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Another vote for the 85gr BTHP. I knew a guy in CA who only had one rifle and only shot one bullet - that 85gr "loaded as fast as it can go".
He had over 100 deer and a half-dozen elk with that setup...
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Another vote for the 85gr BTHP. I knew a guy in CA who only had one rifle and only shot one bullet - that 85gr "loaded as fast as it can go".
He had over 100 deer and a half-dozen elk with that setup... Tried a 85 bthp.on two deer before, both were Angled shots deer ran 70-100 yards and died. Very little blood trail and entrance and exit holes were very similar, small! Never used the 85 gr again. I did have very good luck with the 100 gr gameking, every deer shot struggled to make it past 50 yards and exit holes were impressive.
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Shot a doe at 410 yards with a 85 gr Sierra BTHP over a medium charge of 4064. The slugs went through both shoulders and exited. I attributed that to the speed it was traveling upon impact, I don't think it would've passed through if it was a 100 yard shot.
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Concur completely. They are fine at longer distance or lower velocity. Not every caliber or even weight within caliber seem to perform the same. Have seen both good and bad performance from them. Sierra hpbt have a thicker jacket than the sp, direct from their engineers.
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Another vote for the 85gr BTHP. I knew a guy in CA who only had one rifle and only shot one bullet - that 85gr "loaded as fast as it can go".
He had over 100 deer and a half-dozen elk with that setup... Tried a 85 bthp.on two deer before, both were Angled shots deer ran 70-100 yards and died. Very little blood trail and entrance and exit holes were very similar, small! Never used the 85 gr again. I did have very good luck with the 100 gr gameking, every deer shot struggled to make it past 50 yards and exit holes were impressive. If you want to use a Sierra 85 grain bullet use the SP Varminter. I have killed tons of deer with his bullet in 253 and 6mm. If they make it 20 yards they covered a lot of ground. Far quicker kills than I got with the BTHP.
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I've moved on to 105 vld , they kill like lighting. Recently loaded some 105 scenars but haven't killed yet.
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