bullet recovery
 

Good posts!
Since no media replicates the combination of tissue, fluids and bone found in an animal, bullet recovery and terminal ballistics are the best indicator of bullet performance. I like trying to figure the best bullet for the game based on the size and build of the game, bullet construction, velocity calibre etc. I do try different makers, weights and designs, but again I try bullets in a class recommended for that game, not a bullet "just to see if it will kill the animal." Have learned, where possible, to examine the entire wound channel, as the recovered bullet itself don't always tell the whole story. Example: low retained bullet mass or jacket separation may be acceptable if a lot of heavy bone was encountered.

i agree with the last post, you know the guy with the real long name ;) i have yet to recover an intact power belt. I shoot the 295gr hollow points and a buddy the 245gr aerotip, some dont exit, it pissed me off at first until i did an autopsy and found between the entrance and the last fragments there usually is a softball size hole and a puddle of mush that was once lung /shoulder matter. On the other hand remington corelokt has managed to piss me off with there lack of expansion, now dont knock the shot but i hit one in the butt cheek and up through the vitals once (my first buck) bullet stopped in the sternum and only looked like some one hammered the tip a little. funny thing i still shoot them cause i havent lost one yet. that was a .308
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Recovered bullets.
 

I've been trying to recover bullets for 40 years now, and have quite a collection.

Even recovered two 225 gr 338 mag TSX last year. Both were quartering away shots on Eland and Gemsbok. Recovered bulelts were perfect.

It's fun recovering them, but I do feel that an exit hole is preferable. Game with exit holes seem to die quicker.