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<blockquote data-quote="Mystras" data-source="post: 1581006" data-attributes="member: 33106"><p>I have been using Barnes TTSX 180's in my .300 WM the last 6 years. They are not forgiving bullets like lead bullets in that shot placement is critical on game. I'll explain...they do not fragment like lead and I have had several animals walk away and then die. I believe that with lead bullets they fragment causing additional trauma that helps knock down animals in their tracks. I had a beautiful 7x6 elk that I knocked down at last light on a pulled shot (bad hunter shot behind vitals on a moving elk). The elk went down and stayed down for over a minute. (Probably got the wind knocked-out of him) I did not feel I needed to take a follow-up shot Low light got dark, had to crawl 370 yards over deadfall to get to it and it was gone. Multiple days of searching in lost blood trail found the elk 1 mile away a week later. Terrible scenario. I have had several friends who have had similar experiences loosing animals with the TTSX. I was fortunate to take a bull this October at 487 yds with handloaded 180 TTSX. The conditions were not great, swirling winds, snow, last day to hunt. shot through left side quartered out behind vitals. Animal mortally wounded but did not drop and die. Had to take follow-up shots. I retrieved the first bullet on the far side under the hide. Expanded as designed. My experience with solid coper tells me the bullets are great and do their job. As long as you have enough energy at impact they open up and perform well as mentioned above. As with any hunting situation <u><strong>shot placement is key</strong></u> and I believe this is critically important when using weight retaining solid bullets. I like lead bullets for helping overcome my shortcomings in the field but I have been staying with copper because I don't want lead in the game meat I serve to my family. [ATTACH=full]123658[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mystras, post: 1581006, member: 33106"] I have been using Barnes TTSX 180's in my .300 WM the last 6 years. They are not forgiving bullets like lead bullets in that shot placement is critical on game. I'll explain...they do not fragment like lead and I have had several animals walk away and then die. I believe that with lead bullets they fragment causing additional trauma that helps knock down animals in their tracks. I had a beautiful 7x6 elk that I knocked down at last light on a pulled shot (bad hunter shot behind vitals on a moving elk). The elk went down and stayed down for over a minute. (Probably got the wind knocked-out of him) I did not feel I needed to take a follow-up shot Low light got dark, had to crawl 370 yards over deadfall to get to it and it was gone. Multiple days of searching in lost blood trail found the elk 1 mile away a week later. Terrible scenario. I have had several friends who have had similar experiences loosing animals with the TTSX. I was fortunate to take a bull this October at 487 yds with handloaded 180 TTSX. The conditions were not great, swirling winds, snow, last day to hunt. shot through left side quartered out behind vitals. Animal mortally wounded but did not drop and die. Had to take follow-up shots. I retrieved the first bullet on the far side under the hide. Expanded as designed. My experience with solid coper tells me the bullets are great and do their job. As long as you have enough energy at impact they open up and perform well as mentioned above. As with any hunting situation [U][B]shot placement is key[/B][/U] and I believe this is critically important when using weight retaining solid bullets. I like lead bullets for helping overcome my shortcomings in the field but I have been staying with copper because I don't want lead in the game meat I serve to my family. [ATTACH=full]123658[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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