The early Barnes bullets were too hard and I have one that failed to expand at all on a large mulie buck.Bullets acted like FMJ's on wt deer and a bighorn same fall.A phone call to Randy Barnes confirmed inconsistent copper hardness.I'm sure this is all rectified by now..........Harold
Your bullet and weight of choice in .243 and .270 win on deer please?
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...was referring to the 85 gr Sierra GK, which apparently does well on deer and is "tougher" that the 100 gr Sierra GK....I will use my 6mm Rem with 100 gr ProHunter's this year to acquire some experience...
85gr TSX's or TTSX's, Partition's, or Interbond's in the .243, for big game, 87gr. V-Max's for varmints, exact same loading too.
110gr TSX's in the .270 if you've got a tender shoulder, they kill moose like nobodies business too.
140gr. Partition's, Accubond's or Interbond's if you can't believe what the 110's will do, my experience is the 110's kill just like the 140's I've listed, but with way flatter of a trajectory (0-400) and way less recoil.
110gr TSX's in the .270 if you've got a tender shoulder, they kill moose like nobodies business too.
140gr. Partition's, Accubond's or Interbond's if you can't believe what the 110's will do, my experience is the 110's kill just like the 140's I've listed, but with way flatter of a trajectory (0-400) and way less recoil.
Yes. Several sources (including Nathan Foster of Ballisticstudies.com, and the Sierra website) highly recommend the 85 grain GK for deer. That's what I am loading up at 3000 fps with IMR-4320. Shoots .526" at 100yards.
You found a partition from a .243 in a coyote after shooting it? That's some tough skin on that coyote. Never seen it happen before and I have shot many a coyotes with a .243 and 6mm rem.
