Nosler Ballistic tips

[PJgunner]

"I know my B.T. experiences arn't the norm but they were mine and that is why I don't shoot them."

IIRC, you said that was about 15 years ago. Rocky said the ballistic tips were different back then. About 5 years ago, I shot a Mule Deer buck with my 7X57
loaded with the 140 gr. Nosler ballistic tip. I found three boxes at a gun for a decent price so I bought them. A couple of things hee. One, these were early boxes of these bullet that contained 100 bullets rather than the 50 with the same price when Bob Nosler took pver the company. The bullets were loaded to 2800 FPS from my 2" barreled Winchester m70 Featherweight. The deer was maybe 55-65 yards out and when I shot, I heard the very sharp crack of bone being hit. The small herd headed up hill while the deer I shot went down into a deep gully. As I hurried up the slope to reach the gully, I twisted the crap out of my right knee and was unable to walk for the most part of the next hour. Sad to say, I never recovered that deer. The people that were with me ended up being too busy getting my sorry carcass off that hill.
I've since had surgery and that knee has never been the same.
To this day I don't know what tht bullet did when it hit that deer, but I'm thinking that it hit a rib and literally blew up. All I know is the animal was never recovered and that haunts me to this day.
Paul B.