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I spent the past week and weekend hunting hogs in west Texas using three brands of 30.06 ammo. I made some unscientific observations, but maybe someone can help me understand those observations.
I used a Rem 700 ADL in 30.06 and Win CSX2 in 150gr, Remington CoreLokt Soft Point in 150gr, and Hornady Light Magnum Boattail Soft Point 165gr. My initial intention was to just use the 150gr, but decided to try the Hornady when I found it on sale. Coincidentally, I shot two pigs with each brand. All shots were from 135 to 150 yds. The pigs were all mature and weighed125 to 160 pounds.
In examining the animals, both the Win and Rem (150gr soft pts) penetrated the bodies completely (all were heart / lung shots straight from the side) with an obvious, visible entrance wound and large exit wound (could have easily put my thumb the exit wounds). All four ran a short distance before dropping.
In examining the two hogs shot with the Hornady 165gr soft point, both had much greater damage around the entrance wound and neither had an exit wound. One was a heart/lung shot from the side, the hog kind of side hopped, dropped his head, stood for a few seconds, then collapsed. The second hog was shot about 45 degrees through the front chest and dropped immediately . The entrance wound was a large gaping hole the front chest and the animal bled out very quickly . On both of these, the 'thud' of bullet impact was much more obvious than from the Win or Rem.
I guess my question is: why would the heavier Hornady BTSP not exit, and why would it cause so much more entrance damage?
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