Kudos to Lapua Naturalis Performance

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Not many guys shoot these. In fact I'm the only one I know.

But I thought I'd just let guys know that these things are amazing. The butcher advised he's never seen performance like it. 170 grain .30 in a .308 entered a bull elk from the animals right. It destroyed the shoulder travelled through the heart, broke the other shoulder and maintained 168.4 grns. There's a large plastic tip so this bullet was essentially 100% intact after 2 shoulders. Shot was from 100 yards pretty much give or take a few. The mushroom was perfect. I've never had Barnes perform like this, in fact I'd given up on them.

They are expensive but I'm of the belief they are worth.

On sight in they also made a small clover leaf at 100, and are very accurate in my gun when driven at max load.
 
Interesting. Another solid copper hollow point design with a polymer tip.

Good performance with Barnes TSX bullets. Haven't tried the polymer tipped TTSX design yet. A 300gr TSX bullet recovered from a Bull Moose shot with a .416 Ruger. Impact speed ~2400 fps -

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Always reading/keeping abreast of european ammunition development such as Lapua, Sako, RWS, Eley, etc. Who is your retailer? I've been looking in Eastern Ontario for years; RWS & Eley rimfire, Sako centerfire...limited offerings with both. Pretty much it.
 
The BC on the naturalis is very low, even on their LR version. I'd try them if not for that. They also only make them in a few calibers.
 
kman300 said:
The BC on the naturalis is very low, even on their LR version. I'd try them if not for that. They also only make them in a few calibers.
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Aaaaaaaand now I've shot a moose with them. Same performance. Dead moose within 20 yards with the front right shoulder broken.

I can't say I've shot many elk or moose or bear where I'd even be concerned with BC. Bone crushing performance/sectional density seems to be far more important. And like I said the darn things shoot under MOA to 100. So out to 300 I'd be fine. The performance on the elk and moose was amazing. I'll continue to use as my large bone breaker calibre.
 
Why shoot animals through shoulders? I kind of get it for mountain sheep and stuff to anchor them, but with Deer, elk or moose? How many pounds of meat does that wreck?

By the way, congrats on the bull elk, I'm not trying to be a buzz kill. I've just really tried not to shoot meat in big bones.
 
unstableryan said:
Why shoot animals through shoulders? I kind of get it for mountain sheep and stuff to anchor them, but with Deer, elk or moose? How many pounds of meat does that wreck?

By the way, congrats on the bull elk, I'm not trying to be a buzz kill. I've just really tried not to shoot meat in big bones.
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Because elk have a habit of going 100 yards into the nastiest thickest crap you can imagine even when lunged. Moose not as much but I still prefer they stay where I shoot them.

Also I will add that there was amazingly little meat lost on these shots. Much less than I'm used to with conventional bullets.
 
CreamySmooth said:
Aaaaaaaand now I've shot a moose with them. Same performance. Dead moose within 20 yards with the front right shoulder broken.

I can't say I've shot many elk or moose or bear where I'd even be concerned with BC. Bone crushing performance/sectional density seems to be far more important. And like I said the darn things shoot under MOA to 100. So out to 300 I'd be fine. The performance on the elk and moose was amazing. I'll continue to use as my large bone breaker calibre.
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There is a 30 cal test in the hunting rifle sticky where big bones were shot at close range. Lots of bullets will smash bones and with a higher bc to boot.

You are free to use what you like of course.
 
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