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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 2017617" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>The Trophy Bonded Bear Claw is one of my all-time favorites for terminal performance on really large game, dangerous or otherwise. I've loaded these bullets for bear defense and camp defense bullets for close to 20 years. </p><p>The original TBBCs were manufactured by Jack Carter in Texas, and came in these boxes (see photo). Then Speer bought the rights to manufacture them. Now Federal. I've not purchased any of the tipped versions of the Trophy Bonded bullets, but if their terminal performance on game is similar to the prior non-tipped bullets, they should perform superbly.</p><p></p><p>My use of the bullets has been shorter range on brown bear, moose, and caribou. Never had a disappointment. Only impressed. The prior versions of these bullets were not noted for target-equivalent accuracy. I can imagine it's difficult to maintain perfect rotational balance in the copper cavity section of the bullets with the bonded lead core. They shot fine for my uses, but I never used them past 300yds. If Federal's Terminal Ascent version of these bullets provide 1/2moa accuracy, they'd have potential to be great performers, both up close and far off.</p><p></p><p>This photo shows perhaps the best performing TBBC I've recovered from an animal. This one was recovered from the offside shoulder of a bull moose this past September. </p><p>Left to Right...</p><p>1) 160gr .284 bullet fired from a 7mm Rem Mag. Impact velocity maybe 2,650fps. 97.6% weight retention. Maximum expanded diameter of 0.646", or 2.3 times expansion. Hard to create a lot of lead shard infested meat when the bullet retains 97.6% of its original weight.</p><p>2) 160gr .284 bullet - unfired TBBC.</p><p>3) 200gr .308 bullet - unfired TBBC.</p><p></p><p>Killed brown bear with the original 225gr .338 TBBCs, and they have been devastating on the big bears, even after their adrenalin rush hits overdrive. One 10 1/2 footer was dead when he hit the ground, and that bullet was simply placed in the middle of the ribs on a broadside shot profile. The large frontal expansion shocked him to the ground, lifeless.</p><p></p><p>Been tempted to purchase some of the tipped Federal Terminal Ascent bullets, but I'm so content with my current bullets, at close and long range, that I haven't... so far...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]224283[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 2017617, member: 4191"] The Trophy Bonded Bear Claw is one of my all-time favorites for terminal performance on really large game, dangerous or otherwise. I've loaded these bullets for bear defense and camp defense bullets for close to 20 years. The original TBBCs were manufactured by Jack Carter in Texas, and came in these boxes (see photo). Then Speer bought the rights to manufacture them. Now Federal. I've not purchased any of the tipped versions of the Trophy Bonded bullets, but if their terminal performance on game is similar to the prior non-tipped bullets, they should perform superbly. My use of the bullets has been shorter range on brown bear, moose, and caribou. Never had a disappointment. Only impressed. The prior versions of these bullets were not noted for target-equivalent accuracy. I can imagine it's difficult to maintain perfect rotational balance in the copper cavity section of the bullets with the bonded lead core. They shot fine for my uses, but I never used them past 300yds. If Federal's Terminal Ascent version of these bullets provide 1/2moa accuracy, they'd have potential to be great performers, both up close and far off. This photo shows perhaps the best performing TBBC I've recovered from an animal. This one was recovered from the offside shoulder of a bull moose this past September. Left to Right... 1) 160gr .284 bullet fired from a 7mm Rem Mag. Impact velocity maybe 2,650fps. 97.6% weight retention. Maximum expanded diameter of 0.646", or 2.3 times expansion. Hard to create a lot of lead shard infested meat when the bullet retains 97.6% of its original weight. 2) 160gr .284 bullet - unfired TBBC. 3) 200gr .308 bullet - unfired TBBC. Killed brown bear with the original 225gr .338 TBBCs, and they have been devastating on the big bears, even after their adrenalin rush hits overdrive. One 10 1/2 footer was dead when he hit the ground, and that bullet was simply placed in the middle of the ribs on a broadside shot profile. The large frontal expansion shocked him to the ground, lifeless. Been tempted to purchase some of the tipped Federal Terminal Ascent bullets, but I'm so content with my current bullets, at close and long range, that I haven't... so far... [ATTACH type="full" alt="2020 Moose 97.6% Weight Retention.jpg"]224283[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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