Thread: Shot placement on deer with ballistic tips??

now somewhere in the recesses of my memory one of the earlier KIWI hunter/writers mentioned this...not sure if it was Tony Orman,Phil Holden or even Lentle & Saxton.....waps/elk are no harder to kill than reds and some say even easier......same skin thickness,similar bone structure but BIGGER vital area. they were culled with .243s etc I sure dont see need for a 300 pooperscoopermagnum. Ive only shot one...in paddock with broken leg,used subsonic 151grn cast from the humble 7.62x39mm behind the ear LOL.

Never used SST's or Ballistic Tips as far as I know........but from reading about them here I have concluded ( I think?) that not all tipped projectiles are born equal. On a single occasion I shot a reasonably sized Fallow stag in the right place at around 50 meters with a 130 gn Accubond out of a .260. That was around 2006 and I haven't seen him since. Put the Accubond loads in the cupboard and haven't taken them out since, either.