What type of bullet is best for large game?

[powdergun]

Of all the different bullets I have tried the most consistent terminal performance ( black bear and deer ) Speer 7mm 175 gr Mag Tips. If anyone knows if/where they are available please let me know but I feel they have gone the way of the DoDo. I used them exclusively for ten years but then could no longer find them. Everything that was hit ( that's the key part there lol...) by them either just dropped or only took a couple of steps.

I read they were supposedly built in between Cup and Core and Bonded bullets but IMHO it was the flat meplat that did the trick.

 

[woodchopper]

alright enough bickering

we will now return to talking about bullets

 

[remington jim]

Barnes MRX ! BEST ever BULLET made !
Tungsten Core: Incorporates a dense tungsten core at the base instead of being solid copper throughout, which made the bullets shorter than all-copper bullets of equivalent weight and helped prevent powder-space congestion in casings.

 

[I Dont Care About You]

I’ve shot a lot of game with boring old Hornady Interlock’s, because of their cost (when I was poorer) and their steady availability.

I never fell into the poly carb tipped, re branded target bullet craze either.

I also like to see an exit wound to give a second point of leakage for blood trailing,

I've seen two white tails shot w an Interlock and in both cases the bullet dragged a quarter size chunk of meat out the other side of the animal. In one case the animal was not recovered because the blood trail was extremely small and just peter'd out. The other animal expired inside of 100 yds and left an unmistakable blood trail.

I see no reason to use cup & core. Maybe they'll work just fine, but I like the extra peace of mind.

Dude, cup and core have killed millions upon millions of animals. Its not the bullet, it is where the hunter places the bullet.

The trick to learn good shooting is doing lots and lots (like literally hundreds) of practice shots on the Rifle Range especially with the Rifle you will be using on your hunt.

THIS. Being able to to place a bullet where it needs to be placed under less than ideal conditions, with a short exposure time is the single most important factor in a successful hunt.

 

[Jack Ryan]

Big ones.