What was the range on your "Reactive Tgts"? I tried mine on potatoes the other day at the range just for fun. At 50/100/150yds it blew them apart with the same "Thump" that you hear when hitting a PD. It was quite explosive. At 200yds it was less impressive but did blow them apart, just not as violently. The .223 vaporizes them, even at 200yds.
As for small critters. I have collected five eastern grey squirrels with it so far. All with the 25g ballistic tip at ranges from 20-30yds out to 100yds. Three were center mass hits and all three were disemboweled with more destruction than I would have wanted for game. Nearly blown in half. The other two were head shots resulting in complete decapitation. Very effective. Until yesterday, it had never missed but I hate to admit that I missed an easy one sitting on the trunk of a hickory at about 30yds. I just rushed the shot and pulled it left. Knew it at the break and watched one lucky squacker get away. I had refrained from posting the pic since it was not pretty but in the interest of intellectual knowledge of its effect on small critters, I am sharing it now. Make sure the kids are not looking over your shoulder.
Irish
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