One gun - One bullet

I was 40 when the picture below was taken.

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stubblejumper said:
While the older hollow point Barnes did occasionally have the hollow point deformed and not expand properly as a result,the poly tip in the TTSX,has made that a non issue.As far as weight retention and penetration are concerned,the Partition lags behind the TTSX.
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The Partition is not designed for 100% weight retention like the Barnes. The front half desintegrates and causes major damage while the rear half penetrates deeply, a design that's been copied by many other bullet manufacturers.

I use various Barnes bullets and do like them, but on occasion when they don't strike more solid areas of meat or bone, they zip right through.
 
Rembo said:
If you leave out varmints and very large bears,...I think you can do all of North America as well as all plains game of Africa and medium game over the rest of the world with the same rifle and bullet...make mine a 7mm Rem Mag with a 160 TSX or Accubond at 3000fps.
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X2 except I get 3100fps with smoking accuracy with the 160gr. accubonds.
 
john-brennan said:
X2 except I get 3100fps with smoking accuracy with the 160gr. accubonds.
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I was a firm believer in Nosler Accubonds (and Remington core lokt) and used them for the last two deer I shot and actually recovered one of them under the hide on the far side. It was in pretty tough shape and when I measured the mass I found it had lost more than half it's weight. Both deer went down quickly, but I was not too happy with the bullet's performance. I think the fact that it was going about 3,000 fps (.270 WSM) when it struck the animal (very close shot -130 grain) may account for the bullet's near disintegration. A heavier and slower bullet would have been better in this scenario I know, but a TSX at any mass/speed would not, I believe, exhibit such behaviour, which is perfect in my books for essentially taking the 'velocity vs mass' factor out of the equation in terms of terminal ballistics. Just my 2 cents worth.
 
Exactly (out of a Sako)
Rembo said:
If you leave out varmints and very large bears,...I think you can do all of North America as well as all plains game of Africa and medium game over the rest of the world with the same rifle and bullet...make mine a 7mm Rem Mag with a 160 TSX or Accubond at 3000fps.
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I have little interest in doing it, but a .375 with 270 or 300 grain TSXs would take a pretty good stab at handleing everything in the world, not just North America. Seat them upside down for elephants.;)
 
Dogleg said:
I have little interest in doing it, but a .375 with 270 or 300 grain TSXs would take a pretty good stab at handleing everything in the world, not just North America. Seat them upside down for elephants.;)
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Perhaps this is a better way to view the problem. Rather than attempting to choose a single rifle and bullet that you are saddled with for the rest of your life; what single rifle and bullet combination would you choose for an extended hunt that entails the taking a wide variety of game, across a mixture of geographical and climatic conditions? The .375 truly represents the world standard, although many would consider it a bit much for day to day shooting in North America, where the .30/06 is a top contender.
 
For me it's the 45-70 sharps with a 405gr cast. What can't you kill with that? For smaller stuff, you can use shot - which doesn't count because it's not technically a bullet ;-)
 
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