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OK, the 60 gr partition thread got me to thinking,plus the 50 grain thread in varmints.

Anybody have experience on deer and such with the 60 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip?

I shot a couple good sized hogs with it, and they died. But thats only a sample of two.

Tell e your experiences....

I shot a small mule deer buck with a 220 swift with plain old hornady 60gr soft points,it knocked him flat at about a 100 yards. I'd do it again no problem.

Hornady 60's are proven killahs.

Ingwe,

Did those Noslers exit and at what range did you shoot them?



Travis

I watched my son shoot an impala and 2 springbuck with 3 shots with 60 Hornady's out of a 22-250. Both spring bucks were further than 350 and dead within 10 feet. Impala died on the spot.

Sorry, no experience with the 60 Noslers.

The more I shoot the BT's the more I find them pretty tough. I shot a whitetail with 70 BT's out of a 6-284 at over 3800 and something exited, I think the solid base and turned his lungs to mush. he didn't take a step.

Ranges were 100 and 125 yards. Did not exit...head shots.






FWIW I shot couple others similarly with 63 gr Sierra SMP and they exited...

And yes, used to shoot 60 gr. Hornadys in the old days before uber premium bullets

If my 22 Varminters were tighter twist I would load some 60 Ballistic Tips and report back to you.

I'd not hesitate one bit to use them.

Just shoot tight to the shoulder and bet they die within 20 yards, but probably in their tracks.

Going to try 63s this year and may shoot a couple with an old favorite, 55 Gameking, they work better than they should.

Just checked the Conservation website and looking like I am going to be limited to 3 antlerless deer with a firearm this year. Minimal stunt shooting of the smoothies.

The Hornady SP or their V-Max?




Travis

SP Travis

Years ago a buddy had a .22-250, and really liked 60gr Hornady factory ammo, but could not find it for sale. I offered to show him how to load them, so he came over and we loaded up some 60gr SP Hornadys with a reasonable starting load. At some point he killed two javelina with one shot, became convinced I'd done some evil dangerous voodoo with the loads, and refused to use them anymore.

So yeah, I expect the 60gr SP will kill deer

With barnes around, I don't know why one would look further...

Because we are rifle loonies.

As soon as we find something that works really well ( like barnes)...we gotta try something else....

Or because the Poobah asks about 60's and we start wondering about the question, ourselves...

I do. I'd rather hunt with a bullet/load that I've fired a couple thousand of in the past year, rather than a more expensive bullet I've only fired 50 of. That's been my reasoning with the 65gr SGK anyway...

Really that's just a bunch of words to whine that Barnes bullets are more expensive.

I just bought some 62 grain barnes to kill deer/antelope with. I looked at the 60 Nosler BT, but decided to go Barnes. I have never had trouble killing stuff with wally world special ammo, so I don't know why I am playing with all this high tech stuff.

I've shot several hogs with the 60 ballistic tip. Worked well. Hope to try on a deer this year. I have not been able to bring myself to try it on deer when I have so many 64 grain win. PP'S loaded and they have worked so well for me.

These baby bullet dont kill nothing..... Gotta have a .338 or bigger if you want to be a true killer.........

How did it work on body shots? Apparently Ok....?

r

The three I shot were head/neck area shots. Only one exited. Based on this limited test I think they would perform fine on a body shot. Hope to do some more testing on feral swine. My dad has some loaded for his porch rifle and I'm sure he will have some test media show up soon to root up his yard.

Will the 60 stabilize in a 12" twist? Are they appreciably better than the 55?

I picked up a HTS-stocked mini Mauser here and am hoping to bloody it on deer this year.

I have 55 gr Horn Spires aplenty, as well as their GMX which I'm gonna test over CFE-223.

Thanks everybody for the great conversation as always!

With my experience, and Scenarshooters with the 55 grain Hornadys..I wouldn't bother with the 60s...especially in a regular .223

And yes, they'll stabilize...both of them. But I couldn't tell one iota difference in performance between the 55 and 60.


This mule deer doe caught a 55 grain Hornady right behind the shoulder, complete penetration and exit..DRT ( which I really didn't expect...) at just over 100 yards.