What bullets are you guys shooting these days?

[nube]

I just decided to resurrect my 300 win mag. I used to shoot the coated XLC coated Barnes bullets with it.
What are you guys shooting mostly these days for a gun like this for up to 600 yard ranges? It's a hunting rifle not a paper puncher.
I use TSX in my go to rifle now but I am not a fan of them for a couple reasons and looking to try something else.
I have always been a fan of hornady but I am open to some ideas

[sage 13]

Speer 180 BTSP is what I have found to shoot the best so far. Tried Nosler 180 partitions, accubonds and swift 180s as well but not enough testing yet
on them will no more in a month or so.

[birdseye]

ive used accubonds for a long time in my 300,and late 2015 decided to try the 180gr E-Tips and impo they are the best bullet ive ever tried,almost 100% weight retention and excellent accuracy.They have all exited all animals ive used them on.Even on a big black bear through both shoulders.deff worth a try:sHa_shakeshout:

[elkhunter11]

I use the TTSX in the 7mmstw, and the Accubond in my 6.5x55. I like the monometals at high velocity, but I won't use them where the potential impact velocity is much below 2500fps.

[sage 13]

ive used accubonds for a long time in my 300,and late 2015 decided to try the 180gr E-Tips and impo they are the best bullet ive ever tried,almost 100% weight retention and excellent accuracy.They have all exited all animals ive used them on.Even on a big black bear through both shoulders.deff worth a try:sHa_shakeshout:

Just curious if they have all exited the animals you tried them on how do you no they have 100% weight retention.

[gitrdun]

Just curious if they have all exited the animals you tried them on how do you no they have 100% weight retention.

Just curious, when your quarry is laying on it's side, deader than a door nail. Do you proceed with an archeological search for "the" bullet and have a scale handy? Or do you get out your knife and proceed with the business at hand? :)

[leo]

I started switching over to Barnes TSX and TTSX about 4 years ago. I'm shooting them in my magnums only. Accuracy is excellent and terminal performance is predictable. I recovered one 140 grain TTSX shot from a 280 Ackley Improved. Bullet angled through over 3' of elk and weighed 139 grains.

[Fur]

Just finishing off the last of my Winchester XP3s. I do not think they make them anymore or at least I cannot find them for sale. Have recovered two of the bullets and one had 97% retention and the other 92%. 180 grains. Bought some partitions that I will be using this year.

[sns2]

I have been mostly an Accubond guy for the last few years, with the exception of an elk with the 150gr TTSX out of a 300 mag.

This year, I am thinking of going with the Hornady ELD-X. Operates the same as an Accubond. Just loaded some up this past week.

Sooo many good options nowadays.

[gitrdun]

I'll stay with anything Sierra. :)

[Sask Bearman]

Lots of excellent options out there. I loaded some 200 grain Barnes TSX's for my 358 Winchester for bears this spring. They performed well.

[fast_pass88]

Just curious if they have all exited the animals you tried them on how do you no they have 100% weight retention.

Lol. Valid point

[harv3589]

Old Partition for me...used them in all rifles ive had for the last number of years

[Maxwell78]

223:

55gr Nosler Ballistic tips

6.5X55:
Nosler 140 partitions
Sierra 142 MK's in the swede for target shooting
Just putting together a load for it with the 160 Woodleighs.(So far so good)

280:
Nosler 150 gr LRAB

338-06
Nosler 225 gr Accubonds

[obsessed1]

300 wm 180 accubonds
308 win 168 ETIP
308 win 150 accubonds
243 95 partition
30 30 160 ftX
45 70 230 hornady RN

Have used these combos for ghetto past 5-6 years...thinking I might try out more hornady and sierras
I love sierrands bks in my 22-250 and 243 for song dogs

[nube]

How are you guys finding the Accubonds on game? I have heard good and bad.

