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.243 bullet 300 and under on deer & Barnes TSX question
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<blockquote data-quote="Frog4aday" data-source="post: 1683519" data-attributes="member: 9308"><p>I'm sorry to hear about your wife losing her deer. It sounds like she made a pretty solid hit (blood trail you described) so you probably would have recovered it if it hadn't slipped off to someone else's property and snuck away through the vegetation.</p><p></p><p>The thing is, even if the Barnes bullet worked great and that deer was dead 10 yards from where you stopped looking for it, you MUST change bullets for your wife's sake. The Barnes bullet "failed" her (she didn't get her deer) and to boost confidence, you need to change to something else. (FOR THE RECORD: I really like the "X" bullets when they can be driven fast, which is the case here. Sad to hear the deer got away.)</p><p></p><p>I agree with the suggestions for an accurate, lead soft-point replacement. They just seem to produce the DRT performance more often, which is what we all want. In a small caliber, penetration is important (which the "X" bullets shine at!), so I'm suggesting (as others have) the <strong>NOSLER PARTITION</strong> for the next hunt. They make a 100 grain and a 95 grain. Probably safer to just go with the 95 grain since it is more likely to shoot well out of most rifles. You'll get a little more speed from it, too.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]143440[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Frog4aday, post: 1683519, member: 9308"] I'm sorry to hear about your wife losing her deer. It sounds like she made a pretty solid hit (blood trail you described) so you probably would have recovered it if it hadn't slipped off to someone else's property and snuck away through the vegetation. The thing is, even if the Barnes bullet worked great and that deer was dead 10 yards from where you stopped looking for it, you MUST change bullets for your wife's sake. The Barnes bullet "failed" her (she didn't get her deer) and to boost confidence, you need to change to something else. (FOR THE RECORD: I really like the "X" bullets when they can be driven fast, which is the case here. Sad to hear the deer got away.) I agree with the suggestions for an accurate, lead soft-point replacement. They just seem to produce the DRT performance more often, which is what we all want. In a small caliber, penetration is important (which the "X" bullets shine at!), so I'm suggesting (as others have) the [B]NOSLER PARTITION[/B] for the next hunt. They make a 100 grain and a 95 grain. Probably safer to just go with the 95 grain since it is more likely to shoot well out of most rifles. You'll get a little more speed from it, too. [ATTACH=full]143440[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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