Purchased a knight ultra lite in 45 cal this fall.
I’m a Barnes fan boy and the 195 expander shot excellent behind 80grs of volume of blackhorn 209.
Today was walking into my stand and the deer had started to move earlier then usual. Got to within 30 yards of a doe feeding in some pines. Let it rip and had blood 10 ft from where i shot the deer only made it 40 yards with a blood trail a blind man could follow. As you cna see I have a large opening and recovered the bullet by the bottom of her belly.
To my surprise I found the bullet never expanded. I shot threw a ton of small white pines so did my bullet hit something and hit her sideways? Or did I hit the shoulder blade and it redirected the bullet down not allowing expansion? Just wondering what the experts had to say. I’ve never not had a Barnes not expand but that was all with a 50 cal. This is the first deer I’ve shot with the 45 and Barnes combo.
I’m a Barnes fan boy and the 195 expander shot excellent behind 80grs of volume of blackhorn 209.
Today was walking into my stand and the deer had started to move earlier then usual. Got to within 30 yards of a doe feeding in some pines. Let it rip and had blood 10 ft from where i shot the deer only made it 40 yards with a blood trail a blind man could follow. As you cna see I have a large opening and recovered the bullet by the bottom of her belly.
To my surprise I found the bullet never expanded. I shot threw a ton of small white pines so did my bullet hit something and hit her sideways? Or did I hit the shoulder blade and it redirected the bullet down not allowing expansion? Just wondering what the experts had to say. I’ve never not had a Barnes not expand but that was all with a 50 cal. This is the first deer I’ve shot with the 45 and Barnes combo.
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