6.5 GRENDEL WTH!

[trap55555]

That's a very nice buck. Congrats to you !!
When you run out of sign(blood) go back to last spot... I've done it many times!

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

I'll take rapid expansion over delayed expansion, especially on a whitetail

Delayed expansion? What bullet has that?

 

[Lone Hunter]

6.5 Grendel Load Data

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A lot better powders than 4198.. Very Nice Deer. I run 123 ELD M with IMR 8208 XBR and it does a very good job.

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

I took the Easy Shot behind the shoulder, exit wound was very small no blood on either side. Three tiny droplets of blood total in 75 yards.

I would expect that you find portions of the bullet in the deer and a fragment is what exited.

 

[Jcalder]

Delayed expansion? What bullet has that?

Bonded bullets in general.

 

[Gravey]

Congrats on a fine buck!

 

[ScLowCountry]

It's funny how opinions change. I like the rapid expansion of the BT more than an accubond. I personally would go in a different direction than a nosler bullet

My freezer is full of deer killed the nosler bullets.

I recommend the op kill another deer with his load and see if he gets different results. Bullet for strange things sometimes due to a multitude of factors. Deer are not a consistent medium

 

[ScLowCountry]

Go to a TTSX and leave your problems behind

Barnes bullets are great but for deer light for caliber bullets are best. And better if pushed fast as possible

 

[double browtine]

Congratulations on a great buck! Sometimes a chunk of lung or meat can plug the entrance or exit hole and trap all the blood inside the deer. But ballistic tips seem to blow up when they hit a deers rib. I shot a buck once with a 300 win mag at 70 yards broadside in a field. When I found him there were 3 exit holes. Found pieces of bullet fragments in the back straps behind the diaphragm. I quit shooting Hornady ballistic tips for this very reason. The ole nosler solid base or something similar is a way better choice in bullets for deer.

 

[Jcalder]

My freezer is full of deer killed the nosler bullets.

I recommend the op kill another deer with his load and see if he gets different results. Bullet for strange things sometimes due to a multitude of factors. Deer are not a consistent medium

I didn't say they're bad, just that I'd use something different. I think the NBT is a great bullet, but nosler has lost their minds in the last few years with their pricing. And yes, sps has seconds and they're still expensive.

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

I didn't say they're bad, just that I'd use something different. I think the NBT is a great bullet, but nosler has lost their minds in the last few years with their pricing. And yes, sps has seconds and they're still expensive.

I do agree most all bullet manufactures have last their mind on pricing. Luckily i bought several boxes of my deer load bullets when they were $18 a box. Now they are $50-60 a box.

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

Bonded bullets in general.

That isn't true.

 

[rifle02]

My freezer is full of deer killed the nosler bullets.

I recommend the op kill another deer with his load and see if he gets different results. Bullet for strange things sometimes due to a multitude of factors. Deer are not a consistent medium

I've since realized that the load that I used was the slowest in the Nosler data. I've only got about 10 of them left I will relegate them to plinking. I've already decided to use some Factory 123 grain sst for the near future.