XTP Performance
Oct 19, 2010 0:31:03 GMT -5
Post by chuck41 on Oct 19, 2010 0:31:03 GMT -5
Shot a small 7pt buck on Sunday. About 120# and used one of my resized XTP 41Mag 210gr bullets. This bullet is substantially tougher with a thicker jacket than the 40 cal 200gr version of the XTPs that I have used previously. This was fired from my Savage/PacNor 40 sabotless with a muzzle velocity of about 2700fps. Just thought you would be interested in seeing how an XTP performs at this kind of velocity.
First of all, here is the entry hole as viewed from the outside. I had trimmed the bloody mess at the top and right a bit, but the hole is the ENTRY wound, approximately 4" in diameter.
The next picture here is the "exit" wound from the outside. The bullet exited the body cavity and passed through the upper right foreleg and what was left of the bullet was found embedded in the skin on the outside of the foreleg. Before skinning the animal there was no evidence of an exit hole at all.
This picture is the entry wound viewed from inside the rib cage. Here you can see it took out about 3 1/2 ribs.
And the "exit" wound from inside the rib cage. About 1" in diameter which is about the size of the mangled copper jacket which is all that survived of the bullet.
All that was found of the bullet itself was this mangled copper jacket.
I had previously used the 200gr .400" XTPs and had concluded that although they were very effective in killing the animal every time, they were a bit to lightly constructed for what I wanted. I went to the heavier 210gr 41 Mag bullet and resized it to .400" to get a stronger bullet. Apparently it didn't make a lot of difference. There is still too much wasted meat, but nobody could ever accuse these things of not being "effective". Although there is no bleeding from the "exit hole" there is massive blood loss from the entry one leaving huge blood trails and they don't go far.
Before I go back to deer camp I intend to run these bullets through AL's pointed forming die to eliminate the hollow point and try them again. Hopefully that should help to reduce the amount of explosive expansion at the bullet entry site. I guess even going from a 1000fps bullet to a 1400fps bullet doesn't help a whole bunch when you are pushing them above 2700fps.
First of all, here is the entry hole as viewed from the outside. I had trimmed the bloody mess at the top and right a bit, but the hole is the ENTRY wound, approximately 4" in diameter.
The next picture here is the "exit" wound from the outside. The bullet exited the body cavity and passed through the upper right foreleg and what was left of the bullet was found embedded in the skin on the outside of the foreleg. Before skinning the animal there was no evidence of an exit hole at all.
This picture is the entry wound viewed from inside the rib cage. Here you can see it took out about 3 1/2 ribs.
And the "exit" wound from inside the rib cage. About 1" in diameter which is about the size of the mangled copper jacket which is all that survived of the bullet.
All that was found of the bullet itself was this mangled copper jacket.
I had previously used the 200gr .400" XTPs and had concluded that although they were very effective in killing the animal every time, they were a bit to lightly constructed for what I wanted. I went to the heavier 210gr 41 Mag bullet and resized it to .400" to get a stronger bullet. Apparently it didn't make a lot of difference. There is still too much wasted meat, but nobody could ever accuse these things of not being "effective". Although there is no bleeding from the "exit hole" there is massive blood loss from the entry one leaving huge blood trails and they don't go far.
Before I go back to deer camp I intend to run these bullets through AL's pointed forming die to eliminate the hollow point and try them again. Hopefully that should help to reduce the amount of explosive expansion at the bullet entry site. I guess even going from a 1000fps bullet to a 1400fps bullet doesn't help a whole bunch when you are pushing them above 2700fps.
