Originally Posted by odocoileus
Years ago when I shot 150gr Interbonds out of a 308, I had the same experience of penciling. All inside 100yds, little to nowhere blood trial. Found them all piled up within 100yds but had to hunt for a few. Swapped to 150 NBTS and SSTs and never had that problem again.

I had the "penciling" problem with the 120 ttsx I used a couple years ago. Shot a buck at 170 yards and thought I had missed until I found a little bit of hair on the ground. Called in a dog and found him about 50 yards from where I shot him and never saw a drop of blood anywhere on the ground or the sage brush we trailed him through. Me and my buddy couldn't tell where the bullet even went in and came out until I cleaned him and that's when I made the switch to the 120 ballistic tips.

Last edited by fladeerhntr; 12/07/25 02:42 PM.