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Copper vs lead
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<blockquote data-quote="esshup" data-source="post: 2021045" data-attributes="member: 11101"><p>I switched to Barnes in my .243 and .257 Wby Mag when hunting whitetails and had close shots that resulted in hte cup/core bullets impacting at too high of a velocity and not exiting. Still killed the deer, but with no blood trail to follow it was something I didn't want to repeat. I've shot a whitetail with an 85g Barnes TSX and the bullet traveled the whole length of the deer and still exited.</p><p></p><p>The down side is you have to watch impact velocity with the Barnes. You have to keep it above 2,000 fps for any meaningful expansion. Barnes bullets shot into dry sand don't expand. Shoot the same bullet at the same velocity and distance into a gallon of water and they expand perfectly.</p><p></p><p>A buddy uses the 130g TTSX for whitetails in his .308 Encore and has taken them out to 400 yds cleanly. IIRC his MV is 3,000 fps or more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="esshup, post: 2021045, member: 11101"] I switched to Barnes in my .243 and .257 Wby Mag when hunting whitetails and had close shots that resulted in hte cup/core bullets impacting at too high of a velocity and not exiting. Still killed the deer, but with no blood trail to follow it was something I didn't want to repeat. I've shot a whitetail with an 85g Barnes TSX and the bullet traveled the whole length of the deer and still exited. The down side is you have to watch impact velocity with the Barnes. You have to keep it above 2,000 fps for any meaningful expansion. Barnes bullets shot into dry sand don't expand. Shoot the same bullet at the same velocity and distance into a gallon of water and they expand perfectly. A buddy uses the 130g TTSX for whitetails in his .308 Encore and has taken them out to 400 yds cleanly. IIRC his MV is 3,000 fps or more. [/QUOTE]
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