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Copper Bullet Performance... what works?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dr. Vette" data-source="post: 1518637" data-attributes="member: 22335"><p>Dad's 7mm Weatherby with 150 TTSX Barnes has been used for several years to take antelope, mule deer, whitetail deer and elk. The performance has always been excellent and I would take that rifle on any hunt. After all, I developed the load for it, set it up and maintain it. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> He has very much become a man of one rifle using it. I think that all but one shot have been complete pass-throughs, so we only have one recovered bullet.</p><p></p><p>My daughter's 223 is what she uses for deer, and with Barnes TSX 62 grain ammo she has made three one-shot kills, also all pass-throughs.</p><p></p><p>Having said that, I set up a 270 Win and one of my own 7mm Weatherby rifles with Hammer bullets this year. We used them on antelope in WY, and the performance was astounding. 10 pass-throughs, 10 one-shot kills. With the 131gr Hammer Hunter in the 7mm Weatherby, everything died NOW. I was so impressed with them that I want to try them in a fast-twist 7mm Wby barrel and a 30 caliber.</p><p></p><p>They were also very easy to find an accurate load, probably the easiest I've ever seen. That's another reason I want to try more of them. With the Barnes it was easy to find a load for his 7mm, but I have yet to find the exact load for his 300 Wby using the 200gr LRX. It might end up with Hammers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dr. Vette, post: 1518637, member: 22335"] Dad's 7mm Weatherby with 150 TTSX Barnes has been used for several years to take antelope, mule deer, whitetail deer and elk. The performance has always been excellent and I would take that rifle on any hunt. After all, I developed the load for it, set it up and maintain it. ;) He has very much become a man of one rifle using it. I think that all but one shot have been complete pass-throughs, so we only have one recovered bullet. My daughter's 223 is what she uses for deer, and with Barnes TSX 62 grain ammo she has made three one-shot kills, also all pass-throughs. Having said that, I set up a 270 Win and one of my own 7mm Weatherby rifles with Hammer bullets this year. We used them on antelope in WY, and the performance was astounding. 10 pass-throughs, 10 one-shot kills. With the 131gr Hammer Hunter in the 7mm Weatherby, everything died NOW. I was so impressed with them that I want to try them in a fast-twist 7mm Wby barrel and a 30 caliber. They were also very easy to find an accurate load, probably the easiest I've ever seen. That's another reason I want to try more of them. With the Barnes it was easy to find a load for his 7mm, but I have yet to find the exact load for his 300 Wby using the 200gr LRX. It might end up with Hammers. [/QUOTE]
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