09-03-2022, 07:24 PM
Thanks, guys. 2000 fps is sounds about right, then. That is a bit of a shame given, that other brands are able to make copper bullets that expand at lower velocities.
Got another hog on Thursday. This was a weird hunt. I expected the hog to go down with the first shot because I expected it to be a solid CNS shot. Here's the thing, while folks speak of shot placement, it is only 1/3 of that ballistic equation. You much also have penetration and trajectory to consider. Well, the hog was on the move when I took my shot and the shot was a little off, but the point of impact still looked fine in the middle of the neck, if only the bullet failed to penetrate. This is weird. The shot was a grazing shot, twice! By that I mean it broke the skin, went into the subcutaneous muscle, and popped back out, traveled <2" and entered the skin again for a repeat, popping out again and lost to parts unknown, 1/2" total depth of penetration.
Shot #2 was a stop shot to try to bring the hog down. I hate having wounded hogs run off and the quicker the hog went down, the quicker I could get it finished off. I figured I had limited opportunities as the hog was in a holding area with cattle. Penetration was good, but as the hog was on the run, placement was too far back, but the trajectory, quartered through the lower body, promised to do a bunch of damage, and undoubtedly did, but definitely not immediately fatal or a stop shot as the hog continued. The bullet exited after 13".
Shot number #3 was well placed with the hog almost stationary, through the shoulders. Only, this bullet that had overpenetrated so well on the previous hunt, penetrated only 9" without hitting any heavy bone. The hog made it a few steps before collapsing.
However, I did recover bullet #3. The CX bullets are NOT expanding as much as the previous wound channel analysis might have indicated. Looking at Hornady's info, this isn't a surprise. Hornady says there should be 95% weight retention, but I got <90%, which isn't bad, but still double the loss Hornady was noting.
Examining the bullet revealed that it was NOT fully expanded. Based on this singular example, it would indicate that maybe Grendel velocity isn't getting the full potential from them. Hopefully, I can recover more bullets and see if this is a pattern or a fluke.
[video=youtube_share;j0M3sBY0nKg]https://youtu.be/j0M3sBY0nKg[/video]
And the Carpe AnalySus video...
https://youtu.be/exsc-HMCVqw
Got another hog on Thursday. This was a weird hunt. I expected the hog to go down with the first shot because I expected it to be a solid CNS shot. Here's the thing, while folks speak of shot placement, it is only 1/3 of that ballistic equation. You much also have penetration and trajectory to consider. Well, the hog was on the move when I took my shot and the shot was a little off, but the point of impact still looked fine in the middle of the neck, if only the bullet failed to penetrate. This is weird. The shot was a grazing shot, twice! By that I mean it broke the skin, went into the subcutaneous muscle, and popped back out, traveled <2" and entered the skin again for a repeat, popping out again and lost to parts unknown, 1/2" total depth of penetration.
Shot #2 was a stop shot to try to bring the hog down. I hate having wounded hogs run off and the quicker the hog went down, the quicker I could get it finished off. I figured I had limited opportunities as the hog was in a holding area with cattle. Penetration was good, but as the hog was on the run, placement was too far back, but the trajectory, quartered through the lower body, promised to do a bunch of damage, and undoubtedly did, but definitely not immediately fatal or a stop shot as the hog continued. The bullet exited after 13".
Shot number #3 was well placed with the hog almost stationary, through the shoulders. Only, this bullet that had overpenetrated so well on the previous hunt, penetrated only 9" without hitting any heavy bone. The hog made it a few steps before collapsing.
However, I did recover bullet #3. The CX bullets are NOT expanding as much as the previous wound channel analysis might have indicated. Looking at Hornady's info, this isn't a surprise. Hornady says there should be 95% weight retention, but I got <90%, which isn't bad, but still double the loss Hornady was noting.
Examining the bullet revealed that it was NOT fully expanded. Based on this singular example, it would indicate that maybe Grendel velocity isn't getting the full potential from them. Hopefully, I can recover more bullets and see if this is a pattern or a fluke.
[video=youtube_share;j0M3sBY0nKg]https://youtu.be/j0M3sBY0nKg[/video]
And the Carpe AnalySus video...
https://youtu.be/exsc-HMCVqw
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