No Bang Flop in Ohio

[davidfoor]

I shot a mature doe Sunday morning at 20 yards. The shot went through both lungs, top of the heart and exited the deer. I found my bullet in a tree 10 feet behind where she was standing. She pumped massive amounts of blood and still went about 70 yards.

The entrance wound was bullet size and the exit wound was about 2". It appears the bullet hit the top of a rib and angled up striking a hardwood tree about 3' off the ground. The bullet was a Barnes 300 gr MZ Expander over 44.5 grains of 5744 and went about 1.5" into the tree. I dug the bullet out and it weighed 299.4 grains.

You would have thought this would be a Bang Flop, but no such luck.

[wilmsmeyer]

That looks like shredder material. Nothing wrong with the performance or results

[zakjak221]

Sometimes them deer amaze you at how tuff they are.
Nice doe, she has a head like a mailbox! ;D

Mark

[thelefthand]

Typical results in my book. If you don't take out the central nervous system, they run. Typically 40~60 yards. I've had this result with 300 gr bullets at fps, and 250gr bullets at +2600 fps, and the 250 gr loads never exited even at close range.

[DBinNY]

I agree with thelefthand. No problem with that performance at all in my book.

[ET]

Congrats on a nice doe for the freezer.

Ed

[edge]

Bullet failure, find another brand ;D ;D

nice shot.

edge.

[ukwildcat]

Tough animals sometimes...good bullet performance

[dans]

Isnt it amazing what they can withstand.

[davidfoor]

Yes it is!

[hunter]

I usually do not get the bang-flop effect with double lung shots.
The high shoulder shot at a broadside deer is where I shoot when that is wanted.
I think when a deer is not exactly broadside the bullets path angles as it goes thru and misses the spot needed for the bang-flop.

[svend]

You won't usually get a bag flop unless the spine is involved in some way. When you shoot high shoulder you usually get the spine because that is the lowest point of the spine where the neck enters the rib cage.

[ukwildcat]

Congrats