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  • am4966
    Chieftain
    • Jul 2014
    • 1036

    Bull Elk

    This young lady put the Hammer down on a Bull Elk, just awesome!

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  • LRRPF52
    Super Moderator
    • Sep 2014
    • 8569

    #2
    That was crazy. 390yds when he was bedded down. Anyone know what bullet was used?
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    • Double Naught Spy
      Chieftain
      • Sep 2013
      • 2560

      #3
      She did well!
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      • 1075 tech
        Warrior
        • Apr 2015
        • 681

        #4
        Originally posted by LRRPF52 View Post
        That was crazy. 390yds when he was bedded down. Anyone know what bullet was used?
        Further in the comments it says 123 SST

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        • A5BLASTER
          Chieftain
          • Mar 2015
          • 6192

          #5
          That vid is very awesome. Like to see children getting into hunting and to take that bull at that range with a grendel makes it even better.

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          • Fredman
            Warrior
            • Sep 2014
            • 311

            #6
            Man! If that was my daughter, she could do no wrong. Good shooting.

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            • kmon
              Chieftain
              • Feb 2015
              • 2095

              #7
              Young lady can shoot

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              • VASCAR2
                Chieftain
                • Mar 2011
                • 6219

                #8
                That was quite a Bull, 6.5 Grendel still worked, even a 123 grain SST!

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                • AZ. Old Guy
                  Warrior
                  • Jan 2015
                  • 168

                  #9
                  That's a lot of shots for an Elk. I'm not sure that's a good idea myself.
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                  • JASmith
                    Chieftain
                    • Sep 2014
                    • 1620

                    #10
                    Originally posted by AZ. Old Guy View Post
                    That's a lot of shots for an Elk. I'm not sure that's a good idea myself.
                    That was an excellent accomplishment for a hunter of any age!

                    But, I agree that she was at the limit of both range and animal size for the 123 grain SST. The bullet likely hit at about 100 fps above the recommended threshold for reliable expansion, an uncorrected 5 mph wind would have taken the bullet out of the vital zone. Regarding animal size, the 123 gr SST, being a cup and core bullet, is a bit light for reliable anchoring of an animal of that size.

                    All these factors only add to the significance of her feat!

                    Congratulations!
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                    • Moonshine44
                      Bloodstained
                      • Sep 2015
                      • 56

                      #11
                      Nice bull!
                      If it ain't fun, why bother doin' it?

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                      • LRRPF52
                        Super Moderator
                        • Sep 2014
                        • 8569

                        #12
                        Originally posted by AZ. Old Guy View Post
                        That's a lot of shots for an Elk. I'm not sure that's a good idea myself.
                        That's my gut feeling as well. Then I looked at the ballistics.

                        The lowest elevation they would be in Colorado is 7500 ft, and you don't often see elk down that low there during season in my experience living in CO.

                        When you run the numbers on that bullet from her barrel length with 7500 ft elevation, which will have lower barometric pressure in the 22.5" hg region, her impact speed is more than enough for expansion. Looking at page 46 in Volume II of the 6.5 Grendel reloading handbooks, you see the bullet is still in the optimum region for expansion, rather than ice-picking like it would at minimum expansion.

                        123gr SST 2580fps (assumed minimum v0 with 24" barrel), 22.5" hg, 59* F

                        400yds 2005fps 1097 ft-lbs 1.7 mils drop .8 mils drift



                        From the video, it looked like one shot went through his leg even and then into the vitals. I personally think he was done with the first shot, and was losing blood pressure fast, based on how hard it was for him to stand up. He finally got his legs under him, and was doing everything he could to walk away, and he just didn't have the perfusion to sustain normal mental function. I personally would and have chosen a different bullet for elk hunting, with solids being a nice reliable penetrator, but this worked for them in the end, even at that range.

                        It will be interesting to see if they recovered the bullet.
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                        • Slappy
                          Warrior
                          • Feb 2014
                          • 711

                          #13
                          To me it looked like he was done for the first shot also. Anywhos way to go young lady!! That is sumptin right there and with the Grendel. Nice going!! BANG BANG!!

                          So on here have seen a black bear and now an Elk. It was a heck of a day at sea sir!!!

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                          • rabiddawg
                            Chieftain
                            • Feb 2013
                            • 1664

                            #14
                            I agree. Dead with the first shot but it didn't know it yet. I'm betting it would have lay there and died if the camera guy hadn't told her to shoot it again.
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                            • sneaky one
                              Chieftain
                              • Mar 2011
                              • 3077

                              #15
                              She did great, can you image how fast her heart was beating. 14 yr. old kids can barely sit still now days, she had no cell fone in video either !

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