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shortwave · November 30, 2009, 02:48 PM

On a broadside shot using Rem. Sluggers there`s very little expansion cause your not hitting hard enough bone to really expand bullet. I can say the two bladed expandables I use do more damage with this shot as they open up 1 1/2". The wound channel is massive compared to a 5/8" hole of a unexpanded 12 ga. slug. At any rate, its just hard to believe a deer running 165yds. with both lungs shot out. I`ve trailed deer this far with one lung shot and the heart shot, but never both lungs and heart. Also remembering it was very hot that weekend, you would think the high temperature would more rapidly exhaust oxygen in the blood. Good thing it wasn`t cold,deer would have run to Columbus

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November 30, 2009, 02:48 PM	#17
shortwave Senior Member Join Date: December 17, 2007 Location: SOUTHEAST, OHIO Posts: 5,970	On a broadside shot using Rem. Sluggers there`s very little expansion cause your not hitting hard enough bone to really expand bullet. I can say the two bladed expandables I use do more damage with this shot as they open up 1 1/2". The wound channel is massive compared to a 5/8" hole of a unexpanded 12 ga. slug. At any rate, its just hard to believe a deer running 165yds. with both lungs shot out. I`ve trailed deer this far with one lung shot and the heart shot, but never both lungs and heart. Also remembering it was very hot that weekend, you would think the high temperature would more rapidly exhaust oxygen in the blood. Good thing it wasn`t cold,deer would have run to Columbus.