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Nosler 95 BT is one tough bullet

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I've shot one sideways through a hog bigger than any deer I'll come across where I hunt.

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I use the 80 gr TTSX in my 243 with a velocity of 3415 fps. I haven't caught a bullet to-date.

Needed to anchor this antelope doe as the fence was the property boundary. Shot distance was 228 yards. Right thru both front shoulders. She stumbled about two steps forward. Perfect execution.

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I've not had a problem with the 80 TTSX going through, either. I was using the TSX, but my rifle likes the TTSX much better.

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Originally Posted by Diogenes
Recently picked up a little marlin xs7 for shooting coyotes and I like it so much I think I'm going to load something for western Kentucky white tail. Looking for suggestions on bullets that are capable of making a double shoulder shot on a big buck should one step out, but still perform on regular sized white tail out to 300 yards.

I'm considering the following.

1. 100gr nosler partitions.

2. 85gr Barnes tsx

Any other bullets meet these needs? What about factory loads?


Either of those bullets will shoot completely, or almost completely lengthwise through a deer. No worries on shoulders.

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Hornady 85 Interbond will also do it.

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Originally Posted by imgoofy
I use the 80 gr TTSX in my 243 with a velocity of 3415 fps. I haven't caught a bullet to-date.

Needed to anchor this antelope doe as the fence was the property boundary. Shot distance was 228 yards. Right thru both front shoulders. She stumbled about two steps forward. Perfect execution.

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Good thing she didn't make it into that thick brush on the other side of the fence! grin

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I shot two deer this season with 243 Win. 80 grain hornady gmx, a 130 lb doe and a 290 lb buck. Both deer were about 30-40 yards away, both shot just behind the shoulder and both ran about 50 yards with great blood trails. The blood trail with the buck was just plain stupid. He was pouring out both sides and from the nose.

Sample size of only 2, but I feel sure they'll punch thru double shoulders and I plan to find out this fall.

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290lb buck? Got a picture of that bad boy? powdr

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I like the 100 grain Hornady flat base interlock,but have also seen the same results with the 95 grain Hornady SST,which is one of the few SST bullets with a flat base not a boattail.

I saw our local game warden take a 180 pound wild boar with a double shoulder shot on our place not long ago.

Dead right there,half dollar size exit,and blood on the ground under the hog.

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Believe the 95 gr BT to be IT...but gotta say I tried the 87 gr VLD this year in a 165 dressed buck and it broke both shoulders, no exit at 85 yrds.

Sold my 243, but planning on another and ill stick with the 87 VLD.

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My favorite deer bullet in the 243 is the Swift 90 gr Scirocco. It will kill them close and far


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Originally Posted by country_20boy
I shot two deer this season with 243 Win. 80 grain hornady gmx, a 130 lb doe and a 290 lb buck. Both deer were about 30-40 yards away, both shot just behind the shoulder and both ran about 50 yards with great blood trails. The blood trail with the buck was just plain stupid. He was pouring out both sides and from the nose.

Sample size of only 2, but I feel sure they'll punch thru double shoulders and I plan to find out this fall.


I've read that the gmx needs a minimum of 2000fps on impact to initiate expansion, compared to 1800fps for the Barnes tsx, and 1600 for the nosler e-tip. I guess gilding metal is that much harder than copper. Seems like it would just be a solid unless it was a fairly close shot with a hot load in 243. I guess with the extra velocity of the hornady superformance ammo it's less of an issue.

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Originally Posted by Diogenes
I've read that the gmx needs a minimum of 2000fps on impact to initiate expansion, compared to 1800fps for the Barnes tsx, and 1600 for the nosler e-tip. I guess gilding metal is that much harder than copper. Seems like it would just be a solid unless it was a fairly close shot with a hot load in 243. I guess with the extra velocity of the hornady superformance ammo it's less of an issue.


Nosler lists 1800 fps minimum for the E-Tip, which is made of gilding metal like the GMX.

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Originally Posted by Whttail_in_MT
Originally Posted by Diogenes
I've read that the gmx needs a minimum of 2000fps on impact to initiate expansion, compared to 1800fps for the Barnes tsx, and 1600 for the nosler e-tip. I guess gilding metal is that much harder than copper. Seems like it would just be a solid unless it was a fairly close shot with a hot load in 243. I guess with the extra velocity of the hornady superformance ammo it's less of an issue.


Nosler lists 1800 fps minimum for the E-Tip, which is made of gilding metal like the GMX.


Thanks for clarifying.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/djwqknxm0pyceny/20141125_082358.jpg?dl=0

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290lb buck? Got a picture of that bad boy? powdr



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105gr Speer HC as another alternative. Won't cost ya and arm and a leg either. cool


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Originally Posted by country_20boy
https://www.dropbox.com/s/djwqknxm0pyceny/20141125_082358.jpg?dl=0

Originally Posted by powdr
290lb buck? Got a picture of that bad boy? powdr




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Guys, I'd like to understand what I'm missing or if my one experience with the BT was a fluke or too small a sample. I drank the Kool Aid and used 120 BTs to develop a load for a 7-08. Book max of Varget, so 3000-ish fps. First and only shot on game was a ribcage shot on a whitetail at 50 yds. I'm assuming disintegration, as there was no exit. While the shot was lethal, the buck did run a ways. Not poo pooing on the bullet, but how can one expect it to hold together on a shoulder shot after seeing this performance? I'll hang up and listen.

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It could be that your sample of one happened to lie out on the tail of the probability distribution of performance for this bullet.

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