250GRN DPX
Posted: Tue Mar 27, 2012 11:23 pm38 GRNS LIL GUN, 250 GRN BARNES DPX, HORNADY BRASS, TAPER CRIMP, WINCHESTER SMALL RFL
This load is lethal on big game, so far 2 brown bears, 3 black bears, and a moose to the bushmasters credit. They all dropped with one shot except the small brown. She took two FTX factory loads but in reality wasn't going anywhere. The first shot broke both shoulders and spine but got more bone than lung/heart and a second shot did the trick. I was on the old cal guns thread under another name. I glad to see this site is still going. Its a shame federal isnt making loads for us yet but loading is more fun anyway. This load had shot end to end on a big black bear. In the chest and out the right ham. Penetration and chest cavity devastation are impressive. Entrance wound is big enough to put a fist through. The petal do break of after entering the chest cavity sometimes. In reality though the petals do a good bit of damage. I found one stuck in a vertebra. The moose went down with one shot just in front of the right rear ham high just under the spine. It was the only kill shot I had. It broke the spine and severed both femorals. The 54in bull bled out in under 30 seconds. 137 yards 24inches penetration give or take.
This load is lethal on big game, so far 2 brown bears, 3 black bears, and a moose to the bushmasters credit. They all dropped with one shot except the small brown. She took two FTX factory loads but in reality wasn't going anywhere. The first shot broke both shoulders and spine but got more bone than lung/heart and a second shot did the trick. I was on the old cal guns thread under another name. I glad to see this site is still going. Its a shame federal isnt making loads for us yet but loading is more fun anyway. This load had shot end to end on a big black bear. In the chest and out the right ham. Penetration and chest cavity devastation are impressive. Entrance wound is big enough to put a fist through. The petal do break of after entering the chest cavity sometimes. In reality though the petals do a good bit of damage. I found one stuck in a vertebra. The moose went down with one shot just in front of the right rear ham high just under the spine. It was the only kill shot I had. It broke the spine and severed both femorals. The 54in bull bled out in under 30 seconds. 137 yards 24inches penetration give or take.