[Kurt.Hanger]

A little harder to come by and you'll pay a bit more but for hunting bullets i think it's hard to beat the Swift Sirocco's and they are more than capable to get the job done to in excess of the distance you mentioned. For game thats a little heavier give the A-Frames a try, they are both premium bullets. Buy a couple boxes and load them up, I think your search will be over.

[Scopithorne]

A little harder to come by and you'll pay a bit more but for hunting bullets i think it's hard to beat the Swift Sirocco's and they are more than capable to get the job done to in excess of the distance you mentioned. For game thats a little heavier give the A-Frames a try, they are both premium bullets. Buy a couple boxes and load them up, I think your search will be over.

Couldnt agree more they are great bullets

[obsessed1]

How are you guys finding the Accubonds on game? I have heard good and bad.

Every animal I've shot with one has gone down . Some bang flops, some run 50-100 yds but all have died. In my rifles they are accurate enough to stay MOA out to 1000 yds and they are reasonably priced. That said once my bullet stock has been used up I think I'll give some of hornadys bullets a try.

To date I've taken
With the 300 wm 180 accubonds
2 bull elk
1 cow elk
2 moose

With the 308 150 accubonds
1 bull elk
5 wt bucks
4 two does

With 308 168 ETIP
I bull elk
I moose
5 wt does
1 wt buck

Some bullets were pass through some not. All bullets recovered held together and had good weight retention

[cornuteo]

Retired Captain R.G. From the E.F.D. did not have luck with these bullets.He lost some big animals shooting acu's and thought they were garbage. He was a fan of Partitions but later switched to tsx's. I shoot ttsx's in my 270...and have not lost an animal or recovered any of the bullets. Barnes lrx in the 7 mm rm and they are great performers. Just bought a Tikka 7 mm rm that I will try Hornady -Eld-x (162g) because of the b.c. For long range shooting. Have not decided if I will shoot game with these yet but they have some good reviews

[wolf308]

I'll stay with anything Sierra. :)

Nice.

Use the 180 Gr Sierra GK in my 300 h&h

[Warrior]

for my 7mm I am going to try Hornady 139gr SST for shooting and the Hornady 139gr GMX for hunting (both shoot the same out of my rifle)

[dangerranger5143]

I don't own any .30 Cal hunting rifles. I am strictly a 7mm guy. The 7mm RM gets 162gr Hornady ELD-X. The 7mm STW gets 168gr Nosler Long Range AccuBonds. H-1000 Powder behind both. Took a lot of testing to find the right ingredients.

DR

[sage 13]

A little harder to come by and you'll pay a bit more but for hunting bullets i think it's hard to beat the Swift Sirocco's and they are more than capable to get the job done to in excess of the distance you mentioned. For game thats a little heavier give the A-Frames a try, they are both premium bullets. Buy a couple boxes and load them up, I think your search will be over.

There is some in the buy/sell right now for a good price, wish they were there before I had all ready purchased some.

[sns2]

How are you guys finding the Accubonds on game? I have heard good and bad.

Everything I have shot with them have basically flopped over and died. Exit wounds on everything. Lots of really good bullets, but the Accubond is a really good balance between expansion, penetration, and accuracy. If I had to only have one bullet for the rest of my life to use in Alberta, this would be the one. However, as 260 Rem often reminds me, I have a very short attention span, thus I change frequently, as variety is the spice of life.

[BuckCuller]

Barnes TTSX. But there are a lot of other great performing bullets out there now too.

[Slicktricker]

I shot accubonds,spire points, power points, partitions, gamekings this was my first year using Barnes 160 tsx and I was impressed dropped that bear and penetrated through him front to back

[The Flint&Fly Guy]

Woodliegh Weldcore, 180gr pp

[rem338win]

I like the TTSX, Accubond and fusion/Deepcurls.

The TTSX expands moderately and penetrates forever and the Fusion/Deepcurls retain weight well and expand broadly. I find that the Accubond falls somewhere in the middle and all have been very accurate.

[Cowtown guy]

I have been mostly an Accubond guy for the last few years, with the exception of an elk with the 150gr TTSX out of a 300 mag.

