Lead free bullets and lung shot roe

[Leec6.5]

@caberslash - Any chance of photos of the shoulders and inside the chest once skinned.

Bullet damage is minimal, meat wastage will be about 500/750g maybe less.

 

[User00040]

@caberslash - Any chance of photos of the shoulders and inside the chest once skinned.

No, sorry.

Gone to game dealer

 

[Brave Echo Niner]

Bullet damage is minimal, meat wastage will be about 500/750g maybe less.

@Oh6

As demonstrated here:

.300 WSM w/ a 150 TTSX at 3342FPS on a mature roe doe at 140M

Only lost a tiny amount through bruising and a small amount where the permanent cavity is. Compared to having to trim away the meat around the shot site due to lead particles everywhere I can eat up to the hole with these and they go Bang Flop just as I like it.

 

[foxdropper]

Front end is burgers or dog food anyway for me .

 

[papa woolie]

Can you not shoot lead core bullets there? How big are your deer? I shoot a 243 in Tennessee, the deer average size is 75 to 150 pounds, last year I shot a total of 5. 4 out of 5 dropped in there tracks, closest was 125 yards, farthest as 325 yards. I shoot an 85 grain Speer boat tail soft point at just over 3300 fps. 4 were double lunged and the one that did go 20 feet I hit in between his heart and lungs. No meat damage. Most hunters that have to follow deer even after a well placed shot shoot Hard heavy jacketed slow bullets that do not have the explosive impact when they hit, they will mushroom but the shock and explosion is not there. SPEED also makes any bullet more deadly, the faster you push a bullet the more deadly. Deer are soft thin skinned animals you do not need the heavy hard jacketed bullets. Taylor your ammo to hunt with not to punch paper or smack steel. Try lighter faster bullets, make the shot and you will do a lot less tracking. Shoot straight out there……p-w

 

[Scipio]

I'm looking for an alternative to those two options, if possible.

hello mate, as you yourself suggested in this thread, maybe fragmenting non leads would be your thing?
I am myself about to start reloading non lead for the first time, so we're in the same boat so to speak, and i just started a thread on my own in the ammo section, asking about peoples experiences with a fragementing non lead option. They too have their pros and cons, of course, but it might be the non leads closest to your criteria

 

[Magnificent 7]

Yewtree awesome well worth a shot