I have used the 90s in 243, had clean kills for years on Roe, normally it’s a pass through with good wound channel, 2 days ago, was the first time I experienced complete break up before exit, with fragments found in shoulders, back straps and both haunches when butchered, she was quartering away a touch at about 80 yds, hit a rib and had split the heart, 3 exits the size of a 5p spread over about 6 inches, I still can’t believe fragments traveled backwards in the beast.
Bullet selection is always important. Beyond the caliber, construction is very important, weight and sectional density is surprisingly not well understood by some hunters. I've seen .224 centerfire hunting bullets fragment and fail to penetrate against heavy shoulder bone in white tail deer, showing the failures of poor construction. I ethically took a white tail with bullets I cast myself with lead alloy with a good lung shot in 375 H&H, but was surprised how little damage it did even though the bullet expanded relatively well (but very slowly, too slow for hydrostatic shock). This year my project is using a proper factory jacketed bullet with more energy in my 375 safari rifle for a white tail, taking time to research the lower power loads and the correct bullet with suitable weight and construction that will neither fail to expand and kill, nor tear the poor deer to bits and pieces.
The creedmore certainly is trendy at moment but in Australia theres not alot of bullet selection and the ones available are suited more to target shooting .I,ll stick to tried and true 243 ,plenty of powders and projectiles available for self loaders.
Wasn't what I'd term a "test" of the Sako Gamehead Pro round. Would have been more informative to show the bullet's effect on the vitals and any possible damage visable on the skinned carcass.
Echos my own experience with 6.5CM, perfect shot placement followed by a search! Tried one for half a season and went back to .308win. Far better killing round with either Sako 129a or Barnes 130TTSX.
I have used the 90s in 243, had clean kills for years on Roe, normally it’s a pass through with good wound channel, 2 days ago, was the first time I experienced complete break up before exit, with fragments found in shoulders, back straps and both haunches when butchered, she was quartering away a touch at about 80 yds, hit a rib and had split the heart, 3 exits the size of a 5p spread over about 6 inches, I still can’t believe fragments traveled backwards in the beast.
Bullet selection is always important. Beyond the caliber, construction is very important, weight and sectional density is surprisingly not well understood by some hunters. I've seen .224 centerfire hunting bullets fragment and fail to penetrate against heavy shoulder bone in white tail deer, showing the failures of poor construction. I ethically took a white tail with bullets I cast myself with lead alloy with a good lung shot in 375 H&H, but was surprised how little damage it did even though the bullet expanded relatively well (but very slowly, too slow for hydrostatic shock). This year my project is using a proper factory jacketed bullet with more energy in my 375 safari rifle for a white tail, taking time to research the lower power loads and the correct bullet with suitable weight and construction that will neither fail to expand and kill, nor tear the poor deer to bits and pieces.
Beautiful filming!!
The creedmore certainly is trendy at moment but in Australia theres not alot of bullet selection and the ones available are suited more to target shooting .I,ll stick to tried and true 243 ,plenty of powders and projectiles available for self loaders.
Projectiles can be too frangable some of cores turn to dust ,Ive found nosler partitions do a better job .
Hornady eldx do a factory load ,sako , norma and now RWS
Norma and sako do one each for target shooting all others hunting ammo
Wasn't what I'd term a "test" of the Sako Gamehead Pro round. Would have been more informative to show the bullet's effect on the vitals and any possible damage visable on the skinned carcass.
Echos my own experience with 6.5CM, perfect shot placement followed by a search! Tried one for half a season and went back to .308win. Far better killing round with either Sako 129a or Barnes 130TTSX.
You should do a video on the best African hunting rifles/calibers
Great vid
What supressor is Paul using on the Finlight?
Stalon
Jesus, England's a depressing country. Hunting around fences and power pylons, it's not the nicest ambience.