Updated with a poll! Best big game bullet for 243 Winchester
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You send me the riches for the partitions and I'll use them. I've already decided I'll buy them if it comes down to it, I did find them below $100 yesterday so they're back in the suggestion box.
Never liked the power points, at least the 180's in 30 caliber. 7 outta the 13 guys in my gang, well now I run the gang and there's 6 of us I'm the only original left. Anyhow, 7 of them used power points and those things never shot the best and they never penetrated like the other 6 guys core lokts did.
You are kind of looking at two different aspects here. If you want a harder bullet for a “guaranteed” exit for trailing purposes, you are going to end up needing to trail stuff more.
If you use a softer bullet that fragments more but penetrates less you will have less trailing.
A factory issued 243 with a softer constructed bullet that holds together enough to get to vitals but might not exit will destroy more organ tissue and fold stuff up quicker. About the only option you have for best of both worlds there is the Partition.
If you use a softer bullet that fragments more but penetrates less you will have less trailing.
A factory issued 243 with a softer constructed bullet that holds together enough to get to vitals but might not exit will destroy more organ tissue and fold stuff up quicker. About the only option you have for best of both worlds there is the Partition.
Guess I'll go with 95 grain partitions then. It's a close one between 95 and 100 grain partition in the poll very favorably on the partitions so what hell, I'll use em
When a person looks at the actual price of the bullet compared to everything else involved in a hunt , they aren't overly expensive , especially when they work so well.
This is a completly unbiased opinion from someone who does not use them . I can't buy them in the cartridge I use.
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I'm goin for the 95 grain partition Hoyt. Why? Cause I'm gonna make a mess 3 or 4 times and get 3 or 4 exits
"Overly expensive" means different things to different people. I'm really not tryin to be a dink, I'm just very low on the income totem pole. But, you're not wrong
Not on the poll but ttsx do both of what you’re asking. I have them loaded for my 6mm rem. Shot a bunch of deer with the ttsx, 90 percent dropped right there with chest shots. All had exits, including the big doe quarter towards me.
Before the ttsx any 100 grain plain jane load did the trick. Most died within 50 yards. Accobonds did not do will in my experience and produced alot of bloodshot. Didn’t like all the lead bits from the partitions, must have been the front part of the bullet, since they did exit and weren’t recovered, they also didn’t shoot well in my 6mm.
Before the ttsx any 100 grain plain jane load did the trick. Most died within 50 yards. Accobonds did not do will in my experience and produced alot of bloodshot. Didn’t like all the lead bits from the partitions, must have been the front part of the bullet, since they did exit and weren’t recovered, they also didn’t shoot well in my 6mm.
Did both the accubond and partition exit? Do the exits from the ttsx actually bleed if trackin is needed?
Accubond deer was shot high but not spined. Exit was spectacular but lost a lot of meat. Partition did exit, it hit leg bone going in and thats where i found bits of lead in the shoulder meat, it did the job, just wasn’t all that great in my gun for grouping.
Ttsx shoot wellin my 6mm, all deer dropped when hit a a few required a short tracking job. Blood trail was adequate from what I remember. They didn’t require much tracking before being found. I have shot deer with the 55gr tsx from my 223. I tracked one chest shot deer 80 yards, that blood trail was in the snow and was spectacular. No idea how the deer made it that far. The other one i shot that day with the 223 made it 30 yards before piling up.
Ttsx shoot wellin my 6mm, all deer dropped when hit a a few required a short tracking job. Blood trail was adequate from what I remember. They didn’t require much tracking before being found. I have shot deer with the 55gr tsx from my 223. I tracked one chest shot deer 80 yards, that blood trail was in the snow and was spectacular. No idea how the deer made it that far. The other one i shot that day with the 223 made it 30 yards before piling up.
Well now you got me thinkin bout the ttsx. Bout to load up the partition, accubond and ttsx and shoot a deer 3 times before it has a chance to realize the first shot happened and see which I like best hahaha
And just to throw it out there in case I've left any in doubt. I'm not a one shot "oh he's hit hard he won't go far" wild tv kinda guy. I'm a first shot and if it runs "I got 4 more little friends that all run faster than you do" kinda guy
I don't use factory ammo. But if I did, I'd give it a try.
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Barnes should make the list as well. They do the necessary damage needed and shoot accurately out of many calibres.
My small and only 4 sample experiences with Barnes bullets were very negative. Pin holes and very loooong tracking jobs. Mind you they were all 30 caliber. 243 might be different, I'd be willing to give them a chance I suppose.
100 % Agree ! RJ
If any of you guys have pictures of some critters taken with them that's a bonus. If they'll make a big whack and 2 holes bleeding I'm in.
