Bullet Performance Database

[Soutie18]

Barnes tsx 375-300 grain Shot From a 375 Ruger on Gemsbuck 186ms entered in the shoulder messed the bone stop behind the opposite shoulder bone . 98.43% weight retained. desotored the shoulder meat on the opposite side

 

[Soutie18]

Some more pictures of the 150 grain tsx 270 . quick questioned how far must the petals roll back on barnes tsx what would you guys say is a failure to open ?

 

[Soutie18]

243 80 GR Hornady GMX @3080 fps shot a impala ram running away bullet entered the stomach just of the back hip and stop just passed the heart . Missed the heart . Retained 99.43% best mushroom so far .

 

[Nevada Mike]

Swift A Frame - 400 grain .423 fired at 2250 fps. Cape buffalo bull, broadside at approximately 80 yards. Impact in shoulder slightly below vertical center of the body. Penetrated shoulder, ribs, both lungs and broke off shoulder. Found under the skin on off side. Retained weight of 382.6 grains. Killed buffalo within about 5 seconds.

 

[Soutie18]

Factory ammo Sellier & Bellot 308 150 grain SPCE 2500 FPS frontal chest shot on a jakkals at approximately 230 MS . Impact was just under the chin and center of the body. Penetrated till the right hindquarters

 

[Rimshot]

Hornady 300gr XTP .430", impact velocity est. 1450 fps. Complete jacket separation. There was an almost imperceptible exit wound caused by some of the lead fragments.

This was fired from a 50 caliber muzzleloader (T/C encore) with 90 grain/volume charge of Hodgdon Triple 7. 50 yard high shoulder shot (the only unobstructed vital shot I had) on a GA whitetail buck. Buck dropped in his tracks and didn't even twitch. Bullet did it's job this time, but I think I'll be looking for alternatives, or using my own hardcast lead.

 

[Hogpatrol]

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Hornady 300gr XTP .430", impact velocity est. 1450 fps. Complete jacket separation. There was an almost imperceptible exit wound caused by some of the lead fragments.

This was fired from a 50 caliber muzzleloader (T/C encore) with 90 grain/volume charge of Hodgdon Triple 7. 50 yard high shoulder shot (the only unobstructed vital shot I had) on a GA whitetail buck. Buck dropped in his tracks and didn't even twitch. Bullet did it's job this time, but I think I'll be looking for alternatives, or using my own hardcast lead.

Agree on using another bullet. XTPs are pistol bullets. Back in my .50 cal BPS days, I used the Barnes 250s on white tails without issues.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

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Hornady 300gr XTP .430", impact velocity est. 1450 fps. Complete jacket separation. There was an almost imperceptible exit wound caused by some of the lead fragments.

This was fired from a 50 caliber muzzleloader (T/C encore) with 90 grain/volume charge of Hodgdon Triple 7. 50 yard high shoulder shot (the only unobstructed vital shot I had) on a GA whitetail buck. Buck dropped in his tracks and didn't even twitch. Bullet did it's job this time, but I think I'll be looking for alternatives, or using my own hardcast lead.

@Rimshot
Try the 280gn swift A-FRAME.

 

[steve white]

fantastic mushrooms!

Sorry, I was commenting on the NorthForks in the post just above...

 

[roverandbrew]

Rifle: 275 Rigby
Bullet: 156 Grain Norma Oryx
Velocity: 2600
Weight Retention: Not Recovered
Performance: Entered and Exited through both shoulders of Whitetail; Good blood trail

 

[dchum]

Barnes TSX 165 gr. 30-06 Factory Federal. Aprox 2750fps muzzle velocity.
22 inch Ruger #1.
Very hard quartering too shot at 50 yards. Straight through scapula where I assume it shed the petals. Found in back right hip. Heavy Aoudad ram. Dead in 5 seconds.

 

[jduckhunter]

I wish I could post a photo of a recovered bullet, but they refuse to not pass through all of the deer I have shot with them.
300 BLK
.308 cal.
194 gr. Lehigh Defense, Maximum Expansion
Just a hair over 1000 fps at the muzzle
All I can show is the results!

 

[nomspc]

131 grain Sellier & Bellot 6.5X55 SE soft point; Muskox bull quartering away at 200 yards, hit behind the shoulder, both lungs.

 

[dchum]

131 grain Sellier & Bellot 6.5X55 SE soft point; Muskox bull quartering away at 200 yards, hit behind the shoulder, both lungs.

impressive

 

[Soutie18]

Barnes never fails
Barnes for the win again
308 win -110gr Barnes ttsx
Common reed buck @ 250ms entered in the "arm pit" quartering-towards the bullet cut 1 inch of the heart stop on the last rib

 

[JGRaider]

My last plains game cull hunt in Namibia. 12 animals total up through wildebeest. 7mm Rem Mag, 160 Accubond, 3100fps at the muzzle. Impacts were anywhere from 90 to 150 yards, animals intentionally shot through shoulder for heart shots. These are the only bullets "caught", the rest exited.

 

[Bob Nelson 35Whelen]

My last plains game cull hunt in Namibia. 12 animals total up through wildebeest. 7mm Rem Mag, 160 Accubond, 3100fps at the muzzle. Impacts were anywhere from 90 to 150 yards, animals intentionally shot through shoulder for heart shots. These are the only bullets "caught", the rest exited.

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@JGRaider
I used the 225gn 35 cal accubond on a frontal shot on a kudu. It penetrated around 5 feet of kudu and retained 74% of its weight. Great performance. I only recovered 2 projectiles, the accubond and a 225gn Woodleigh PPSP.
Bob

 

[VINOYASADO]

338 win mag / NP 210 gr

Wild boar (90 kg aprox) runing down hill, at 100 to 120 m, shot placed in the middle…boar was down dead about 50 m

The bullet got him in the midlle (RED CIRCLE), turn and was about to exit fron shloulder (GREEN CIRCLE) to the SAME side!! So is like turn, never see this before

 

[VINOYASADO]

Forgot to mention.... 88% weight retention

 

[ldmay375]

338 win mag / NP 210 gr

Wild boar (90 kg aprox) runing down hill, at 100 to 120 m, shot placed in the middle…boar was down dead about 50 m

The bullet got him in the midlle (RED CIRCLE), turn and was about to exit fron shloulder (GREEN CIRCLE) to the SAME side!! So is like turn, never see this before

Sometimes, the reason/explanation is well hidden. The bullet mystery paths and anomalies surely can happen.

That bullet picture looks as though it ended up being classical-picture Partition bullet form. The bullet path is an usual one. Interesting.

Was it a direct running away from you shot ? Or more of a broadside shot or angling shot ?