This was a bit of a surprise. I shot a large boar through the shoulder and it exited the opposite shoulder. It isn't uncommon for the SST to pass completely through hogs up to 200-225 lbs in size, but this was a much larger boar.
Basically, the bullet went through hair, skin, an inch of shield, muscle, shoulder blade, muscle, rib and somewhere around here probably started coming apart. As it ruptured lung and such, punched out opposite rib, going through muscle, clipping the cartilage on the forward edge of the shoulder blade, muscle, 3/4" shield, skin and hair. Strangely, the entry side damage was much more significant than the exit damage and it appears only a fragment passed all the way through. I did not gut the hog to look for fragments.
The boar was DRT despite no direct impact to the spine that I could feel when probing the wound channel.
Here is the video. It includes a small analysis on the POA versus POI on a moving target. The hog didn't look to be that big or moving that fast, just walking through a field, but at 130 yards, the POA was going to still move away from the bullet's flight...
Basically, the bullet went through hair, skin, an inch of shield, muscle, shoulder blade, muscle, rib and somewhere around here probably started coming apart. As it ruptured lung and such, punched out opposite rib, going through muscle, clipping the cartilage on the forward edge of the shoulder blade, muscle, 3/4" shield, skin and hair. Strangely, the entry side damage was much more significant than the exit damage and it appears only a fragment passed all the way through. I did not gut the hog to look for fragments.
The boar was DRT despite no direct impact to the spine that I could feel when probing the wound channel.
Here is the video. It includes a small analysis on the POA versus POI on a moving target. The hog didn't look to be that big or moving that fast, just walking through a field, but at 130 yards, the POA was going to still move away from the bullet's flight...
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