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If you got some muzzle velocities I'd sure like to get that info too so I can ponder some trajectories with my exbal program.

Exit wound pictures? or descriptions.

Thanks y'all for the feedback. Forgive me if I am redundant; I is a slow plodder.

50 gr. Speer SP, no photos, the targets be blowed up.-Muddy

The Sierra 65 gr. Gameking BTSP has always given me excellent accuracy in four different rifles. I've taken 3 deer with it, the longest being around 190 yards.

It also behaves like a big game bullet.

Please bear with me as I am completely ignorant about 22/big-game but it seems from some quick research that the two best options I keep stumbling across are the Sierra 65 and the Nosler 60 partition... the Sierra being 20 cents per pop and the Nosler more than twice that.

I know the 64 grain power points are very economical and kill beyond all reasonable expectations.

I can't keep up with too many details in my complicated life... so my default mode is something from Sierra or something from Nosler.

Thanks for the replies.

break down and get some Barnes 62 g TTSX, assuming youve got the twist to spin em.

65 sierra game kings are one of the the best if price is a factor. They are very accurate for me. I can't get barnes to shoot tight groups for the life of me. I might still load some up for deer at closer ranges to see what all the fus is about. I'm sure that the barnes are probably the best performing 22 cal bul out there but the will cost ya.

Basic Hornady 55 grain soft point .

.223AI 1 in 12 twist 125 yds. Pass through DRT 3473 fps.

The Winchester 55-grain soft-points work too.

And Ive heard good things about the 64 grain Winchester�.


The 60 grain Hornady works too�..




.223 1 in 10 twist 60 grain Hornady soft point 100 yards. Pass thru. DRT.

55gr Remington PSPs work too in fireforming 223AIs!

http://www.shootersproshop.com/nosl...-solid-based-w-cannelure-blem-100ct.html

Anybody shoot these 64 grain nosler solid base bonded...

Are these a poor man's partition??? B/C .231

If anything they seem tougher than a partition. I killed two deer with them last year and frankly went back to TTSXs because they were too destructive.
I hear they work great on pigs.

Too destructive???? I like that!

Seriously... thanks for that feedback. I really appreciate it.

This echoes my experience with the exception that my furthest WT killed was a shade over 300 yards.

Shoots well for me in 7, 8, and 9 twist rifles.

I've shot more than a few deer with Barnes TSX/TTSX bullets and all any deer has needed is 1.

BLC-2 with the 53 grain TSX gives me 3300 FPS. Makes 3 inch holes through Bambi. The same bullet with TAC gave me 3000 and the same hole.

30-06 holes, 243 holes, 270 holes, 308 holes 50 cal holes all also looked the same. They may not be as cheap as some bullets, but when it comes down to a difference of 35-40 cents per deer, they are cheap enough for me.

The TTSX is easily my favorite, but the OP was looking for economical bullets�


Though Im one that believes the bullet is one of the cheapest parts of the hunt�..

I assume y'all wait for perfect broadside presentation before shooting Bambi with 22 cals. Is that true?

Don't need them with a TSX or TTSX�.

They are desirable with standard CnC bullets.

62gr TSX

economical
adj
1. using the minimum required; not wasteful of time, effort, resources, etc

Oh, good. For a moment I thought you were gonna say CF .22s for deer are ineffective, illegal, immoral, and unethical�.