Another sample with the 185 juggernaut..
Checked rifle a couple of days before going out and was avg 3011 FPS, after bore was fouled.
Couldn’t get a perfect range, for
whatever reason, but was reading between 363-378yds.
The shot was downhill so didn’t take enough out of the scope to account for that and hit about 3” higher than intended.
Bullet made typical entry wound and exited just below mid body. The deer was also slightly quartering too so caught liver & front of gut on the way out. The exit wound was just about a perfect circle that measured around 2 1/2”.
After the shot, she stood in the same spot for maybe 5 seconds and fell over.
I drug the deer away for a cleaner pic, but when I walked up to her, she had obviously expired from blood loss so this was a good sign that the bullet is doing its job.
Any bullet can seem like a winner if you shoot them high shoulder and mess with the central nervous system but I’m trying to keep it away from that area to see what it’s actually doing. So far, i’m very happy with the results and keep in mind that these southern deer are thin so the bullet is opening very well in that small amount of area it’s passing through.




Checked rifle a couple of days before going out and was avg 3011 FPS, after bore was fouled.
Couldn’t get a perfect range, for
whatever reason, but was reading between 363-378yds.
The shot was downhill so didn’t take enough out of the scope to account for that and hit about 3” higher than intended.
Bullet made typical entry wound and exited just below mid body. The deer was also slightly quartering too so caught liver & front of gut on the way out. The exit wound was just about a perfect circle that measured around 2 1/2”.
After the shot, she stood in the same spot for maybe 5 seconds and fell over.
I drug the deer away for a cleaner pic, but when I walked up to her, she had obviously expired from blood loss so this was a good sign that the bullet is doing its job.
Any bullet can seem like a winner if you shoot them high shoulder and mess with the central nervous system but I’m trying to keep it away from that area to see what it’s actually doing. So far, i’m very happy with the results and keep in mind that these southern deer are thin so the bullet is opening very well in that small amount of area it’s passing through.



