Here in Alaska I have been using the Barnes TTSX bullets in my .338 and 30-06, they have a boat tail. Before I started using them 4 years ago all my Barnes X and Nosler Partitions were flat based bullets. I don't think the moose and caribou I shoot care if it is a boat tail or flat base blowing through their lungs. I have not shot past 200 yards in years, which is fine with me. I have some 175 grain LRX bullets for my 30-06, the ballistics of one of them going 2,800 fps mv is pretty good, on paper.
I don't see much of and advantage to using them for ranges I hunt at. But, if one is regularly shooting past 400 yards then why not use them. Good binoculars and good bullets, we are blessed with and abundance of them.
