Neck shots with Berger 115 HPBT

[stokesrj]

I once shot a Coues Deer in Arizona with my 6.5 STW and a Berger 140 grain hunting VLD at 3,550 fps. This deer was walking away from me. I hit it at the base of the tail and took the whole spine out all the way to the neck, laying the whole body cavity open from the top. It looked like a stick of dynamite had been set off inside the deer. It had ruptured blood vessels all the way to the lower legs. Of course this is an ultrahigh velocity rifle much different than the Grendel other than the bullet diameter. However, on rib cage shots I rarely see any bloodshot other than between the layers of the shoulder meat near the bullet impact area.
Bob