Which will kill deer 'better?'

Which will kill deer better?

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Well Blue is Conservative, but water is also blue, and I can't swim. I sink like a 35 Whelen shell in the water, or soft snow. Snow is kinda grey sometimes like that Interlock, but an Interlock is Hornaday which is usually red tips, and red is Liberal....


Wait, what was the question?
 
Republic of Alberta said:
The TTSX won't always show the true advantages of speed.
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I know for certain that the 200-grain whelen is a deer hammer - I'm sure the round nose even more! But, I'm really eager to try out the TTSX next year, and make the comparison myself. I've never used a light-for-caliber mono before; I usually defer to the 'established' bullet weights in a given caliber, which for a .257 would mean something in the 100-120 grain range.
 
I am using the 110g TTSX from a 7-08 for pigs at 2900fps. It will penetrate very, very deep.

For pigs I take any shot given, at any angle, at any range. They are a pest and I won't eat all I shoot so recovery dosn't matter so much exept for the $50 bounty. Perfect job for an expanding solid.
 
The pure copper bullets like the TSX have changed the game. The "use heavy for caliber bullets" thinking doesn't carry as much weight as it once did. I have a good friend that does extensive bullet testing. It's very interesting how a light TSX outperforms larger caliber and much heavier cup and core type bullets.(even good ones like the Partition) A fast twist barrel with a pure copper bullet kills like no other!!
 
The bottom one, the larger the bullet, the bigger the hole, the more it bleeds, the quicker it dies, thats been my experience anyway :D
 
Killed plenty of animals with the top one. Only recall one animal that did not drop dead on the spot, even though the first shot shredded the heart and lungs.

Only used the Whelen on two animals. The gopher tumbled several feet without a head. The next was a bull elk that was anchored and dead with a single shot as fast as any headshot I ever made.
 
Republic of Alberta said:
I am using the 110g TTSX from a 7-08 for pigs at 2900fps. It will penetrate very, very deep.

For pigs I take any shot given, at any angle, at any range. They are a pest and I won't eat all I shoot so recovery dosn't matter so much exept for the $50 bounty. Perfect job for an expanding solid.
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How often do you get to shoot these pests? This sounds like fun, lots of fun.

Other than livestock I've killed 2 boars, with a crossbow. It was fun...lots of fun.:)
 
Having used both calibers but different bullets, I give the Whelen a slight edge.

From the half dozen or so I've shot with each, those hit with the Whelen haven't gone quite as far before piling-up ... and a couple expired right where they stood. None made it more than 35 - 40 yards with either. Where I hunt a 100 yard shot is a long one, and all of but one of these animals taken at something less than 75 yards.

For deer, I use a 115 Nosler BT's (also blue-tipped !) and Partitions in the 25-06 and a 200 Hornady RN in the Whelen.

For the past 2 years I've been toting a 257 Roberts with 100 BT's ... but so far haven't been able to line it up on a shootable deer. Camp rules, bucks only on the "home grounds".
 
Probably the bottom one as it's more likely to be carried by some cranky old fart that has been hunting for years and doesn't believe in polymer tipped bullets or synthetic stocks. :D
 
I've shot quite a few deer with both, and they both work very well....I do find than on deer a lead core bullet in the 25-06 flattens deer with authority compared to the TTSX bullets. I had a few deer run in excess of 250yds on broadside boiler room shots using the TTSX...

I never used premium in the Whelen, and never recovered a bullet in deer or moose...
 
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