Favourite Hunting Bullets

Different bullets for different things. I guess my top three would be Accubond, SST, and TTSX - but for very different reasons.

My new favourite may end up being the 200gr Woodleighs I just loaded up. Spring bear season will help determine that.

In other words, I guess I don't have a favourite. Every single one has killed stuff so far.
 
Interlocks
Vmax
Hotcors
Depending on what im hunting

I have ttbbc. Gmx. And woodlieghs to try yet. All shine in accuracy but i havent sent them thru game animals yet
 
Federal Fusions have rarely failed to give me good accuracy in most rifles and they kill when used on game appropriate for the cartridge.

Handloads, Partitions and Accubonds are most of what is on my bench, but 7mm 150 grain Nosler Ballistic Tips are a favorite for a specific bullet as well and Hornady has a lot of affordable options that work. If Speer Hotcores were easier to find locally they'd likely see more use by me.
.30 cal 180 grain Winchester Power Points are way under rated as a game bullet in my experience as is their .224 64 grain.
 
john-brennan said:
I have shot only accubonds in the last 5 years, they seem to be accurate in all my rifles. Partitions are nice but do not provide the accuracy as often when working up loads in my experience.
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Yes, this has been my experience as well. Great bullets that still work very well on game.
I still use them (NP's and other bullets) in rifles (levers) where I am not searching for the utmost in accuracy (MOA or better) as I do in my bolt actions.
 
Surprised nobody said Core-Lokt’s, so I’m putting them forward. Partitions and Gamekings after that. I’m warming up to Accubonds.
 
I got a screaming deal on some Rem 300wm core lokt ultra, factory ammo. Still working through that. Everything I've shot has been through and through, red mist, bang flop. So if i could find core lokt in bulk/cheap, would definitely use it were a non premium bullet is enough.
 
nowarningshot said:
I got a screaming deal on some Rem 300wm core lokt ultra, factory ammo. Still working through that. Everything I've shot has been through and through, red mist, bang flop. So if i could find core lokt in bulk/cheap, would definitely use it were a non premium bullet is enough.
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Weren't the core lokt ultra a bonded flatbase design? Standard core lokt's are just another cup and core bullet but certainly very useful and hard to ignore the piles of game killed by them each fall.
 
Been using Barnes X, TSX and the tipped TTSX for 25 years. TSX seem to be hard to find these days as I would assume that the tipped are replacing these. Bug hole groups with my 25 and 30 calibers
 
Nosler Partitions have never let me down.

Don’t enjoy the accubonds, any animals I’ve shot with them, they acted like solids
 
I’m lead free as I’m concerned about injecting meat my kids eat and ofal critters clean up with lead. This said I think the most effective and well rounded bullet on the market for North American game from having seen many do their business is the Accubond, Partition equals its terminal effects but without the ballistics.

Myself I shoot CEBs, TSXs, and GMXs at animals for my own family’s consumption. I don’t believe any are the equal of the Accubond or Partition, but they’re good enough and kill everything I shoot.
 
My mentor is a Dr and spent many years as a research scientist in biochemistry.
He has informed me that the lead controversy of hunting bullets and shot used in firearms is purely propoganda being used in the anti-hunters and anti-gun movement arsenal.
The type of lead used in bullets and shot is NOT absorbable by the human, bird or wildlife bodies. It offers no health risk to us or the other creatures! This is a proven scientific fact.
Even the often cited issue of lead leaching into the water supply is false. Lead is a naturally occurring substance found in the earth and does not break down into water in such a manner as to become a hazard in our drinking water supplies, as once again, it cannot be absorbed by our bodies.
This is a myth that needs to be busted!
The type of lead used in other products is of a different composition and can be a health risk. And even then, there are many instances of over exaggeration and fear mongering to push certain agendas. It would take many repeated exposures of high enough levels over a prolonged period of time to be dangerous.
 
