Skulls and DPX

19 Jan 08

Skulls and DPX

Yesterday, I was asked to put an injured cow, a 1200 lb female, out of her misery. She had a broken back due to too-enthusiastic breeding attempts by several, large bulls. It happens on cattle ranches every now and then.

In any event, she was down, but too dangerous to approach. I had my XCR in 6.8mm, of course, so I was selected to do the job. At forty meters, I put the Aimpoint dot between her eyes and pressed off the shot. I had no ideahow thick her skull was, but that was the way they wanted me to do it. The bullet hit her mid-skull, between the eyes.

The cow's head dropped immediately. We approached, and I put on more shot into her head (a habit I picked up in Africa), but it was unnecessary. She was DRT.

The Cor-Bon DPX (Barnes) bullet had bored completely through her skull and made mush out of her brains. Once again, the performance of Barnes bullets was top-drawer. She never knew what hit her!

/John