Recovered bullets.
 

Over the years I have collected any bullets found in my big game. I thought it would be interesting to have members put up pictures of recovered bullets.

Here are mine. https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...64da5d8fbc.jpg

Top left: 30 cal, 180 grain Partition. Recovered under the hide on a cow moose. 75 yards. Recovered weight is 107.7 grains.

Middle left: 7 mm, 140 grain Partition. Recovered in the shoulder of a bull elk. 230 yards. Recovered weight is 92.2 grains.

Bottom left: 7 mm, 140 grain Partition. Recovered in the far shoulder of a bull moose. 316 yards. Recovered weight is 89.5 grains.

Right: 30 cal, 168 grain Interlock. Recovered under the hide on a bull moose. 130 yards. Recovered weight is 136 grains.

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7mm 168 grain Berger on a moose 250 yards neck shot recovered the bullet on the Other side of the neck retained 84 grains and had multiple exited of shrapnel including out the head love these bullets no matter what other people say I've had nothing but great results including elk moose and deer


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Cool thread. Here are mine:

Top - Nosler Trophy Grade ammo, .30-06 165 gr Accubond. 300 yards, Found just under hide after it penetrated through shoulder and then through body cavity to "exit side" of shot.

Bottom - Sako Super Hammerhead Cartridge. Bonded Soft point. .30-06 180 gr. Cow elk, just over 300 yards. Similar placement to above mentioned shot.

That's pretty cool, I've shot a pile of critters with Bergers and have yet to recover a piece of a bullet more than 10 grains. Last year I shot an elk at 320 yards with a 130 grain VLD out of my 270 and it still exited after blowing all the way through front shoulder and chest. That was sure a suprise.

This is a .375, 250 grain TTSX that went lengthwise through a bull moose at 100 yards. Bullet went in at the base of the neck and was found under the skin on the back side of the left ham. It weigh 248.6 grains and measures 0.784" at the widest part.

Beauty bullet you got there that's what I have my wife shooting out of her 270 they work great .
This Berger is the first one I've got back that didn't blow right through probably due to the neck shot . I think they are the best of both worlds the base holds together and mushrooms nicely and the tip does a crazy amount of damage inside haha sounds like a half full water balloon when you roll a deer over it slushes. But everyone has their opinion and they all have valid points. Ttsx is my go to with any other gun of mine.
To me if my freezer is full it did its job and I've not lost a animal yet with them touch wood

Out of all my game only recovered 2, one 154 interlock out of a whitetail 150 yard shot and 160 tsx out of my elk at 220 yards both out of my 7mm rem

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Awesome thread for sure

Don

The 150 gr. Barnes Triple X worked exactly as it was designed for. Almost 97% weight retention and full expansion.

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110 gr Barnes TTSX from a 30 BR with MV about 3070 fps recovered from under far-side hide of WT buck at 190M. Expansion at petal diameter is 0.577”. Retained weight is 109.5 grs.
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308 win, 180 grain old school silver tip, cow moose , 195 yards, entered just ahead of right leg on a slightly quartered shot, recovered on left hide after breaking rib, cow did a 5 yard stagger step then down .

That's is full expansion ? I was expecting at least half the bullet to be mushroomed . Not being nagitive I'm just very interested in this thread haha

139gr Hornady GMX out of a 7mm Rem Mag

Hit a Whitetail Buck at 15yds, quartering to me. Went in and hit the front shoulder, found it just behind the last rib in the hide on the offside

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I've got half a dozen Barnes bullets kicking around here, there's nonsense posting a photo of them though....we all know exactly what they look like ;) they work well indeed

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200gr.
.358"
Hornady SP.
.358Win.

Taken out of the cow elk I shot this morning.

Congrats on the elk!

I had a 300 and a 338 that liked the X bullet and the VLC version of it. All of these were dug out of critters (mostly moose) so nothing could be called a failure. The top rows are Barnes, the middle the Talon and the bottom the GMX. The GMX are in 338 and 375 and were dug out of 2 eland, 2 waterbuk, and a kudu.https://scontent-sea1-1.xx.fbcdn.net...a8&oe=5AA1EA43

These are 300 grain federal box ammo (either swift a-frame or bear claw, don't remember) shot from a 375 H&H into a water buffalo at 40 yards. The right bullet broke the shoulder and was found against the far side shoulder blade and weighs 212 grains. The left bullet was a frontal shot to put it down for good at 20 yards, shot through the base of the neck and was found in the paunch. It weighs 261 grains

I have a good collection but this one is my fav

You might want to mix a little Viagra in with the powder next time you load those up.

Story?

That is a 140g TSX , quartering away moose, was hit in the shoulder blade, the bullet bent n went to the neck. Follow up shot was required.

I like the recovered bullet pics. For some reason I’ve only recovered one Barnes and a couple of hornady btsp and sst’s over the years.

That's funny. :)

Recovered bullets.
 

I've shot a lot of tsx and ttsx and never once looked at a wound channel and didn't think I had gotten expansion. I've also only been able to catch one. It's a 180 grain tsx that went through approx 2.5' of spine before being caught under the hide on his throat. Impact velocity would of been about 2800 fps.

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The rest of these are accubonds that all started at 165 grains. Most are around 105-115 when I recover them.

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6.5x55
 

I'd love to recover a bullet.. but I shoot a 6.5 x 55 Swede :ashamed:
140gr Accubond at a MV of 2650 fps went through 4 ft of moose and still exited at 200 this year :confused0024:

6.5x55
 

I did find two 140gr Partitions ,one in a cow elk and the other a mulie doe shot length ways.the 160's never .......even in moose.Harold

243; Recovered 100 grain Nosler Partitions, in elk (under the hide on the opposite side) only. Generally full pass through on deer....Full expansion indicated by the wound channel.
87% weight retention.

30-06; Recovered several 165 grain Nosler Partitions, in elk (under the hide on the opposite side) only. Full pass through on deer.
88% weight retention.

308; Recovered 165 grain Trophy Bonded, in elk (under the hide on the opposite side) only. Full pass through on deer shot from the side. I shot one deer facing me. I recovered the bullet just inside the hide at the hip. The vitals were destroyed.
97% weight retention.

25-06; 100 grain Barnes TSX, Never recovered a bullet. Shot elk with the side shot and total pass through with a huge wound channel .....Devastating round.
100% pass through on deer.
Unknown weight retention?

All shots under 300 yards, some as close as 80 yards.

Good thread......nice to see.... :)

Federal Fusion 7mm08 140gr
 

205 yard shot. Shot a non-trophy sheep and it ran off over some cover. Went to do some tracking and the first thing I found was the bullet, on the ground, with some hair caught in the petals. This was the only evidence of a wound because there was no blood at the same location. Found blood 20 yards away and the ewe 75yards from where the bullet lay on the ground. I though it was real special to recover a bullet that was a pass-thru. Wouldn't have noticed it if it wasn't carrying some hide with it. Nicely blossomed bullet, weight retention unknown but it appears whole.
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Very cool!


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Fed Fusions
 

Man those really mushroom out! They always look the same.. :acigar: I think they're pretty impressive for a budget bonded bullet. Wicked find for sure