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You blew off Mule Deer's experience. I doubt Craig Boddington, Jack O'Connor or I have enough, if any of us disagree with your theories.
Like the company you associate yourself with...Your a legend in your own mind
My dog is a member of the "Turd Like Clan"
Covert Trail Cameras are JUNK
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Jack O'Connor never shot anything with a 7mm-08.
He never used a TSX or any polymer-tipped bullet, either.
Do you think his experience with the .270 and 7x57 on antelope is of no value?
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"Hunting, fishing, roping, working, sleeping, eating. Not always in that order."
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Meanwhile, though I like the 120-gr bullets I have used out of the 7mm-08 (not including the TSX), I don't understand the adamant opposition some people have to the suggestion that the hunter try 140s, 154s and 160s in his rifle, especially if he thinks he might use it for something more than pronghorn and deer.
Lee, No one here understands you adamant opposition to trying the 120 TSX, nor your incessant harping that it is inferior or unsuitable based on the fact that you have never tried it. And please, back away from the crack pipe. Placing yourself in the company of JB, JOC and Boddington is truly an insult to their careers and our sensibilities.
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southtexas: The comprehension problem is that you are not an engineer or a physicist.
Nimrod: Since you didn't put up, will you please shut up?
At the risk of stirring up painful memories for TSX worshippers, see the suggestion in my original post about also trying the 154-gr SST at expected hunting ranges and wind. Just a couple dead critters, that I've smoked: ![[Linked Image]](http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b165/VAnimrod/HPIM0903.jpg) More dead critters as I get some old pics scanned in. Or, I can have a couple fellas here that I've hunted with chime in. Your turn..... Comprende', compadre'? Did you snag one of those LS Fireballs VA? Yep, I did. And she's a shooter, too. My favorite rifle, easily. Probably ought not tell ya that I snagged it after it'd had been on a local dealer's rack for almost 2 years.... and that I got it basically at cost..... but I guess I just did.  Still ain't seen a Lee critter, huh?
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Yep, I did. And she's a shooter, too. My favorite rifle, easily. Probably ought not tell ya that I snagged it after it'd had been on a local dealer's rack for almost 2 years.... and that I got it basically at cost..... but I guess I just did. Happy for ya! When you get bored with it let me know. I'll find it a good home next to your 8X Sightron. 
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So not happening....
How's that 8x workin' for ya?
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Laffin'!
Love the 8x on my 17hmr for sage rats, it seems a good fit. Paste crosshairs and watch the show.....
Thanks for fixing me up VA.
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Cheesy,
I can't believe that I missed all the fun on this one but I've used most of the bullets you mentioned on deer and they are good ones.
I leave tomorrow to hunt goats in Arizona and I'll be using my 257 Weatherby with 115 grain ballistic tips at nearly 3500 fps.
It is hard to beat ballistic tips on this size critter.
I would use the one that shoots best for you but I'd be inclined to go with a 120 ballistic at top velocity. The last antelope that I took was at a little over 350 yards and an accubond in 7mm flavor did the work and worked just fine. The one before that was taken with a 140 grain Hornady BTSP and it worked great too.
Shoot the one you like and go hunting.
Britt
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castandblast;
FWIW, I put the new Sightron SII Big Sky 6x42 on the Fireball. Match perfectly, imho.
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castandblast;
FWIW, I put the new Sightron SII Big Sky 6x42 on the Fireball. Match perfectly, imho. Looks good there to me. Good glass for the money IMHO. Got a 3-9x Leupy on ebay now so I can turn it into a fixed 6x and see what all the buzz is about. Those fireballs went quick. The only one I saw was at the 'smiths getting some accuracy issues fixed.
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