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Copper Bullet Performance... what works?
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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1519994" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>I've shot several bear with my .358 Winchester (200gr TTSX bt), 35 Whelen (225gr. TSX), and 30-06 (180 gr TSX). All of the shots were at close range 50-75 yards, all pass throughs and never found the bullet. The bear that I shot with the 30-06 had a large entry hole once it got under the skin, traveled the entire length of the bear and exited just behind the shoulder with a hole that you could put your fist in. When skinning the bear out, the guide told me that the entry hole was the exit hole, I told him it wasn't and he agreed once he saw the exit hole behind the shoulder. I shot my last bear at 70 yards with the 35 Whelen, caught the bear in the middle of the chest, the bear was looking at me from a quartering stance, and the bullet exited just behind the left shoulder. The exit hole had lung tissue in it, the exit hole was the size of your fist. That is my experience with bullet performance with copper bullets. Now we shoot the same Barnes bullets at 8 inch plates at 300 yards. Although we are hitting plates with the Barnes bullets, the Whelens by far like the Sierra Game King 225gr boat tail bullets and shoot more consistently. I am not saying that Barnes makes the best bullet on the market, they just are the ones that we have had experience with.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1519994, member: 69192"] I've shot several bear with my .358 Winchester (200gr TTSX bt), 35 Whelen (225gr. TSX), and 30-06 (180 gr TSX). All of the shots were at close range 50-75 yards, all pass throughs and never found the bullet. The bear that I shot with the 30-06 had a large entry hole once it got under the skin, traveled the entire length of the bear and exited just behind the shoulder with a hole that you could put your fist in. When skinning the bear out, the guide told me that the entry hole was the exit hole, I told him it wasn't and he agreed once he saw the exit hole behind the shoulder. I shot my last bear at 70 yards with the 35 Whelen, caught the bear in the middle of the chest, the bear was looking at me from a quartering stance, and the bullet exited just behind the left shoulder. The exit hole had lung tissue in it, the exit hole was the size of your fist. That is my experience with bullet performance with copper bullets. Now we shoot the same Barnes bullets at 8 inch plates at 300 yards. Although we are hitting plates with the Barnes bullets, the Whelens by far like the Sierra Game King 225gr boat tail bullets and shoot more consistently. I am not saying that Barnes makes the best bullet on the market, they just are the ones that we have had experience with. [/QUOTE]
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