I caught a 1.5 y/o doe in my electric fence last night and got to connect with my first 22 cal TSX.
As expected, it did not bounce off.
She was in tall grass/weeds and only her head, neck and the top of her shoulders were exposed.
She was angled slightly towards me and I aimed for the near shoulder with the intent of busting the far shoulder.
One of my red-tag hunters was watching through binos and he said the hit was spectacular. Her head whipped around in a 360 as she dropped to the ground.
No tracking was necessary.
She was less than 100 yards away and the bullet hit a bit high in front of the shoulder, nicked the spine and exited the off side taking out a big piece of rib.
Due to the angle the bullet made a 2 finger hole going in and the exit was about the size of a quarter.
My go to culling rifle on the farm is now an 8 twist APA 223AI with suppressor and I am fireforming using 50 grain blitz (whistlepigs) and 52 TSX's over Benchmark and with the shots I'm given there is no need to change zero.
I give the combo a solid two thumbs up.
As expected, it did not bounce off.
She was in tall grass/weeds and only her head, neck and the top of her shoulders were exposed.
She was angled slightly towards me and I aimed for the near shoulder with the intent of busting the far shoulder.
One of my red-tag hunters was watching through binos and he said the hit was spectacular. Her head whipped around in a 360 as she dropped to the ground.
No tracking was necessary.
She was less than 100 yards away and the bullet hit a bit high in front of the shoulder, nicked the spine and exited the off side taking out a big piece of rib.
Due to the angle the bullet made a 2 finger hole going in and the exit was about the size of a quarter.
My go to culling rifle on the farm is now an 8 twist APA 223AI with suppressor and I am fireforming using 50 grain blitz (whistlepigs) and 52 TSX's over Benchmark and with the shots I'm given there is no need to change zero.
I give the combo a solid two thumbs up.
