 Bigger is better
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Last edited by jamesfromjersey; 08/27/2013 6:10 PM.
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Re: Bigger is better
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08/27/2013 11:07 AM
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Well what's not to like? Nice work, James!
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Re: Bigger is better
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08/27/2013 11:45 AM
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The 350 XTP performs in incredible fashion in that cartridge. Nice animals for sure, James.
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Re: Bigger is better
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08/27/2013 12:32 PM
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"A quiet hit in the right place is better than a loud miss in the wrong place followed by 10 more shots on the run"
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Re: Bigger is better
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08/27/2013 12:35 PM
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James, did the bullet deflect much after hitting the branch? Congrats on another sucessful hunt.
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Re: Bigger is better
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08/27/2013 6:05 PM
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That looks like animals after a hit fm the barnes bullets. Nice job
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Re: Bigger is better
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08/27/2013 8:53 PM
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Got lucky, surprised that bullet didn't deflect, how far was the sapling from you? BTW Nice job James!
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08/27/2013 11:06 PM
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Good shooting James. Congrats, that's a beautiful stag!
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08/27/2013 11:48 PM
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If ya center punch the branch youre good but if ya graze it itll deflect badly. Lad ya had enough to go through it!!
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08/27/2013 11:56 PM
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Where did you go to shoot the Stag, James?Is that an exotic, or did you go to New Zealand?
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08/28/2013 12:22 AM
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Nice! How far was the shot?? Now.. shoot one with out pre-expanding the bullet :). Post pics to compare. So we can see what a 50 cal. does, you have showed us what a .86 caliber can do. Awesome.
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Re: Bigger is better
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08/28/2013 1:57 AM
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Nice James. Real nice. Now ya got the 50 cal bug, and its spreading. I need me a 50something.
Rod, too.
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08/28/2013 12:25 PM
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Nice James. Real nice. Now ya got the 50 cal bug, and its spreading. I need me a 50something. I can help you with this pursuit (I'm a .50 caliber enabler!)!
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08/28/2013 2:35 PM
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That's a nice stag, James!! Congrats!!
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Re: Bigger is better
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08/28/2013 8:26 PM
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Most of you guys have such nice things to say and I really want to thank you. For someone that`s trying to learn this sport and has little or no experience they could not find a better place and people then here....
240, Since I was using iron sights I never saw the branch when I fired. All I can say is the bullet blew through the wood and hit where I was aiming.
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Re: Bigger is better
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08/28/2013 11:30 PM
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How far was the sapling from you James?
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08/31/2013 3:17 AM
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nice shooting James,....the .50 calibers really leave nice blood trails,ya gonna try any of the heavy cast or just stick with the j.h.p.'s?-john
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09/01/2013 3:03 PM
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Breaking that new sixgun in right buddy! Way to go
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09/01/2013 11:58 PM
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John, After seeing the damage that the XTP did to the stag I don`t see any reason to use a hard cast bullet, unless I was shooting at a large, thick skin animal which is not in my future, so I will stay with the XTP or Sierra...
Glenn, I always listen to your advice and try and do it "right"....
TGC, Sent you a PM...
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09/02/2013 4:21 AM
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Great thing about the 500 we is theres a barnes buster just waiting to hammer a cape buff for ya james
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Re: Bigger is better
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09/04/2013 10:48 AM
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Mark, That's why I like you. ...Always have good things to say.
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09/09/2013 10:57 PM
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don't blame you James,...when I bought my Encore,.500S&W,I seen the price tag on jacketed slugs and thought I would get the Lee mould 440 gr. and see how accurate they shot,cause that was going to be much cheaper than shooting jacketed ,I wanted to try cast on deer anyway ,the s.g.b. I'd been shooting in my .22 pistols convinced me that a flat nose bullet should work on a deer with proper lung shot,...eventually I'm gonna try some X.T.P.'S out of my Encore cause there very accurate out of my other guns-john
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Re: Bigger is better
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09/13/2013 3:38 PM
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Wow. Just wow.
That is so cool....
Now I'm going to have to go buy another pistol. Wife will be happy, thanks!
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Re: Bigger is better
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09/13/2013 6:09 PM
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AWESOME JAMES! Ya got room in your house for that trophy mount? Its gonna take a lot of room!!! 
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After using my new 500WE to take animal number two I`am now a firm believer that bigger is better. Picture #1 shows where the red stag fell but picture #2 shows how the .50 caliber 350gr XTP bullet broke a 1/2" limb before hitting the stag at the back of the left rib cage as he quartered away. The bullet traveled through both lungs stopping at the right shoulder. Picture #3 shows some of the blood trail he left during a 50yd run followed by the two 1/2" holes in the lungs. The recovered bullet weighed 318.0grs losing 32.0grs from the original 350grs. The bullet expanded to .868" creating a tremendous wound and terminal effect. As Ken O`Neil (500WE) said to me while describing the 500 Wyoming "I think you will like it", I have to say "Ken, your absolutely right"....
