Bullet Splash?

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Fencepost

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Very limited sample here, but I was surprised by the result. 6x45 shooting a Nosler 55gr BT at 2850 ish. Shot a small coyote at 85 yards little high (below spine) and just behind the shoulder. Left an entry hole 4 in wide, 4 in high and 4 inches deep, no exit. Pictures would not be appropriate.

Is that considered splash? Anyone else surprised?
 
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Not me. 55 grains is 55 grains, I always expect a few to splash. As a matter of fact I have always expected a few BTs to splash regardless of caliber or weight. I know they have hunting and varmint bullets now, but I still remember the gaping holes of the early ones.
 
Originally Posted By: FencepostVery limited sample here, but I was surprised by the result. 6x45 shooting a Nosler 55gr BT at 2850 ish. Shot a small coyote at 85 yards little high (below spine) and just behind the shoulder. Left an entry hole 4 in wide, 4 in high and 4 inches deep, no exit. Pictures would not be appropriate.

Is that considered splash? Anyone else surprised?

not a splash, thats a fring-hit.
 
I run the 55g nbt at 3374 fps in my 6x45 and at 586 yards on a broadside standing coyote I hit high above the shoulder & under his spine and it split open like yours, DRT though.
Why such a slow speed in your rig?
 
Originally Posted By: 5spdI run the 55g nbt at 3374 fps in my 6x45 and at 586 yards on a broadside standing coyote I hit high above the shoulder & under his spine and it split open like yours, DRT though.
Why such a slow speed in your rig?

AR platform, 18 inch BHW, 26.8 grains of 8208. Seems to be the sweet spot for accuracy.

Oh and he was dead alright. I'm not complaining, just thought it wouldn't happen at those speeds.

Hopefully I'll get a larger sample size.
 
I like the solid base on the noslers I'm not a fan of the hollow and I mean hollow tip on them. Have you seen a cutaway of the nosler varmint BT?
 
I agree with Borkon, too close to the edges. I shoot the same bullet at 3700 out of my 6mm-204 and as long as I stay away from the edges it works. When a bullet enters and expands and sends a shockwave radiating out through the animal, you can see it in slow motion photos in ballistic jell the whole block bulges out as the bullet expands. If you get too close to the edge the shockwave will break out/through the skin

A splash usually doesn't penetrate into the body just splashes on the surface. Yours left a softball sized crater an inch or so lower it would have been a perfect example of a NBT doing its job.. I shot a whitetail buck at 8' with a Rem corelock 150gr 308 and was stunned when he didn't go down, no blood just hair on the ground. I tracked him in the snow for about 60 yards and saw some blood, the blood trail got stronger but you could tell he was coughing up the blood. I finnally found the deer and the nearside of the deer had a wound the size of a dessert plate like someone has taped and M-80 to his side with zero penetration. when I gutted him a couple of jacket fragment had penetrated between ribs to tear up part of the lung, he drowned in his own blood. Usually you don't find them to see what happenned.
 
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