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Whitworth
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Registered: January 2009
Location: Virginia
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jamesfromjersey
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Registered: January 2004
Location: New Jersey
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Thu October 27, 2011 11:22
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Rating: 10.00
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Perfect....
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Life member-NRA-SCI
Member-HHI #2900-HHASA #067
Colt-Ruger-Freedom Arms-and S&W Collector Assoc.s
"I have more guns then I need but not as many as I want" "Handgun hunters HAVE to be good"
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TCTex.
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Registered: September 2007
Location: Sherman Texas!
Posts: 7,327
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Thu October 27, 2011 17:16
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This bullet shrapneled from the instant it hit flesh leaving a trail until it finally came to rest. It almost looked like it was shot with a scatter gun at close range. LOL All in all, the bullet on the left got less than 12 in of penetration. One could argue that it would still bring down larger game, however, after shooting critters with the 180gr XTP there is absolutely no comparison. I would worry about the construction of the 158 being able to shoot quartering shoots and especially being able to penetrate vital organs after striking bone. You would not believe the difference in the channel wound and mass devastation left by the bullet weighing just 22grains more. 
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Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb
Benjamin Franklin
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Whitworth
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Location: Virginia
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TCTex.
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Registered: September 2007
Location: Sherman Texas!
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Fri October 28, 2011 12:16
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EXACTLY!!
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Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb
Benjamin Franklin
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johnwilliams
Shooting Master
Registered: January 2010
Location: illinois
Posts: 3,755
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Sat October 29, 2011 11:01
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Rating: 10.00
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I currently use the older Sierras 140 hollow cavities for deer in the .357-they take the critters down quickly with very good penetration/when I run out I'll probably go with 158's.
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H.H.I.#8190 Colossians 1:17 And He is before all things,and by Him all things consist!
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TCTex.
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Registered: September 2007
Location: Sherman Texas!
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Fri November 4, 2011 11:22
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Well gents I finely got a chance to weight those bullets. The one on the right that was recovered from a tree after passing threw the coon weighed 121.8 gr. The one on the left that was recovered from the chest cavity after entering the hind quarter weighed 31.6 gr.
Remember they started out at 158 gr.
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Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb
Benjamin Franklin
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