers to high bc soft lead core thin jacket jobs the problem is getting worse. It used to only be sierra bullets that blew up and shed their jackets, now SST, VLD, ELD etc. I really struggled with this problem in a 2506 AI untill I switched to Accubonds. Federal has a new one out that is similar but with a solid copper base section which should make it perform like a Partition. I used to be in the ' we want a bullet that mushrooms and transfers all its energy and doesn't exit' camp. Now I prefer a bullet that mushrooms quick, stays together and cuts a hole right through without buggering a lot of meat. On this, I wonder if the bullet passing through actually sets up a venturi effect that sucks blood out with it rather than forcing it through the meat Hydraulically??

Certainly nothing wrong with your shot placement, just disappointing amount of damage