bullet choice

[Graybeard]

Were i using a gawd aweful magnum that could push a bullet over 3000 fps then I would consider a real "premium" bonded bullet.

 

Ya mean like that badass .257 WM of mine that pushes them to 3300-3500 fps depending on bullet weight or dem monster .300s that push 180s that fast? 

Fer shore nuttin but premiums in the .257 WM especially around here where 100 yards is a long shot. Hopefully I'll get to try it out on one this season. So far it's only seen paper.

[Lloyd Smale]

Bill i shot 5 deer with my 257 this year allready. one with a 100 corelock one with a 100 bt one with a 100 sierra one with a 115 partition and one with a 120 horndy hp. All are in the freezer. Only bullet that didnt work well was the hornady. they advertise it as a game bullet but contrary to what youd think a hp would do it did just the oposite. It didnt expand at all it pensiled through the lungs of the deer. It took some tracking and we did recover it about a 1/2 mile away. Out of all those bullets the one that did the most meat damage was the partition. It took out both front shoulders but then it was a shoulder shot. These deer were all shot between 100 and 200 yards with one exception and again thats the partition. that one was at 275. Ive seen corelock 3030 bullets do as much damage as any of those bullets did out of the 257.

[Cabin4]

I think this proves that any bullet has the potential to fail. There are too many factors that ultimately determine success or failure of a bullets performance. Anytime you launch a projectile at these speeds unpredictable things can and will sometimes happen. Lloyd had a bad experience with a Hornady in 257 on a deer and I have had a perfect experience with a Hornady 270 in 140 grain on a mature bull elk at 215 yards. There are more but this is just my most recent. I have had excellent results with Nosler PTs and others bad results. Choosing a proven premium bullet will not eliminate the possibility of failure. This seems to be the lesson.

[hoggunner]

Well I went with the Hornady 225 interloc and get great results on paper. will try punch a round thru a whitetail this week. I know its over kill but dead is dead and it is a new rifle and I just need to shoot it. I have not had a chance to chrono it but I may have a chance tomorrow. I shot my best three shot group with it yesterday, 1 inch at 200, thinks are starting to fit together.

[Coyote Hunter]

... Next year I’ll likely be using TTSX again, which is one of the bullet we’ll be using for the upcoming elk hunt.

Well, that didn't work out.  Planned to use a 180g North fork in the .300 WM and a 168g TTSX in the .30-06.  Ran out of range time and ended up with what the rifles were already sighted in for - 180g MRX in the .300 and 150g AccuBond in the .30-06.

Dropped a cow in its tracks at 282 yards with the .30-06/150g AccuBond.

Son-in-law dropped one in its tracks at 363 yards with a .300WM and a Winchester factory 180g Power-Point.

[temmi]

My order of preference would be
Nosler Partition
Nosler Accubond
Hornady Interlok


Sierra Game King
I would use either the Partition or the Accubond, depending on which one was more accurate in my rifle.

Change Interlok to Interbond... for me


You did not ask but I would take a:

Nosler 200g eTip before any other one