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I'm not speeding that much. That's just one I found while cruising. I know where a couple "probables" are hiding.

You talking velocity wise?

There�s no doubt that the 110 is a better all around bullet, but that 85 is a freaking laser out to the ranges most stuff is shot - I think of it as a beefed up 220 Swift.

Who the hell cares what they do at 500 yards? That�s well beyond the range 99% of game is shot at anyway, plus if I were planning on making a habit of 500 yard shots, I wouldn�t be using either of those bullets, and instead go to something like a 140 Accubond or 150 ABLR.

The only place BC wins every time is on the internet. For that matter, I could hunt the rest of my life with round nose bullets and be perfectly content.

You could dropkick them at 200 and gain 1/2" over 110 "rainbow elk bullets"

BC aint long division........

This has my interest...

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=426653203

If that didn't have the stainless barrel I'd be all over it...pure sex.

I don't cull any caliber...270, 7x57, 35 Whelen, 22-250,257 Roberts, 243-I love them all and they do different things for different purposes.

I'd be curious to know what all you've killed with the 110 ttsx to proclaim it's superiority over the 85 tsx.

I just test-shot my latest .270 today. Bought it a month ago for what some people would consider too much money at the annual find-raiser auction of the Jack O'Connor Heritage Center and Museum in Lewiston, Idaho. They have a handful of the commemorative Featherweight Model 70's Winchester put together a couple years ago, and I got to pick the one I wanted, which has spectacular wood. (You can see on the Deep Creek Press Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/DeepCreekPress)

But they're not just pretty. Winchester used really good barrels and bedded them right, and Brad O'Connor (Jack's son) told me that every one he's heard about shot very well. I sighted this one in with the last 4 rounds of a box of Hornady 130-grain American Whitetail ammo, the first 3 at 25 to get close and the last at 100, which landed 1-1/2 inches high, almost dead center. Then I shot 3 rounds of Norma 150-grain Oryx factory ammo, and they went into .40. Including the single Hornady round the entire group was under 3/4". And that was with a 4x33 Leupold FX-II, because I scoped it "traditionally." I do believe this rifle is going to shoot.

Plan to use it to test a bunch of newer bullets and powders for a Handloader article on "The Modern .270." Will be a hoot to do it with a super-traditional rifle.

I'm just a simple shooter that thought he understood physics....