Decent night. Saw my first hogs before dark, which was nice, but it was too bright to walk out on them and I had to wait until things got darker.
Dropped three of four hogs and got them gathered up for necropsy and deposition in the bone yard and yanked my left wrist out of socket (recurring injury) moving the last and largest hog, so there was no necropsy work on her and only enough to recover bullet fragments on the lone boar taken on the next property.
However, with the information so far that I have on the Federal load of these bullets and those loaded by Custom Reloads of Dallas, and while very accurate from the LSA TX15 I am testing, what they do inside the body seems to be variable. My impression is that they remain fairly stable until something destabilizes them. So they may tumble immediately after entry or may have to go in a few inches or hit something hard before yawing. The frequently lose the jacket tip, of which I have recovered 3 so far. Then, the rest of the bullet may break up or not. So, while accurate, maybe not the best choice for hunting. I will try them a few more times before moving on to something different.
Dropped three of four hogs and got them gathered up for necropsy and deposition in the bone yard and yanked my left wrist out of socket (recurring injury) moving the last and largest hog, so there was no necropsy work on her and only enough to recover bullet fragments on the lone boar taken on the next property.
However, with the information so far that I have on the Federal load of these bullets and those loaded by Custom Reloads of Dallas, and while very accurate from the LSA TX15 I am testing, what they do inside the body seems to be variable. My impression is that they remain fairly stable until something destabilizes them. So they may tumble immediately after entry or may have to go in a few inches or hit something hard before yawing. The frequently lose the jacket tip, of which I have recovered 3 so far. Then, the rest of the bullet may break up or not. So, while accurate, maybe not the best choice for hunting. I will try them a few more times before moving on to something different.