This year, I am thinking of going with the Hornady ELD-X. Operates the same as an Accubond. Just loaded some up this past week.

Sooo many good options nowadays.

They actually don't act the same as an Accubond. One is bonded, the Accubond, and one has an interlock ring similar to the SST IIRC.

They are ballistically more stable than the Accubond also.

[leeelmer]

Berger VLD in my 308
TTSX in 280AI
Hornady Interlock in my 358 Norma

Been happy with Accubonds in some rifles as well
Not picky, find what shoots good and will work good on intended game.
Sometimes been stuck with one bullet because thats all that will group good in a particular gun. Wouldn't shoot TTSX in my 280AI but thats all she likes, thought I was going to burn out the barrel before I found a load that worked lol.

[sns2]

I was referring to their retention and expansion which are very similar.

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[sns2]

Nube, here is the bullet test that made me decide to give the ELD-x a try this year.

http://www.fieldandstream.com/long-range-shootout

[Huntsman]

Cast Boolits mainly. Been quite successful with them too.

[Beeman3]

Nothing but 215 Berger out of my 300 Win Mag. Deadly killer from close range to WAY out there. Farthest was a whitetail at 734 yds. Nothing has taken a step. As long as you have a 10 twist barrel I'd try them. Use federal GM 215 M primers and H1000. Start them 30 thou off the lands. I'm driving them right at 3000 fps. It's a very hard combo to beat especially for the 500 to 1000 yd shots. You will lose some meat! But there's no tracking involved.

[nube]

Nothing but 215 Berger out of my 300 Win Mag. Deadly killer from close range to WAY out there. Farthest was a whitetail at 734 yds. Nothing has taken a step. As long as you have a 10 twist barrel I'd try them. Use federal GM 215 M primers and H1000. Start them 30 thou off the lands. I'm driving them right at 3000 fps. It's a very hard combo to beat especially for the 500 to 1000 yd shots. You will lose some meat! But there's no tracking involved.

Wow that is pretty fast for a 300 mag in that weight isn't it?
Sounds like a good combo for u. Thanks for the info

[double gun]

If given the choice, I choose nosler partition or accubonds for 99% of my hunting. It also depends on the cartridge and intended game animal.

[Beeman3]

My gun is a full custom. Borden action, #3 Brux, Holland brake, McMillan Game Scout, NF SHV. Finished at 10 lb 2 oz. It is fast but in line with what other guys are running the 215 Berger. I got my reamer specs from a fellow on long range hunting forum. He actually runs the 215 at 3050 fps out of a 28" barrel. Mines a 26". A friend of mine also used my reamer to build his gun and we load both guns identical except he runs 2 gr less powder because his brass is heavier and he gets 3000 fps as well. We have shot the 215 in factory rifles and all have shot really well! If you are going to shoot out to 600 yds and farther I'd give it a try. I couldn't be happier. I don't even shoot my 300 RUM anymore.

[TangoKilo]

7mm 145gr LRX
9.3mm 250gr Ballistic tip

That is all

[Salavee]

Woodliegh Weldcore, 180gr pp

x2 ..

[skidderman]

Used to shoot partitions and loved them. Couldn't stand the lead flattening out in the mag though so switched to accubonds. I know some will say the flattened out lead makes no difference but I don't like it. Wish they had plastic tips.

[eric2381]

I've been handloading 180gr Accubonds in my 300 win for years and shot quite a bit of game with them. Elk and deer. Very happy with them. 300 is too much for deer I think, but the AB don't blow them to pieces. Like a softer bullet.

I did finally get my 25-06 AI shooting and I'm going to use 80gr TTSX in it for deer. Try it out on a few before I decide for sure though.

[Deer Hunter]

If given the choice, I choose nosler partition or accubonds for 99% of my hunting. It also depends on the cartridge and intended game animal.

I have had poor accuracy every time I have tried an accubond.
I won't try them again.

