Bullet performance data base

[Messor]

143gr Hornady ELD-x
6.5 Creedmoor @ 2600fps.
Warthog boar, broadside at ±200m.
High shoulder shot, breaking spine.
Bullet (jacket) recovered under skin on opposite shoulder.
Retained weight: 49.3gr (34,5%).

So you could have used a 50gr tsx from a 222 instead...............

[TStone]

So you could have used a 50gr tsx from a 222 instead...............

Exactly...

The above is, I realize, tongue in cheek but monolithic expanding bullets have certainly increased the capabilities of most cartridges.

[treeman]

Nosler Partition - 140 gr - Cal 7 mm - Rifle 7 mm-08 Ostrich at about 200 mVelocity about 2645 fpsEntered on leg and caught under skin far side leg.20200816_202713 by David Frank Allen, on Flickr20200816_202618 by David Frank Allen, on Flickr

[treeman]

When you recover a partition, its easy to understand why its such a good bullet.

[DaavG]

Did you weigh the bullet? Has the front lead core separated from its jacket?

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[treeman]

Did you weigh the bullet? Has the front lead core separated from its jacket?

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Not yet weighed, was tired boet, dead tired. Yes the front core is totally gone.

[TStone]

Nothing to do with hunting but it might be of interest to those that carry Winchester Ranger T ammo in their handguns. I used my Glock 43 to kill a large chacma baboon male in a cage trap. The cartridge used was a 9mmP Ranger T, 147gr, which chronies at 940fps out of my handgun. The baboon (30kg) was hanging on the opposite fence of the trap ±4 meters away, facing away from me. The bullet hit it in the spine between the shoulders and was recovered under the skin on the sternum. Recovered weight 137gr (93.2%).

[treeman]

Did you weigh the bullet? Has the front lead core separated from its jacket?

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103.6 gr retained weight.

[Brenneke]

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The baboon (30kg) was hanging on the opposite fence of the trap ±4 meters away, facing away from me. The bullet hit it in the spine between the shoulders and was recovered under the skin on the sternum. Recovered weight 137gr (93.2%).

Can't do that
Shot a couple but never in a cage
An intelligent animal -- too much in some ways like a human
Once had to try and re-rehabilitate a youngster -- one experiences something more than just a "pest"

[TStone]

Can't do that
Shot a couple but never in a cage
An intelligent animal -- too much in some ways like a human
Once had to try and re-rehabilitate a youngster -- one experiences something more than just a "pest"

Two years ago, a troop invaded a lodge on the reserve causing R60k worth of damages. Ambushing them, which we sometimes do, is a time consuming job, if you have other work. A cage only needs checking every afternoon. Once you got them in the cage, you can either shoot them or let them go again. Not really a third workable alternative. And no, I do not enjoy doing it. Sadly no job consist of only doing the things you like. Baboons are intelligent, they can also be extremely cruel.

Perspective is a funny thing. For years I swore that I would not be able to shoot a dog. Then a neighbor's Jack Russel and Ridgeback got into a kraal full of Angora kids. After seeing the results and after putting a dozen surviving but mutilated kids out of their misery, shooting those two dogs was surprisingly easy.