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The current running thread "The Speer, Hot core bullet" and JB's posts about the various hunting bullets he's used, got me thinking about the bullets I've used to take big game, both here in NA, and across the pond. So, from my fading memory and hunting logs (both paper and electronic), I rustled up a rough chronological list from my beginnings on the ranch to last season.
Now, like most here on the 'fire, I've loaded and shot lots of bullet types and brands, but the following is my (short) list of bullets I've used to shoot big game. Big game live weight ranges from Pronghorn to Cape Buffalo.
- Winchester Silvertip - Remington Core-Lokt - Speer SP BT - Speer Hot-Cor - Nosler Partition - Hornady Interbond - Nosler AccuBond - Norma Oryx - Swift A-Frame - Woodleigh Weldcore - Hornady ELD-X - Norma BondStrike
Far and away the bullet I've used the most is the Partition. Quede up for this years test media season is the Speer Impact bullet.
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Speer Grand Slam in the clear amber box and new style in the black box Speer Hot-Cor Partition Ballistic tip Red and green box Ballistic tip black box Barnes "X" Remington Core-lokt Remington Extended range bt Hornady Interlock Accubond Hornady Flex-tip Remington 405gr flat tip ( in a 458 win mag) That's all I can think of. Almost forgot! Winchester Failsafes
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NP, Barnes TSX, TTSX, Hornady Interlocks, Rem Cor-lokt, Win pp
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Sierra, Speer, Barnes X, X coated, TSX, TTSX, LRX , Woodleigh PP and solids.
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Speer HC and BT Sierra Hornady SP Winchester PP and Silvertip Remington Core-Lokt Nosler Part. and BT
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- BULLET TYPES .243 .25-35 .30-30 .300S .308W '06 .338 WIN - WIN SILVERTIP, X X - WIN POWERPOINT X X X X X X - REM CORE-LOKT-PSP X X X X - REM CORE-LOKT-RN X - SPEER SP BT, HOT-COR X X - NOSLER PARTITION X X X X - HORNADY INTERLOCK X X X X X - TROPHY BONDED, X X X - SIERRA BT SP, X - HERTERS SP, X
My preferred loads usually have Hornady or Noslers now. The WW Power Point is also a fine bullet but hard for me to get as a component. The 165 grain Sierra BT was my favorite el bullet out of my lever .308 for about seven years too. Go figure. Core-Lokts seem to have changed about 15 years ago. I had a couple of bad experiences on mule deer and decided to avoid them. I still use Speer and Sierra but mostly on varmints or in niche calibers (I use 87 gr Hot Cores in my .250S and 60 gr sierras in a .243) i have used other cartridges but only on a few animals. A majorty of animals have been taken with the.308 and .30-06 These days, Hornady Interlocks and Nosler Partitions get the most use. I still have some old Trophy Bonded High Energy loads in .30-06 and .338 Win Mag that I prefer for elk when I get a tag for a branch bull..
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Hotcor Corlok Gameking Interlock Solid base nosler Ballistic tip nosler SST Pro hunter Power points Accubonds
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Wow! I will probly miss a few but the bullets i can remember: Remington Core-lokt Winchester power point Winchester silvertip Hornady SST Hornady Interlock Hornady Interbond Speer Grand Slam Speer Hot core Sierra Pro hunter Sierra Gameking Barnes TSX Barnes TTSX Nosler Accubond Nosler ballistic tip Hornady FTX ......These are off the top of my head, im sure I left out several more......Hb
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I’m not even going to try to name them all. The one I’ve used most is Remington Core Lokt. Then partitions and Interlocks, other Noslers, lead round balls and maxi-balls, SPEER hot cores, Sierra Game King, mag-tips, TTSX, TSX, &other monos.
The Sierra’s were hands down the lousiest bullet I’ve used. Hornady SST were really bad bullets the first year they came out.The SPEER grand slam were closely tied for worst. All of those were first year products and I’ve heard they are good now. The SPEER 105 grain 6mm bullets never expanded.
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All my big game has been taken using a pretty small list of cartridges:
- .257 Roberts - 6.5 Swede - 6.5 CM - 6.5 PRC (borrowed) - .30-30 - .30-06 - 9.3x62mm - .375 H&H - .450/400 NE 3"
It's you and the bullet, and all the rest is secondary.
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Nosler partition Nosler accubond Nosler ballistic tip Sierra game king Sierra Pro hunter Sierra match king Remington corelokt Hornady interlock Hornady xtp
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Probably missed some. They all worked well!
Rem CoreLokt Hornady Interlok Hornady SST Hornady xtp Sierra Gameking Sierra Prohunter Sierra Gamechanger Barnes ttsx Barnes original Nosler Ballistic Tip Nosler Partition Nosler Accubond Nosler ablr Berger vld hunting Swift scirocco Win power point Win silver tip Win ballistic silvertip Speer hotcore Matrix vld Federal hishok Federal fusion Hammer hunter
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Off the top of my head:
Game Kings Grand Slams Power Points Cor-Lokts Hot-Cors Berger VLD Berger Classic Failsafe Silvertip TSX Partition Accubond FTX Sierra SMP Hornady BTSP AMAX Spire Point Sierra HPBT Frontier Spartan Pure lead cast Sisk. Not sure of the model but they were .228". Maybe their spire point?
Several brands of unknown inexpensive factory ammo
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That I can recall of top of my head.
Winchester PP Hornady XTP Rem CoreLokt Hornady FTX Remington lead slug (HV 20ga Sluggers) Barnes TTSX Barnes TAC-TX Speer HC Hornady FP handgun bullets Cast lead in 45-50cal
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Sierra Varminters Speer Varmint and BTSP Hornady Interlock and FP Nosler Partition Winchester Silvertip (old) Remington PSPCL
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Remington Corelokt and Bronze Point Rem/UMC Hollowpoint Winchester Silvertip and Powerpoint Federal Vital Shok SP Sierra Prohunter and Gameking Hornady Interlock, ELDX and JHP/JSP Nosler Ballistic Tip, Partition and Accubond Barnes X bullets Berger VLD Hunting BTHP Speer Hot Core, BTSP and Grandslam Cast lead bullets
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All my big game has been taken using a pretty small list of cartridges:
- .257 Roberts - 6.5 Swede - 6.5 CM - 6.5 PRC (borrowed) - .30-30 - .30-06 - 9.3x62mm - .375 H&H - .450/400 NE 3" I too have used a relatively small pool of cartridges to take all of my big game with: .22-250 Remington .243 Winchester .25-06 Remington .270 Winchester 7mm Remington Magnum .300 Savage .308 Winchester .30-06 Springfield .300 Winchester Magnum 8mm Remington Magnum .338 Lapua Magnum
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Sierra a few from the ‘60’s into the ‘8O’s Speer a few from the ‘60’s into the late ‘70’s Hornady from .223’s through.375 from the early ‘70’s to early ‘90’s Nosler a few, mostly Partitions from the late ‘80’s into the mid ‘90’s Winchester factory loads - 1960’s Remington factory loads - 1960’s Browning factory loads - 1960’s
I still have a lot of cup and core for the .223, and a bunch of cup and core for my .375’s, and a bunch of partial boxes of cup and cores and some Barnes monos in many calibers.
Though for hunting……nothing smaller than .277”
For hunting …….only Barnes monos since the early ‘90’s. .277’s, .308’s, .338’s, and .375’s. memtb
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