The last two or three deer seasons some hunters are showing up at camp with rifles loaded with bullets light or heavy for caliber. They are taking advantage of barrel twists and bullet construction. For example; 120 gr Nosler BT in 7-08 Remington and 7mm Remington Mag., 70 gr Speer in 22-250, 85 gr Nosler PT in .243 Win and 64 gr Nosler BSB in 223.
It is interesting to observe these trends. Me, I remain traditional.
I don't get what you're trying to say with "light or heavy for caliber" and then listing those bullet weights. All of those seem to be medium weights for their calibers. What am I missing?
I didn't realize a 120 BT was a medium weight 7mag bullet, or 7-08 for that matter.
roundoak, I personally stay somewhere in the middle, say .284 140's for example. If I get to go cull animals where I know shots won't be very long and are somewhat "controlled", that 120 BT is a deer killing machine in the 7-08. I usually stay no lighter than 140's when toting my 7mag though, and more often than not a 160.
