Zink14
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I have had great results from Barnes, exp the LRX line, I have put loads of animals on the ground with them, extremely uniform performance
A few of us have done a series of tests with the mono bullets here in California for the past roughly 8 years. All of us have concluded that the conventional bullet designs used in the mono core bullets perform best on class 3 game but they resulted in many hours of tracking to find class 2 game, even with normal proper shot placement. Often with very little to no blood trails. Nearly every one of that bullet design blew through and the exit holes were small. The only shots that performed well with them was shots that hit forward and broke shoulder etc. These either performed DRT or gave large blood trails.Opinions out there for types of bullets for hunting Elk, deer, antelope? Just starting the reload process, and the no-lead for CA...
I have had great luck with Barnes TSX and TTSX on deer, antelope, and feral hogs from my .243, 6XC, 250-3000 Ackley Improved and my 22-250 Ackley Improved. I have not tried them out of 280 Ackley Improved, 338 Win Mag or my 340 Weatherby that are my elk guns. In the free states Nosler Accubonds and Nosler Partitions work great in these calibers for elk.Opinions out there for types of bullets for hunting Elk, deer, antelope? Just starting the reload process, and the no-lead for CA...
Barnes tsx and ttsx just make sure to pare the bullet length with rifle twist. Longer bullets need a faster twist. Barnes load data gives the recommended twist rate for each bullet. The E-tip bullets also work well and are lead free. Barnes has never let me down, I shoot them in .223/5.56 all the way up to .338 wm and .458 SOCOM. I even shoot them in my muzzleloader.Opinions out there for types of bullets for hunting Elk, deer, antelope? Just starting the reload process, and the no-lead for CA...