Originally Posted by elkhunternm
Kill a deer with the .257 Roberts yet DF?

Just a coyote.

100 gr. TTSX ruined his day, big time.

I was so enamored with seeing what the 135 gr. .308 Raptor would do, I used it this past weekend. I chest shot a young sow to see how it would perform. I'm impressed, no complaints from the hog, either... shocked

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/10719100

Too many projects.

From the South Carolina study results, I'm thinking soft C&C's in the Roberts to chest shoot WT's. Just got in some 117 Sierra Pro-Hunters and 117 MidwayUSA blems (look like Hornady) to go with my 115 NPT's and 115 NBT's.

Monometals seem to do best with bone/shoulder shots and we prefer chest shooting our meat animals. I could have head/neck/shoulder shot that hog (100 yds, half inch rifle, solid box blind rest), but wouldn't know how the Raptor performed in the chest.

Haven't tried .257 Raptors. It may be that Raptors are about as good as C&C's for chest shooting WT's. My experience with TTSX/TSX chest shots isn't the best. Raptors are kinda pricey.

SC study: http://www.dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/deer/articlegad.html

Non Loonies would know I'm overthinking all this... grin

DF

Last edited by Dirtfarmer; 11/22/15.