New CVA Optima's first harvest
11-18-2013, 07:45 AM
#2
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: River Ridge, LA (Suburb of New Orleans)
Posts: 10,918
Nice buck TenMileHunter. Congratulations.
MORE! We want MORE! What load were you shooting? How far was the shot? Where did you hit it? Did the bullet exit? How far did it travel after the shot? We won't be able to sleep until we know this stuff.
MORE! We want MORE! What load were you shooting? How far was the shot? Where did you hit it? Did the bullet exit? How far did it travel after the shot? We won't be able to sleep until we know this stuff.
11-18-2013, 08:01 AM
#4
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: East Tennessee
Posts: 15
Weapon: CVA Optima V2
Distance: 38 yards
Load: 100 Gr. White Hots
Bullet: Hornady 240 gr. XTP
209 Primer: Winchester 777
Neck Shot - Went straight down.
Clear pass through. I may want to rethink my bullet selection. Didn't get the expansion that I had hoped for.
Harvest: Saturday morning 8:10 CST
Weather; overcast with temp about 53 degrees..
Place: Marshall County, Tennessee
What bullet should I use on Whitetail for good expansion and accuracy?
Distance: 38 yards
Load: 100 Gr. White Hots
Bullet: Hornady 240 gr. XTP
209 Primer: Winchester 777
Neck Shot - Went straight down.
Clear pass through. I may want to rethink my bullet selection. Didn't get the expansion that I had hoped for.
Harvest: Saturday morning 8:10 CST
Weather; overcast with temp about 53 degrees..
Place: Marshall County, Tennessee
What bullet should I use on Whitetail for good expansion and accuracy?
11-18-2013, 01:46 PM
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 370
Weapon: CVA Optima V2
Distance: 38 yards
Load: 100 Gr. White Hots
Bullet: Hornady 240 gr. XTP
209 Primer: Winchester 777
Neck Shot - Went straight down.
Clear pass through. I may want to rethink my bullet selection. Didn't get the expansion that I had hoped for.
Harvest: Saturday morning 8:10 CST
Weather; overcast with temp about 53 degrees..
Place: Marshall County, Tennessee
What bullet should I use on Whitetail for good expansion and accuracy?
Distance: 38 yards
Load: 100 Gr. White Hots
Bullet: Hornady 240 gr. XTP
209 Primer: Winchester 777
Neck Shot - Went straight down.
Clear pass through. I may want to rethink my bullet selection. Didn't get the expansion that I had hoped for.
Harvest: Saturday morning 8:10 CST
Weather; overcast with temp about 53 degrees..
Place: Marshall County, Tennessee
What bullet should I use on Whitetail for good expansion and accuracy?
Exactly what part of dead are you unhappy with?
Seriously it sounds like at the speeds you were pushing that bullet.. the distance and the realitve soft area of the neck you were hitting you would not yeild much expantion with most any bullet under those conditions you described.
The 240 XTP has a pretty Thick Jacket on it compared to the .452 250 XTP. As a General rule I favor the .452 250 XTP and the .452 300 Gr XTP over the 240 XTP for that very reason on medium weight animals like White Tail Deer and Antelope.
11-18-2013, 01:49 PM
#7
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2013
Posts: 370
I drew first and second blood with my SS Optima Last weekend. I hope to take my Blue Wolf out this weekend and see what it can do.
11-18-2013, 05:13 PM
#10
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Camp Lejeune, NC
Posts: 3,869