Range question 50 cal.
10-30-2006, 11:01 AM
#21
Typical Buck
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RE: Range question 50 cal.
Cayagud - do not know weight of recovered bullet, except that it seemd about same as unfired in my hand.
Chuck7 - I'd say 1-2 high at fifty ought to do.... looking at chart, 1" high will have you zeroed at around 90yards, 2" zeros at around 125. Close enough, unless you're shooting waaaay out there
Chuck7 - I'd say 1-2 high at fifty ought to do.... looking at chart, 1" high will have you zeroed at around 90yards, 2" zeros at around 125. Close enough, unless you're shooting waaaay out there
10-30-2006, 11:18 AM
#22
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Western OK
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RE: Range question 50 cal.
CATUS is right. The 240 grain XTP is a fine deer killer. A few years ago I took a shot at a 145 pound buck at 90-100 yards. The load was 130 grains of Pyrodex pellets and a 240 grain XTPbullet. When I got to the area there was a 100 pound doe lying dead. She was behind the buck at an angle and I did not see her. Almost immediately found the dead buck also.
The bullet went through the buck just behind the shoulders. It entered the first rib of the doe and angled back through her guts. The entrance hole in the doe washuge. Six months later my wife found the bullet when she cut up a doe ham for jerky. The lead had separated from the jacket and the two pieces weigh 158 grains. Luckily I was authorized to kill both a buck and a doe.
Tried toattach a photo of the bullet but the file is too big.
The bullet went through the buck just behind the shoulders. It entered the first rib of the doe and angled back through her guts. The entrance hole in the doe washuge. Six months later my wife found the bullet when she cut up a doe ham for jerky. The lead had separated from the jacket and the two pieces weigh 158 grains. Luckily I was authorized to kill both a buck and a doe.
Tried toattach a photo of the bullet but the file is too big.
10-30-2006, 11:44 AM
#23
Typical Buck
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RE: Range question 50 cal.
here's a tip for shrinking your photos: go get microsoft's free 'picture resizer' is available here - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx... along with a bunch of other useful tools. Good tools
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Then you can click on a bunch of .jpg files and specify screen size; it'll shrink a 1.5mb pic down to 90 KB and STILL fill 1024x768 screen
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Then you can click on a bunch of .jpg files and specify screen size; it'll shrink a 1.5mb pic down to 90 KB and STILL fill 1024x768 screen
10-30-2006, 03:48 PM
#24
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Western OK
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RE: Range question 50 cal.
Thanks, CATUS.
This bullet went completely through a buck behind the shoulder, entered a 100 pound doe at an angle through the first rib, angled back through the guts and came to rest in the off side ham.
This bullet went completely through a buck behind the shoulder, entered a 100 pound doe at an angle through the first rib, angled back through the guts and came to rest in the off side ham.