I prefer Barnes ttsx for big stuff or the Sierra pro hunter for medium game at proper distances

[Alberta Bigbore]

This season ill be using 130grain Nosler Accubond in the 270 win for deer. And 250grain Nosler Accubond for everything else in the 338 win mag.

[brewster29]

I really struggled to find a premium bullet and load that would shoot well from my 20 year old Rem 700. Tried Hornady GMX, Accubonds and Partition 180's, various powders and loads. Finally tried Barnes TTSX 180's fuelled by RL22 (which I now have trouble finding), getting tiny 3 shot groups and 3100 fps. They do leave some copper in my barrel but it cleans easily with Wipeout.

[209x50]

I have switched all my big game rifle to the Hornady ELD X and a couple to the ELD Match. As the old saying goes, "only accuracy kills."

[boah]

Who makes the Winchester xp3 bullet. They were great!!

[double gun]

......

[morinj]

Only shot paper, but quite satisfied with the ELD-X 200 grain, 300wm
First shot high at 100yrds, made adjustment, and shot a pretty nice 9 shot grouping!

[AlbertaAl]

Nube, here is the bullet test that made me decide to give the ELD-x a try this year.

http://www.fieldandstream.com/long-range-shootout

Thanks for the posting...
I've been working with the 143gr. ELD-X in a 6.5x47Lapua
Using RL17 my velocity on various loads is from 2750-2800 fps
Getting0 close to adopting a pet load for this hunting bullet.

[6.5swedeforelk]

Well I've tried the E-tips on several elk & moose.

Perfectly centered lung shots, and every one escaped cleanly.







Just kidding.

Birdseye's bizzaro brother

[shooter12]

I load 200 gr Sierra GK for all my open country hunting , before was using Nosler Partitions and Speer Hot Core all in 200 gr with very good result but found that GK works nicely up to 600 yds maybe more , have not killed anything futher then that.
Now playing with Hornady ELD X in 200gr ,they shoot good too and have higher BC then Game Kings. Will try them this season on elk.

[amosfella]

I've never gotten to put this bullet into an animal, but I know some who have. Matrix Ballistics used to make bonded bullets. Those who I know that put those bullets to animals say that they performed like a Nosler accubond or partition.

The good thing about ordering from Matrix was that if I wanted bullets, I wouldn't have to go searching for the ones I wanted, bouncing around from store to store, etc. I'd just give him a call, and whether they were in stock or not, I'd have them in my mailbox within a week. Consistency from one lot to the next was very very good. That was very important when supplies of bullets was low and finding 2 boxes of the same thing was almost impossible at times...

[bowhunter9841]

140 gr. accubonds out of my 270win.

[DiabeticKripple]

for my 7mm I am going to try Hornady 139gr SST for shooting and the Hornady 139gr GMX for hunting (both shoot the same out of my rifle)

i shoot the 139gr GMX and ive had good results. 3 deer and a cow elk. all pass throughs except one where i hit the shoulder going in, found the bullet in the hide on the off side.

once i start reloading, im going to try the TTSX as everyone seems to have good results.

[mgvande]

In a 300mag. I had great accuracy with the 200gr partition. That was my go to bullet and stopped playing with other projectiles after that.

[stevens]

hornady 178 grain eld-x

[Gilly]

Nube I've been running the 180 grain accubonds in my 300 for quite a while now. From right up close to about 450 yards I've had great performance with Them. I like the fact they open up even at a pretty modest velocity yet they seem to hold together pretty darned good for something that isn't mono metal. I've shot deer, antelope, moose, elk, bears, and a bunch of plains game with them and of the 25 or so head of game I have harvested with them I've never lost an animal. It's the only bullet I'm shooting nowadays in the 270 wsm, 300 win mag, 35 whelen, and my 375. Lots of real good options out there for the 300 winny.

Cheers

Gilly

[boah]

Who makes the Winchester xp3 bullet. They were great!!

Nobody knows??

[gitrdun]

Sierra Game Kings and Pro Hunters for me.

[Smokinyotes]

180accubonds is what I use in my 300wm. I wouldn't be afraid to use it out to 700 yards on game.

