Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
To me the damage done by the final shot is more characteristic of a varmint cartridge such as a 22-250 with a hollow point then the full metal jacketed 6.5 mm Carcano round. Any riflemen out there with an opinion ?
I have shot a lot of different type rounds thru my 22-250 and I can say with a fair amount of certainty based on the terminal results that it wasn't that round. A long range shot using a Nosler partition might duplicate that but not a hollowpoint...and not any type bullet shot at close range.

When one of those small caliber hyper velocity rounds hits something hard like bone they tend to fragment with spectacular results...hence the term "red mist". If you want to see for yourself find someone with a 22-250 and put a watermelon behind a piece of 1/4" plywood...shoot it at around 100 yards and see what happens. Better yet film that and post it!