Muntiacus

Sorry guys, I should have said that these are home loads. The bullets are 120 grain Nosler ballistic tips with 44 grains of Reloder 15 and Federal 210 primers. The brass is Federal. On the range, if I do my bit, this combination will group 3 shots under 1" at 100 metres. At no point have I noticed any tumbling. As has already been suggested by V-Max, it may be that the bullet hit a bone on the way in. I wanted to hear the opinions of others before I put this down to experience. Thanks for all the feedback so far. Regards Aaron

I shot a second year roe buck last night in thick woodland after stalking to about fifty metres. When I took the shot, the animal was hindquarters away, at about 30 degrees to me. I moved the point of aim forward to just on the point of shoulder to compensate and let fly. The bullet struck more or less spot on, certainly not far enough out for me to be worried. What was odd though was the fact that on hitting the deer, the bullet turned through about 90 degrees, entering the chest cavity before re-emerging on the same side. The bullet just about totally removed the shoulder in doing this.

Hi All, Another new member here. I live near Devizes in Wiltshire. I'm interested in all sorts of field sports, but concentrate mostly on stalking, shooting and fishing. I used to hunt and keep lurchers, but because of work commitments keep neither horses or dogs right now. A shame but I don't have the time that keeping animals needs and I can't afford to pay someone else to do it for me... Looking forward to 'meeting' everone! Muntiacus (also answer to Aaron)