5/16 Cavity Back MKZ test - One Boar down...

[Homebrewer]

Headed out Tuesday evening to try getting on the hogs - and recover from not seeing any hogs the previous night.
The weatherman says we have a storm coming, and radar on my phone confirms the inbound weather,
eta 12mn-1230am... Plenty of time - I hope.
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My feeder is set to run at 930 & 11pm - so I am in place to watch for critters.
930pm feeding goes off, and in walks a single hog.
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It is dead dark out, no moon until about 1220am, cloudy, and wind is favorable in my face - 20-24mph.
Close the distance to approx. 45-50 yards, and get set up.
The boar was broadside, but behind the feeder ladder. Beautiful neck shot opportunity, but I wanted to test the Cavity Back MKZ with a frontal chest shot and recover the bullet.
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I have nearly 14 minutes of video on the SD card - nothing frontal for the test.
Finally gave up and took a quartering away shot, recovering the rear of the bullet and a single petal from the opposite front quarter. The MKZ shed all three petals...But, dead is dead.

Dennis

 

[scrmblr1982cj8]

They work!

 

[Ratdog68]

Surprised he made it that far before tipping over. Good recovery.

 

[RattlesnakeDan]

That hog didn't know it was dead.

 

[gshock]

Good vid and nice boar down ... happy hunting!

 

[theblakester]

Well done! Congrats

 

[Chopperdrvr]

Nice kill.

 

[TEXASLAWMAN]

These are the 125gr 30 Cal bullets??

When I shot them into gel the petals were shedding at 14" they have made the petals tougher on this next batch should perform even better now.

 

[Homebrewer]

These are the 125gr 30 Cal bullets??

When I shot them into gel the petals were shedding at 14" they have made the petals tougher on this next batch should perform even better now.

Correct. Cavity Back MKZ - .308 125 grn bullet.
Recovered bullet and one shed petal weighed 84.5 grns.

 

[Jake]

Excellent!

 

[der Teufel]

Nice job. You really cleaned up that bullet, the ones I recover are always covered in 'stuff' that's really hard to remove.

 

[Homebrewer]

Nice job. You really cleaned up that bullet, the ones I recover are always covered in 'stuff' that's really hard to remove.

Hot water, dish soap, and a throw away tooth brush does it - no problem.
Just don't forget to throw the brush in the trash when finished!

 

[Brian Shaffer]

Nice job on the hog and video!

Wow, it didn't look like there was a lot left of the core of the bullet. That surprises me.