Hogs 2 & 3 with Wolf Military Classic 100 gr. FMJ

[gwtx]

I have not shot a lot of wolf steel, but my rifle shoots it pretty good. I have shot some 3 shot groups under one inch,,,but,,,,I have seen a flier out to an inch and a half on occasion. Seems that could possibly be enough to cause the bullet to glance off the shoulder?? I only use the wolf for "course" initial zero at 25 yds, but was also curious if it would be good enough for hog hunting. Thanks for sharing your "work" with us. The videos are always top notch. Keep on keepin on.

[Frontier Gear]

Ballistics gel tests are cool and hueristically interesting, and are probably the best simulant deriving consistent and replicable results. The problem I see with ballistics gel is one of its strongest points. It shows a temporary stretch/wound cavity because of strain failure (stretched to the point of failure), and yet you can easily push your fingers right through the side of a block of gel to retrieve a bullet, which is something that you cannot do with most animal soft tissue. Try pushing your fingers through pork or deer shoulder muscle. Ballistics gel fails differently than muscle and organ tissue. It has amorphous structure, probably most closely resembling nearly amorphous body fat. You can sometimes push your fingers through hog fat, though it still appears much tougher to do than ballistics gel. After reading countless articles on ballistics gel, I am still wondering if it doesn't do a better job of showing bullet performance IN gel as opposed to showing bullet performance ON tissue.

Very true DNS. There are way more variables in an animal's body than what is represented in a gel block (hair, hide, fat, muscle, cartilage, bone, organs and all at varying thickness and density). I view gel as a good indicator of bullet performance in comparison with other bullets. It's one way to try and compare one bullet with another, but it doesn't necessarily show how it will perform in the field.

As to why the shot "failed", we can only guess and speculate. I'm sure that you have experienced the surprise of cutting the animal open and seeing the bullet's actual path and performance (or lack of). I know that I have. Sometimes they do weird and unexpected things. There is no telling what happened without actually seeing the hog and cutting it open, which you can't do. Which is also why I love your videos. You take the time to do an analysis of everything. Keep up the good work.

Personally, I wouldn't hunt with 100 grain Wolf ammo unless I had nothing else to use. I'd reach for my 308 or 30-30 before I went after a deer or bear with Wolf Grendel ammo (no pigs up here).