Originally Posted by Sevastopol
Originally Posted by KenMi
250 grain Barnes TSX

I'm going to try these to see how they shoot. Have you had any luck hunting with them?

Barnes data shows 2,550 fps over Vv. n-120 and that's Marlin, not Ruger #1 load. Out of my "primitive" BPCR, it's a real killer. I can put them on a pie plate (4" groups) at 300 yds. all day long.

I've killed WT's and hogs. It blows a huge hole, even lung tissue blown out. One hog had broken ribs on the exit, rib cage looked like a broken window, with multiple fracture lines running out from the large exit hole. They don't shoot as accurate in my Marlins. The very long Badger barrel on the Browning BPCR is excellent, will group these bullets around an inch at a hundred.

The VX-3 3-9x40 CDS is set up for this round. Really not that primitive, but adheres to the primitive season rules. I'd call it "primitive on steroids"...

DF

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