A long time ago in 1964.
I shot a big black bear standing up looking at me, at about 75 feet with 180 grain Nosler Partition in 30-06.
I shot him in the chest, I found 2 big pieces of bone, some blood and I never found the bear.
Needless to say this soured me on Noslers.
So I switched to Hornady's and Sierras and Speers.
Since then I have never missed or lost and animal that was well hit.
I have shot over 40 moose with Sierra 160 GRAIN boattails in 7mm Mag.
I just won't pay the high price for Noslers.
And YES I can afford them.
just my 2 cents worth
 
I have used Barnes for a number of years so that my game is lead free.
Probably no one would ever consume enough game to warrant a risk but the risk to children cannot be dismissed.
Countering what the "DR" said . . . is there a difference in the lead used in hunting bullets and the lead absorbed by firearms instructors over a long period of time in indoor ranges? Even with the ventilation systems in current indoor ranges, lead absorption was a concern for employers and WorkSafeBC and the conversion to lead free practice ammunition occurred over ten years ago at the JIBC range.
 
BlackRam said:
My mentor is a Dr and spent many years as a research scientist in biochemistry.
He has informed me that the lead controversy of hunting bullets and shot used in firearms is purely propoganda being used in the anti-hunters and anti-gun movement arsenal.
The type of lead used in bullets and shot is NOT absorbable by the human, bird or wildlife bodies. It offers no health risk to us or the other creatures! This is a proven scientific fact.
Even the often cited issue of lead leaching into the water supply is false. Lead is a naturally occurring substance found in the earth and does not break down into water in such a manner as to become a hazard in our drinking water supplies, as once again, it cannot be absorbed by our bodies.
This is a myth that needs to be busted!
The type of lead used in other products is of a different composition and can be a health risk. And even then, there are many instances of over exaggeration and fear mongering to push certain agendas. It would take many repeated exposures of high enough levels over a prolonged period of time to be dangerous.
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We agree on just about everything except this, there is no misinformation here and metallic lead is definitely toxic and absorbable. Primer residue more so, however lead fragments and lead pellets increase blood lead levels as well. Heavy metals are poisonous, period, and we’re only normalized through decades of working with lead into thinking it’s inert or safe. It most definitely is not, and is particularly detrimental to young, developing brains.

Birds hunted with lead shot and consumed are a source of lead in human blood.

www.elsevier.com/locate/envpol

Abstract

This study investigates the relationship between the intake of birds hunted with lead shot and the lead concentration in human blood. Fifty adult men from Nuuk, Greenland took part in the study. From September 2003 to June 2004 they regularly gave blood samples and recorded how many birds they ate. We found a clear relationship between the number of bird meals and blood lead and also a clear seasonal variation. The concentration was highest in mid-winter when bird consumption is at its highest. Blood lead was low (15 mg/L, mean concentration) among the participants reporting not eating birds. Among those reporting to eat birds regularly, blood lead was significantly higher, up to 128 mg/L (mean concentration). Concentrations depended on the frequency of bird meals: the more the bird meals, the higher the resulting blood lead. This clear relationship points to lead shot as the dominating lead source to people in Greenland.

Ó 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Lead shot; Blood lead; Bird hunt; Bird meals; Human exposure
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Ardent said:
We agree on just about everything except this, there is no misinformation here and metallic lead is definitely toxic and absorbable. Primer residue more so, however lead fragments and lead pellets increase blood lead levels as well. Heavy metals are poisonous, period, and we’re only normalized through decades of working with lead into thinking it’s inert or safe. It most definitely is not, and is particularly detrimental to young, developing brains.
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Have you ever been tested for heavy metals i.e. hair or blood?? It is worth the money if concerned as you clearly are. You may get a big shock as I did initially
I have been tested many times do to my exposure at work , reload a ton of lead and shoot / eat wild game with lead bullets

NEVER has my levels of lead been flagged in not even one test in fact not even close to being flagged

Mind you been flagged many times for uranium, mercury , arsenic etc etc only to find out to prevent that I best stop breathing since the burning of fossil fuels here i.e. coal generation power plants is causing it and that has been proven :(

Pending where you live you may have to stop taking a breath also and not worry so much about your exposure to lead and bullets
Here I am more concerned about the air than anything
Cheers
 
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