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.270 whitetail bullet shopping again, for the last time.
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<blockquote data-quote="planetwaves" data-source="post: 1967406" data-attributes="member: 84697"><p>If you haven't tried ballistic tips recently, they are much tougher than the originals. I use 130s with H4831sc in my 270s for elk. They have performed great. The guide I hunt with (who has 40 years experience) recommends ballistic tips for deer and elk. He carries a 270 with 130gr ballistic tips. He and the guides that work for him discourage the use of solid copper or bonded bullets. They complain about all the long, difficult tracking adventures they've experienced with deer and elk wounded with no blood trail because the bullet pencilled through rather than dumping energy inside the animal. </p><p></p><p>The first time I hunted with him, he had recommended ballistic tips when I booked the hunt. But at that time Barnes tsx were getting a lot of press and there were claims that "even a 270 could kill an elk with tsx." So I bought some, spent time at the range the brought them to the hunt. The guide said "you really don't want to use those" and handed me two boxes of ballistic tips. Using his range, I sighted in and practiced at various ranges. I asked in what situation he would consider a Barnes ttsx. He said maybe a quartering away shot on an elk with a 243.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="planetwaves, post: 1967406, member: 84697"] If you haven’t tried ballistic tips recently, they are much tougher than the originals. I use 130s with H4831sc in my 270s for elk. They have performed great. The guide I hunt with (who has 40 years experience) recommends ballistic tips for deer and elk. He carries a 270 with 130gr ballistic tips. He and the guides that work for him discourage the use of solid copper or bonded bullets. They complain about all the long, difficult tracking adventures they’ve experienced with deer and elk wounded with no blood trail because the bullet pencilled through rather than dumping energy inside the animal. The first time I hunted with him, he had recommended ballistic tips when I booked the hunt. But at that time Barnes tsx were getting a lot of press and there were claims that “even a 270 could kill an elk with tsx.” So I bought some, spent time at the range the brought them to the hunt. The guide said “you really don’t want to use those” and handed me two boxes of ballistic tips. Using his range, I sighted in and practiced at various ranges. I asked in what situation he would consider a Barnes ttsx. He said maybe a quartering away shot on an elk with a 243. [/QUOTE]
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