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6.5mm copper monos for Elk - LRX vs CX vs E-tip vs CEB vs Hammer vs Lehigh
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<blockquote data-quote="kfreeze" data-source="post: 3003694" data-attributes="member: 79596"><p>I don't like to run mono bullets close on the twist rate any more. My brother and I loaded 120 ttsx bullets for his 11.5 twist stevens 7mm-08 years ago and they did good on a couple of MN whitetails until one day he shot about a 160 lb doe at 150 yds and the bullet didn't seem to do much damage on a solid double lung hit. Then we had to track the deer for 250-300 yds onto the neighbors property. When we opened it up the lungs just had about a 2" rip through both of them like a knife would make and previously the deer he shot with that rifle had nothing but red pudding in the chest cavity when opened up. We couldn't figure it out and he switched back to 120 nos bt's and never had one go more than 50 yds again. We figured years later when newer monos started coming out that it may have been a twist rate thing causing the bullet to not open or tumble. Really made me want to stick with the saying from 20 years ago with barnes bullets run the lightest weight for caliber bullets you can.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kfreeze, post: 3003694, member: 79596"] I don't like to run mono bullets close on the twist rate any more. My brother and I loaded 120 ttsx bullets for his 11.5 twist stevens 7mm-08 years ago and they did good on a couple of MN whitetails until one day he shot about a 160 lb doe at 150 yds and the bullet didn't seem to do much damage on a solid double lung hit. Then we had to track the deer for 250-300 yds onto the neighbors property. When we opened it up the lungs just had about a 2" rip through both of them like a knife would make and previously the deer he shot with that rifle had nothing but red pudding in the chest cavity when opened up. We couldn't figure it out and he switched back to 120 nos bt's and never had one go more than 50 yds again. We figured years later when newer monos started coming out that it may have been a twist rate thing causing the bullet to not open or tumble. Really made me want to stick with the saying from 20 years ago with barnes bullets run the lightest weight for caliber bullets you can. [/QUOTE]
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