Bullet Performance Database

[Ray B]

Don't have a dog in this hunt, but, I suspect a lot of the bad press regarding the Creedmoor variants is due to hunting animals while using bullets designed for target shooting. The Creedmoor cartridges were designed for target shooting so it should be no surprise that factory ammo would be primarily for targets.

 

[Hornedfrogbbq]

Don't have a dog in this hunt, but, I suspect a lot of the bad press regarding the Creedmoor variants is due to hunting animals while using bullets designed for target shooting. The Creedmoor cartridges were designed for target shooting so it should be no surprise that factory ammo would be primarily for targets.

Definitely. The ELDX bullets at short distance tend to blow up more. The cheap soft nose bullets work the best for us. You aren't ever shooting over 150 yards.

 

[Hornedfrogbbq]

I get it, your 30-30 is a death ray and the 6.5 is a wounding machine.

Thanks for sharing pictures of hogs on a game camera... for what reason, I am not sure.

The state of Texas does not fly whatever ranch you are talking about to shoot hogs "Once a month"

I give. You know more than I. I submit and will immediately switch all hunting to the killer of all killers -- the 6.5 Creed-howitzer.

The photos were to back up that we really have alot of info. I'm fine if you ignore it. And the state flies us every 30-45 days and has a state trapper on site and we do the Boar Buster on our own.

Oh, here is some about the program we are in. The southern border of the ranch is the Leon River in Comanche County. https://texasfarmbureau.org/usda-announces-feral-swine-control-pilot-program/

Feral Swine Trap Loan Program Available to Landowners in Comanche, Eastland and Erath Counties | Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board

TEMPLE — The United States Department of Agriculture-Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS) awarded more than $1.4 million to the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board (TSSWCB) to fund pilot projects to control feral swine in Texas.

tsswcb.texas.gov

But then you know more about our ranch than we do.

 

[BJH65]

Well, I’m not exactly a 6.5 Creedmoor fan but geez, the 6.5 CM far surpasses the 30-30 Winchester in almost every modern ballistic metric, including velocity, energy retention, trajectory and effective range. For close range brush hunting under 100 yards, the 30-30 is fine though.

 

[Hornedfrogbbq]

Well, I’m not exactly a 6.5 Creedmoor fan but geez, the 6.5 CM far surpasses the 30-30 Winchester in almost every modern ballistic metric, including velocity, energy retention, trajectory and effective range. For close range brush hunting under 100 yards, the 30-30 is fine though.

100% in anything past 75-100 yards...obviously. The 30-30 is literally the F4 Phantom of cartridges. It just proves you can make a boulder fly with enough power. The 30-30 is completely our brush gun option. Sadly for it, I'm going to be carrying a double rifle any time we are going into the thick stuff this year. I want to see how that works and if i can improve my trigger work and footwork.

 

[Daryl S]

Seems to me a Marlin or 94 in .44 Mag
with 265's or .45 Colt with handloaded 300's would be terrific on hogs. Never shot one, BUT have shot 2 elk with a 94, .45 Colt. 25gr. W296 and cast WW 300gr. HP @ 1,582fps works. Same ballistics as a .45/90 BP factory ́load.
The.44 Mag. will do as well or better, maybe.

 

[Daryl S]

Flat and roundnose bullets do have a more positive initial reaction on many game animals.friend of mine used 180hr. Hornady RN's out of his .300 mag. on out B.C. moose.
Aftrr switching to those, he noted more drops, DRT with lung shots than when using the spitzer bullets. He noted "they just seem to smack 'em harder."

 

[JG26Irish_2]

Pretty common for finishing shots at PB range not to exit.

The bullet is hitting at full muzzle velocity and can over expand like yours did. That much expansion creates a ton of drag and can almost “parachute” the bullet.

You’re probably more likely to get an exit at 200 yards than at 3 feet because there’s less stress on the projectile.

This has been my experience also with several calibers. A finisher at 60-80y is a pass thru but the final finisher at 10y is found under the skin on the opposite side. Happens a lot with the Barnes bullets since they seem to be very sensitive to impact velocity.