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you can hear someone in the video throw out 390"...

Dude, are you makin love to that video or what?! Who ever said that bull was 390" in that video is a nut!

I see 340-350 as well, not too much more at all.

That thing is a PIG! Nicely done and he looks like he was hit with a PERFECT shot!

Any penalty for un usable ( as in giant holes, not mange or any thing like that) fur?

Have a good one up in Oregon!

What the status of the brass? New? Once fired? Remington, Winchester?

I really like thos guns. I have handled Scout'ms and I really like it! I love the weight, but cant stand the tupperware SPS stock that comes on it!!! That is a pig of a goat, not that it matters but what does it stretch the tape at over all?

I bet that pack out was fun wasnt it! Dallas, I personally usually take it pretty easy opening weekend. Kinda "half butt" it if ya well. Then come Monday is when I turn the juice on. Usually too many people out during the weekend.

Very nice! Tell me some info about the gun. Christensen arms?

Thats a big O rattler! In that picture he looks like a 6 footer! I hate snakes, but I love how drawn out the colors are on that bad boy! I saw two of them today... Both of them had fallen asleep in their tomato soup on the side of the road (the only way I like them!)

Well where are te pix?!

That gun is pretty! I have a 30-06 that I havent shot in a couple of years or Id be seein' ya again Don! don is a class A guy!

I love Monster energy drink.... Id say far left, or far right!

Very good lookin buck!

Wow. What unit did those trophies come from?!

That is a cool bull! I am going to say he is a young bull with GREAT potential! He has awesome lenght, but virtually no mass for a bull of that size! Id still ground check him!

He can share with me You have some beautiful bucks coming in there!

If it makes it through the shoulder to the vitals, then it did its job! That highshoulder shot is a killer! I have killed 2 or three deer with it and they have all been bang flops, no matter what the bullet is! I think that shot shocks the spine, and catches the top of the lungs. (actually, I know thats what it does) and I love that shot if you can make it everytime! When I walked up on my December buck, I put another round through his front shoulder and found it at his right rear hip. Smashed the front shoulder, tore up the vitals and still weighed 90+ grains. If I recall correctly, that was 63 or so % weight retention.. Fired from a MV of 3,250 at a distance of 35 yards.. Not bad!

I just got th einvite today for a hunt up in 27!!! Woohoo!!! I am stokedddddd and I dont even have the tag!!! May the pack frames be H-E-A-V-Y!!!!

Last year I shot 3 deer, 1 antelope, and 1 javelina with 130 grain sierra game kings with a muzzle velocity of 3,550 fps. All 5 animals dropped in there tracks, and with the exception of the javelina none of the bullets exited the animal. The year before I shot a deer and a javelina with the same bullets and same results. I'm just curious why it would be considered a negative to have the bullet "explode" inside an animal and turn the chest cavity into soup? I personally look for a bullet that will explode inside the animal. That way the animal eats 100% of the bullets remaining kenetic energy, and in my experience never even moves another step. In my opinion they're performing perfectly. Not trying to pick a fight, just curious how you came to this conclusion? Everytime I see this discussed, it turns ugly for some reason or another! When it comes to me, I want a bullet that holds together, penetrates and expands. Controlled expansion is my friend. I know coues dont take much penetration at all to get to the vitals, but there is always the"what if" scenario... What if you have to drive the bullet from the last rib to the front shoulder? If the bullet basically expoldes on contact and doesnt even make it to the vitals, where does that leave the deer? With a blown up gut that may or may not kill the deer right there. What happens if the explosive bullet (lets say ballistic tip for example) hits shoulder bone? Does it penetrate? Maybe, maybe not. I shot my first coues at over 400 yards TWICE in the same shoulder with a 125 NBT from a 30-06. Neither bullet went past the shoulder blade, but caused sever damage. This is why I have been hesitant to use the VLD bullet.. They say it is designed for a few inches of penetration then RAPID expansion. On a perfect broadside shot, thats fine. Us Coues hunters (more than any other) should know things hardly, if ever go accodring to plan. Personally, I want a bullet that enters, starts to open at a controlld rate, turns the vitals to jello and exits. I have seen deer fall to different bullets including ballistic tips, Accubonds ( the most, recovered one. PERFECT even form 30 yards), TSX, regular cup and core Sierra Game Kings (recovered from an elk), Trophy Bonded Bear Claw (recovered as well, but lost that night), Nosler Partition, Regular PSP from Federal factory load.... In my experience, the Accubond has done everything I have ever asked it to do from 25 feet on my lion, to 531 yards on my dads last buck. All experience with that bullet as been caliber hole in, half dollar-silver dollar size exit. No matter the distance, or what the bullet has struck, it has performed flawlessly. Next best has been the TSX. I have only seen two deer fall to that bullet, but both of the were DRT. My perfect hunting bullet puts two holes in a deer. One in at caliber size, one out at 1/2" or so, is accaurate and has a high ballistic coeffiecnt. Turns innards to mush. I have seen the Accubond do this a number of times, and is accurate with a high BC. Other good choices include the Hornady Interbond, Swift Scirocco, Barnes TSX (and TSX). My $.02

+1 for any Leica (like always) I have the Leica 900 and love it. Have gotten readings over 1k piece of cake on rocks etc.

Muley. Look at the space between the base's.

IMO, SST's are softer than any Sierra boattail. Neither of those two bullets are bonded however. Jim, dont worry about those Accubonds, they are a fantastic bullet. I have seen around 8 or so head of game taken with them from 20 feet, to 531 yards... All results have been the same minus my headshot! (that one got kinda nasty!)

I love the picture of the cow laying there licking the salt!