Tom, Ive used that bullet many times on deer and such. Im perfectly comfortable with a 200 yard shot, but prefer not to do 300 unless conditions are ideal. I practice regularly at 200 and 300 for those "just in case" days..
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
Tom, Ive used that bullet many times on deer and such. Im perfectly comfortable with a 200 yard shot, but prefer not to do 300 unless conditions are ideal. I practice regularly at 200 and 300 for those "just in case" days..
Not to hijack, but what ranges are in your comfort zone for something like the Hornady 55 SP behind a shoulder, as opposed to the Barnes TTSX? Same-same?
I’ve killed a couple does with the 70 grain Speer Semi spritzer at 200 yards and saw no difference in performance as the ones I’ve shot at 50-100 with the same bullet. That’s far enough for me.
At 200 yards a 65gr Sierra Gameking works great. I took several large does at that range this summer. It worked fine at 250 yards too, but I only took one at that distance.
I have killed some big deer with 62gr SP pills... lots of hogs. They WILL run if shot in the lungs/heart. Shoulder shots or neck shots anchor better. I limit my shots to 250 yards. Probably kill further out but it's easier to use another rifle if shooting longer distance.
"If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die, I want to go where they went" Will Rogers
Tom, Ive used that bullet many times on deer and such. Im perfectly comfortable with a 200 yard shot, but prefer not to do 300 unless conditions are ideal. I practice regularly at 200 and 300 for those "just in case" days..
Not to hijack, but what ranges are in your comfort zone for something like the Hornady 55 SP behind a shoulder, as opposed to the Barnes TTSX? Same-same?
Yes. Or for any bullet with proven performance on deer..i.e. E-tips, Gold Dots
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
Tom, Ive used that bullet many times on deer and such. Im perfectly comfortable with a 200 yard shot, but prefer not to do 300 unless conditions are ideal. I practice regularly at 200 and 300 for those "just in case" days..
I was hoping you'd chime in. I guess I just needed some reassurance. I'm cool with 200. That bullets is bad, bad, bad, on deer! Good lord they die from it.
Tom, Ive used that bullet many times on deer and such. Im perfectly comfortable with a 200 yard shot, but prefer not to do 300 unless conditions are ideal. I practice regularly at 200 and 300 for those "just in case" days..
Not to hijack, but what ranges are in your comfort zone for something like the Hornady 55 SP behind a shoulder, as opposed to the Barnes TTSX? Same-same?
Yeah they would be. But that bullet doesn't group as well. I'd really like 60gr NP to work but it doesn't like those either. I have some 62gr Hornady's but haven't got to loading them yet.
But now that we've used the 55gr TTSX on about 4 deer now, I'm probably not going to switch to something for hunting. They shoot tiny little groups at 100. And of the 3 WT and 1 Mule shot with them, only the Mulie moved from where it was shot. It ran 40 yards and poured blood the entire time.