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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 3899950" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>I killed the largest hog I ever seen with my own eyes in the flesh with 55gr V-max .223</p><p>just 1 shot dead right there.</p><p>Over 450 lbs.</p><p>I say this because I was given a 450 lb Hampshire and the wild one I shot was much longer and laying on it's side the thing was as tall as my knee cap.</p><p>The 450 lb hog was below the knee cap by 2 inches.</p><p></p><p>These little pills for me go in about 2" and then start coming apart and by the time you are in 4" deep</p><p>the hole they create is fist sized and just like a hand grenade going off inside the animals.</p><p></p><p>My friend does not like that 55 V-Max so much he actually said don't you have something that does not destroy so much meat.</p><p>Yea he was shooting 150 gr 30-30 before the .223 and killed dozens of deer and only 2 dropped where he shot them.</p><p>All the rest had to be tracked and I was always called out to find them.</p><p>I will say this he lost 75% of them to coyotes when the 30-30 shot them.</p><p></p><p>Yea bad shot placement.</p><p>But he gets bad shot placement with the V-Max also and they go down.</p><p>One was shot under the skin and the bullet traveled down the length of the deer and entered the rump.</p><p>Entire left side was a blood clot under the hide.</p><p>No vitals hit.</p><p>It jumped the fence and made it 20 feet and piled up.</p><p>Died of shock I suppose.</p><p>2nd Oddest kill shot I have ever seen.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 3899950, member: 15054"] I killed the largest hog I ever seen with my own eyes in the flesh with 55gr V-max .223 just 1 shot dead right there. Over 450 lbs. I say this because I was given a 450 lb Hampshire and the wild one I shot was much longer and laying on it's side the thing was as tall as my knee cap. The 450 lb hog was below the knee cap by 2 inches. These little pills for me go in about 2" and then start coming apart and by the time you are in 4" deep the hole they create is fist sized and just like a hand grenade going off inside the animals. My friend does not like that 55 V-Max so much he actually said don't you have something that does not destroy so much meat. Yea he was shooting 150 gr 30-30 before the .223 and killed dozens of deer and only 2 dropped where he shot them. All the rest had to be tracked and I was always called out to find them. I will say this he lost 75% of them to coyotes when the 30-30 shot them. Yea bad shot placement. But he gets bad shot placement with the V-Max also and they go down. One was shot under the skin and the bullet traveled down the length of the deer and entered the rump. Entire left side was a blood clot under the hide. No vitals hit. It jumped the fence and made it 20 feet and piled up. Died of shock I suppose. 2nd Oddest kill shot I have ever seen. [/QUOTE]
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