Grendel "knock-down" survey.

[NugginFutz]

Thanks, Gents, for your continued input.

StinkyCoyote: Would you mind sharing the barrel length of your rifle?

A5Blaster: How about some shot placement information?

CaptnC: Care to identify which bullet was used?

If you gentlemen would update your posts, I can add your kills to the database and upcoming chart sets.

Thanks, again!

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Just to remind everyone wishing to contribute, the format for posting a kill is:

BULLET:
BARREL LENGTH (IN.):
WHAT ANIMAL SHOT:
APPR DISTANCE SHOT (M/YDS):
WHERE IN THE BODY IT WAS SHOT:
DISTANCE TRAVELLED AFTER SHOT (M/YDS):

[Redomen]

Factory 123 SST
16” Lite AA bbl. (my wife’s and she is the shooter)
White tail spike
65 yards
Bullet entered low shoulder through part of heart and exited opposite side just rear of lower front shoulder
Ran 70 yards and dropped (it amazes me he ran at all with that shot placement)

Factory 123 SST
Faxon 18” group buy
Whitetail spike
70 yards quartering away
Bullet entered behind left shoulder and exited front chest
Ran 60 yards and dropped

[thegunman96]

12" monster group buy barrels on pistols with sba3 braces.
Wt deer
80 to 220 yards
Mid rib hits on several, one head shot, one neck
Farthest run was 50 yards
Hornady SST 123

[NugginFutz]

12" monster group buy barrels on pistols with sba3 braces.
Wt deer
80 to 220 yards
Mid rib hits on several, one head shot, one neck
Farthest run was 50 yards
Hornady SST 123

Just for clarification - how many deer? How many shots?

[NugginFutz]

For everyone’s interest, while I appreciate the posts, data entry works best when all of the information is present, and preferably in a consistent format. If you have additional information beyond the "statistical stuff" to share, please do so but provide it as a separate part of the report.

A couple examples might be as follows:

Animal #1

Bullet	123 SST
Barrel Length	16"
Animal Shot	Cotton Tail Rabbit
Distance Shot	140 yds
Shot Placement	Head
Distance Travelled after shot	DRT
Optional Notes	Results were devastating. Rabbit stew went everywhere! Mercy killing - it turns out that I saved it from a strange, noisy predator, which I shot at, next.

Animal #2

Bullet	123 SST
Barrel Length	16"
Animal Shot	Tasmanian Devil
Distance Shot	150, 100, 75, 50, 5 yds
Shot Placement	Head, Neck, Chest, Legs, Feet
Distance Travelled after shot	151 yards
Optional Notes	Darn thing wouldn't die, even though I put 5 rounds into it. Charged from where it was first shot, making a horrible screeching/spitting noise while spinning like a tornado along the way. Uttered something about "Rabbit Season" and tore me up. Resulted in high medical bills. I will soon be able to sit without a pillow.

Finally, here is and explanation for those of you who are curious.

The data being compiled is represented in the following way:

• To keep the "Shot / Ran" chart clean, the "Shooting Range" is rounded to the nearest 50 yards, while "Distance ran" is rounded to the nearest 25 yards.
• If shooting distance is estimated as "near to far", the entry will be recorded as the split between the two. Eg. "Between 80 and 120 yards" is recorded as 100 yards.
• Reports with multiple animals are averaged (shot distance, run distance) unless the data for individual animals is provided. Eg. “Three deer shot. Between 50 and 200 yards. Most went less than 20 yards.” becomes 3 entries of 1 deer each, shot at 85 yards, running 20 yards apiece.
• Missing data, such as Bullet Selection, Shooting Distance, Distance Ran will only affect the chart component related to the absent information. If shooting range or distance ran are omitted, then the kill cannot be reported in the main chart. If either the bullet selection or animal are not provided, then the accompanying game / bullet table will not reflect your kill(s).

Lastly, if multiple animals are reported, but with no counts or approximations, an entry in either table is not possible. While we can all appreciate the desire to represent our kills, a report similar to “I killed 30-45 hogs last year, some DRT, some ran 20 yards” should preferably be refined into kill reports similar to those shown above. Otherwise, if you still feel the Horde needs to know how you did, feel free to start a bragging rights thread, or add to an existing one.

[cwlongshot]

Could we try and gather some data from our Grendel performance in game? Please keep it short for ease of orientation.

BULLET
WHAT ANIMAL SHOT
APPR DISTANCE SHOT
WHERE IN THE BODY IT WAS SHOT
DISTANCE TRAVELLED AFTER SHOT M/YDS

Here's a summary from post #35

1) Speer GOLD DOT

2) Whitetail Deer

3) 75-80 yards broad side, slight angle away, shot from above.

4) Center of lungs high, angling down to off side heart/elbow

5) 6-700 Yards

CW

EDIT

HOWA MINI bolt gun

Std Rifle 22" Bbl

Hand loaded bullet higher vel. due to ability to seat bullets long. (AR-Comp powder)

15-10 Degrees F

VERY large deer at 300+ # live weight.

Impact BETWEEN ribs W/NO exit.

New England USA

[NugginFutz]

I give up.

[Squid]

Barnes TSX 120 Grain HPBT
Ram Sheep
250 yards
Left shoulder
DRT

[Squid]

Barnes TSX 120 Grain HPBT
Whitetail Deer
200 yards
Left shoulder
DRT

[CaptnC]

Well dam....I meant to do it but in cut n paste forgot to add it.

I listed 5 kills...1 (hog) with a 18" barrel 120gr Speer Gold Dot and 4 (1 hog 3 Doe) with 20" Hornady 123 SST. Both are AR platforms. All hand loaded, both bullets loaded with H335...18" MV of 2425fps...20" MV 2500fps.

[Bigs28]

Hog
Bullet 110g Lehigh Defense Controlled Chaos
Barrel Length 12"
Animal Shot Hog
Distance Shot 60 yds
Shot Placement vitals behind shoulder
Distance Travelled after shot 35-40 yards
Optional Notes No exit wound, no blood trail, no blood at hog.

[NugginFutz]

Hog
Bullet 110g Lehigh Defense Controlled Chaos
Barrel Length 12"
Animal Shot Hog
Distance Shot 60 yds
Shot Placement vitals behind shoulder
Distance Travelled after shot 35-40 yards
Optional Notes No exit wound, no blood trail, no blood at hog.

Bigs - congrats on the hog, and bummer about the Deer. Please, do not be shy about posting up the less successful hunts, as well. It lends more validity to this survey when you do. If everyone only posted the success stories, then any and all rounds would become one-and-done "super bullets".

[Goochylogic]

123 American Gunner
20” Odin barrel
Whitetail doe
130yrd shot
Right side ribs quartering away
Ran 30 yrds

Doe shot 1/4 away on right side at first rib. Bullet turned back went through left rear qtr stopping in hide. Bullet seemed to act much like an SST. 50% of the core and jacket found together. Second shot required to head.

[Arkhangel5]

Nosler 120BT
Hog(sow) ~70lbs
30yds
Behind left shoulder.
DRT


#2
Nosler 120BT
Hog(boar) ~130+lbs
40yds
Right shoulder
Ran 50yds after hit

#3
Nosler 120BT
Hog(boar) ~90lbs
45yds
Right side ribs towards head.
DRT

All shots taken with 12in Monster barreled AR. MV=2230fps w/IMR8208

[ClintMorris]