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Bullet selection is driving me nuts....
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<blockquote data-quote="Brad Norman" data-source="post: 2723095" data-attributes="member: 33163"><p>I don't doubt what you're saying could be true Mr. Cajun. I can't speak for bullets my family and I haven't used but the Sierra Game Kings never let us down in .243 Winchester with the 85-grain BTHP, which we found tougher than their 100-grain BTSP. We never recovered one of those funny square-tipped hollow points on Muleys, and no bullet fragments either. </p><p></p><p>In .260 Remington and the 6.5 Swede the Sierra 140-grain BTSP shot tight like a match bullet and killed Coyotes, Pronghorn and Muleys on the spot. In our .308 and .30-'06 rifles the 165-grain GK's were what we stuck with and they always gave great results. Again the BTHP Game King was, in our experience, tougher and we always got an exit. The only Elk I recall us using a Sierra on was a big cow my Son shot with a 165 BTSP in his .308 and there were no issues at all. She never took a step. </p><p></p><p>The most impressive shots we've had were from the .270 Win. caliber using the 150 BTSP. Dang. Everything we shot in the chest with that bullet (loaded to about 2,900 FPS) collapsed in its tracks except one big 3X3 Muley several years ago, which ran uphill about 40 yards then crashed after being hit through both lungs. That was so unusual I had to shake my head. Otherwise, our .270 rifles killed like lightning strikes with those Sierra bullets. I've recently re-barreled one of my old Remingtons with an 8-twist barrel so I could take advantage of Sierra's new 175-gain .277 TGK. I long throated my .270 Win. chamber and with H1000 I'm getting very close to 2,800 FPS, but not quite. So far, so good. We'll see if over time it performs as well on game as the old lead-tipped 150-grain has. </p><p></p><p>Thanks for sharing your experiences Sir.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brad Norman, post: 2723095, member: 33163"] I don't doubt what you're saying could be true Mr. Cajun. I can't speak for bullets my family and I haven't used but the Sierra Game Kings never let us down in .243 Winchester with the 85-grain BTHP, which we found tougher than their 100-grain BTSP. We never recovered one of those funny square-tipped hollow points on Muleys, and no bullet fragments either. In .260 Remington and the 6.5 Swede the Sierra 140-grain BTSP shot tight like a match bullet and killed Coyotes, Pronghorn and Muleys on the spot. In our .308 and .30-'06 rifles the 165-grain GK's were what we stuck with and they always gave great results. Again the BTHP Game King was, in our experience, tougher and we always got an exit. The only Elk I recall us using a Sierra on was a big cow my Son shot with a 165 BTSP in his .308 and there were no issues at all. She never took a step. The most impressive shots we've had were from the .270 Win. caliber using the 150 BTSP. Dang. Everything we shot in the chest with that bullet (loaded to about 2,900 FPS) collapsed in its tracks except one big 3X3 Muley several years ago, which ran uphill about 40 yards then crashed after being hit through both lungs. That was so unusual I had to shake my head. Otherwise, our .270 rifles killed like lightning strikes with those Sierra bullets. I've recently re-barreled one of my old Remingtons with an 8-twist barrel so I could take advantage of Sierra's new 175-gain .277 TGK. I long throated my .270 Win. chamber and with H1000 I'm getting very close to 2,800 FPS, but not quite. So far, so good. We'll see if over time it performs as well on game as the old lead-tipped 150-grain has. Thanks for sharing your experiences Sir. [/QUOTE]
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