Effects of an Lee lead 148 grain Wadcutter on an young crocodile (photo)

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Here you may appreciate Entrance and Exit wound of an Lee 148 grain lead Wadcutter bullet (loaded in an Nagant manner in an 38 spl case and shot from an Pietta SAA 357 Magnum Revolver model 1873). The round is this one:
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The critter is an young crocodile who came out recently from it's hole from wintersleep and heading towards our chicken and eggs. I fear as well the critter could eat Young kittens (cats).
The critter may have had about 5 Kg of weight.

I shot him twice. First shot get one of it's legs but the second shot you observe here. With an Wadcutter there is really just one shot needed since the blood loss is almost instantaneously very big.
 

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well I do not know how is the exact Name in English.

It is at least an sort of Alligator. Has an armored Skin, sleeps in his hole the whole winter and gatheres Food in summer.

They should be known in Texas as well. Full grown they can become between 0.75 meters to 1.6 meters roughly including the tail. They are not living in water but on land.
Yes they are eating snakes and mosquitos but also chicken, eggs and kittens.
 
I just wanted to show the effects of the Lee 148 grain Wadcutter on the animal.
I learned all my stuff of reloading from the internet and so wanted to contribute (give back) someting as well.

My Mossberg 500 Turkey THUG 20 ga shotgun just arrived here. Once the papers are ready I will pick it up. The rest of my 10000 primers (WSP) should arrive as well with the gun (totally then I have about 22000 Winchester WSP primers stocked).

A handgun is really handy (reloading and casting saves much money over here) since I just finished shooting a Rattlesnake (cascabel) with the reloads (357 mag SAA Pietta revolver). Unfortunatelly my dog got hit as well but he'll recover since it is only an superficial hit (skin lesionage I treathed already).
 
I am of an white minority here in this country (german-canadian descendents never crossed blood with brown, black or yellow races) and we do not eat them.
We actually eat very few meats last 8 years (only chicken) and none red meat at all for health reasons (cancer cases and other modern sicknesses have exploded since red beef meat consumption has gone through the roof).
That does not mean local white people are superior since they became incredible croocked in the last decade (white collar crimes). While white people steal wearing a suit (white collar crimes, crimes using the system), latin people steal by using guns (armed robbery, assaults).

Latin people may eat them but I gave the animal to my pets (cats and dogs).
It is a kind of fishy meat specially the tail is very greasy.
 
Dear Polymorphus,

I can not follow you.

What do you mean? Please explain.

Different cultures eat different Foods. As a Background I had to describe the local Dynamics between minorities, different cultures, etc. Those things matter.
I follow an holistic Point of view, so nothing is an isolated and all aspects are intertwined.
If you ask me if it is eatable, I in return have to know whom do you refer to. Yes latinos eat them, no White People do not eat them, yes indigenous (aborigenes, Indians) eat them. It's all relative.
 
Look man,this is a reloading forum.
Whether you eat your prey or not is your business,this animal posed no thtreat to you and the pictures of the damage you inflicted to it are irrelevant and offensive.You claim to kill ostriches even though there are none in S.A.and crocodiles which species does not range in Paraguay.You kill living creatures and don't even know what you kill.You obviously have issues.
 
Well yes maybe this thread should have been started in the hunting Forum since it is about results-effects of the Wadcutter on this particular pest.

I assume reloaders are hunters and can see blood and dead animals.

I believe the effects of an bullet is relevant as it is called External Ballistics (if I recall it right).

Wheter you located me correctly or not is up to you. Fact is These are actual Pictures I shot with my camera and all my Claims are first Hand experiences.

Yes it is true over here People have an tendency to shoot all Kind of animals and that is why there is few game left for meat.
Wheter you Sir are an vegetarian or not is your private life. But do not expect others to be an veggie or Agent for animal protection as allways the austrian imperial principle is mandatory for an peacefull coexistence: Live and let live.

I am sure you will not expect me to be bitten by an Rattlesnake just to be an "animal friend". In that case you should tell the snake as well not to bite and kill diary cows (locally are lots of casualties from snake bites) or tell the Lizard not to eat innocent eggs and chicken.
Unfortunatelly after the Fall of Adam man is sinfull and the whole creation is suffering from the ruling of the devil in These earthly life. Don't worry: Once Christ Comes no Lizard nor snake will do any harm anymore to anybody.

That being said feel free to send me an private message and we can discuss this as Long as you wish or ask me for my email.
 
I'm actually fairly impressed at how tough that lizard seemed to be. Doesn't look like a whole lot of damage to the hide. Wish you had a picture of the whole animal.

And you might want to ask the moderators to move your post to the hunting forum. Some people get all squirrelly when you post pics of dead/bloody animals.

I get it though, the animal seems to fill the same ecological role as a coyote, meaning it's a kind of pest or varmint. If you have livestock something like that thing could become a serious problem.
 
In any way These Wadcutters make ALLWAYS a bigger entrance and Exit hole than an FMJ 9mm Luger bullet. With an FMJ the animal may have had walked away and died in it's shelter (hole).

I observed today an cowhead we slaughtered about 8 months ago. It had an entrance gunshot whole. The workers bet on it was an 22 LR but I am sure I shot it with an 9mm Luger FMJ. I shot it today with the Wadcutter and it made an considerably bigger hole (in old bones) than the FMJ did.

The Advantage of the Wadcutter is the rapid blood loss from the entrance hole and specially Exit hole. As well once the lead WC Encounters hard Surface (like bones) it acts like an Hollow Point (flattens completely doubling it's size). That is my personal experience.
 
While white people steal wearing a suit (white collar crimes, crimes using the system), latin people steal by using guns (armed robbery, assaults).
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How a load performs on game is OK by me, but the racial comments are completely off-topic and unnecessary.
 
GuyOfSouthamerica, I apologize for my fellows here who seem to be offended by some of the things you have said, and done with the lizard. Also by the way you explained the culture and criminals where you are.

I think you only meant to explain the way that things are where you live.

Over here, a lot of people think they are enlightened and justified in telling others how they should behave and live. In some ways, you're lucky -- you live thousands of miles from these folks. ;) jd
 
Thanks jdscholer,

Yes the american civil war was basically just about this: CSA represented individual opinion and out of box way of living. Those Folks have lost the war till this very day. Union represented Mainstream majority thinking being part of the heard (if you are different than others you are out). These guys have won the war till this very day.

Believe me: racial, religious, ethnicity Membership will be crucial for subsistency in the future (if it is not already). Ask the Germans, Swedes right now as their countries are wrecked by Immigration.
Were I am Living ethnicity is determing (latin Police are not coming if a White person is assaulted. That is why the White minority has created an inoficial private White Police).
How would California look like if the mexican latinos would take it over? It would be "Mexico Reloaded" were the drug Mafia is ruling. Similar Thing has happened to this Country in the last 10 years (They converted this Country from an "Banana Republic" into an "Drug Republic".

Feel free to discuss this on PM or ask for my email. I will be glad to continue this conversation endlessly (since it is uttermost important).
 
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