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Federal Long Range Tipped Bullet?
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<blockquote data-quote="Swamplord" data-source="post: 1419934" data-attributes="member: 2460"><p>[ATTACH=full]93759[/ATTACH] </p><p></p><p></p><p>Have the 200 gr and 175 gr 30 cal Federal TLR bullets coming, they are definitely tougher construction as the rear of the bullet is solid copper, pretty much a high bc Bear Claw bullet with a hollow tip</p><p></p><p>the 200 gr Federal TLR bullet has the same bc as the Berger 210 gr VLD Hunting at .625 g1</p><p></p><p>gonna be loading it up to 3300+ fps to see how accurate they are and how many water jugs they blow up at 50 yards, the Hornady ELD-X 212 gr and 220 gr failed miserably in my tests, the so-called "Inter-Lock" didn't do squat to hold the bullet together, the 190 gr and 210 gr Nosler ABLR held up better but not as accurate as the ELDX in my guns</p><p></p><p>the solid rear and the bonded front of the TLR bullet will offer much better game smashing performance up close, Federal claim the hollow tip and skived front help in improved expansion down to 1300 fps, that part we will have to find out for ourselves</p><p></p><p>Am I finally gonna have the one bullet to hunt with, near and far ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Swamplord, post: 1419934, member: 2460"] [ATTACH=full]93759[/ATTACH] Have the 200 gr and 175 gr 30 cal Federal TLR bullets coming, they are definitely tougher construction as the rear of the bullet is solid copper, pretty much a high bc Bear Claw bullet with a hollow tip the 200 gr Federal TLR bullet has the same bc as the Berger 210 gr VLD Hunting at .625 g1 gonna be loading it up to 3300+ fps to see how accurate they are and how many water jugs they blow up at 50 yards, the Hornady ELD-X 212 gr and 220 gr failed miserably in my tests, the so-called "Inter-Lock" didn't do squat to hold the bullet together, the 190 gr and 210 gr Nosler ABLR held up better but not as accurate as the ELDX in my guns the solid rear and the bonded front of the TLR bullet will offer much better game smashing performance up close, Federal claim the hollow tip and skived front help in improved expansion down to 1300 fps, that part we will have to find out for ourselves Am I finally gonna have the one bullet to hunt with, near and far ? [/QUOTE]
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