[Joe Black]

Use ones that are pointy

[DUKE-1]

in my 270wsm, on sask whitetail, i find the barnes on the heavy side, deer travel alittle ways before knowing they have a double hole in them . lol. i get awsome accuracy with federal fusion ,two cow moose and several deer under 400 meters drop like a rock with 75% exit. love the accubonds also loaded them yrs ago.

[purgatory.sv]

I just decided to resurrect my 300 win mag. I used to shoot the coated XLC coated Barnes bullets with it.
What are you guys shooting mostly these days for a gun like this for up to 600 yard ranges? It's a hunting rifle not a paper puncher.
I use TSX in my go to rifle now but I am not a fan of them for a couple reasons and looking to try something else.
I have always been a fan of hornady but I am open to some ideas



I used the same projectiles in a 300 win also,but my target was less than 300 yards.
I understand and support people's decision to exit the cup and core.

I am now using 165gr hornady part#3040 when i find them.
My second choice is 180gr win pp,but i can't shoot beyond 200 yards.

[stevens]

178 grain hornady eld-x

http://www.fieldandstream.com/long-range-shootout

[roger]

barnes 100 gr ttsx at 3800fps.

[1Heavyhitr]

I just decided to resurrect my 300 win mag. I used to shoot the coated XLC coated Barnes bullets with it.
What are you guys shooting mostly these days for a gun like this for up to 600 yard ranges? It's a hunting rifle not a paper puncher.
I use TSX in my go to rifle now but I am not a fan of them for a couple reasons and looking to try something else.
I have always been a fan of hornady but I am open to some ideas

what aren't you happy with? Have you tried the 175 LRX or the new 168/190 LR Accubond? New Eldx looks interesting too..

[JD848]

Nube, here is the bullet test that made me decide to give the ELD-x a try this year.

http://www.fieldandstream.com/long-range-shootout

I tried the ELDX on a five gallon pail in 7mm rem mag at 500 yrds and it did some wicked damage to that pail, ,I think that bullet is the best hornady has come out with,looks like the barnes is ready to be reloaded if you can stick the tip on it.

[Fowl91]

I've been using the TTSX with great success on game. Have Hornady Interlocks loaded for this year as well, accurate so far on paper.

[Ndallyn]

.257 - hornady 117 gr sst
- nosler 100 gr ballistic tips

6.5 mm - nosler 130 gr accubond

.277 - nosler 140 gr accubond

.284 - hornady 154 gr interbond
- nosler 160 gr accubond

.308 - hornady 150 gr sst
- hornady 165 gr sst
- nosler 200 gr partition
- Barnes 150 gr flat hollow point
-hornady 160 gr ftx

.321 - Speer 170 gr hotcor flatpoint

8mm - nosler 200 gr accubond
- hornady 195 gr interlock

.375 - bullet barn 265gr fp with gas check
- Speer 230 gr hotcor

.459 - bullet barn 350 gr fp

[ram crazy]

I'll stay with anything Sierra. :)

Well at least somebody has luck with Sierra bullets!!!
I use Accubonds.

[EagleEyes]

180 accubonds in my 300 wsm or sst's they both shoot the same out of my gun. Shot my draw mulie buck last season at about 400 yrd's with a sst threw the lungs was stuck in the hide on the other side... Cleaned up it weighed around 140 grains.

[270person]

Same as always and always will be. 160 partitions.

[Don_Parsons]

I use to use blunt nose Winchester's for my 270 and 308.
I had good luck with 190 Speeres for my 300 Weatherby.

I'm using the 178gr Hornady ELD-X's this year for my 30/06.

40 to 150 ish yards for deer if it works out. Yes its a bit much,,, but I'm thinking that 1 will do the job.

Don

[MartyT]

Sierra gamekings here mostly but one 270 really likes nosler lrabs so its fed those

[huntingfamily]

1st choice: Accubonds
2nd: TTSX (in my 'faster' cartridges only)
Third: Partitions