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My pal and his son use ballistic tips for much of their big game hunting. His son and his family probably shoot 2-4 elk , 6-8 antelope, and about that many deer all with BT's.. The son is into long range shooting so he mostly is gunning with 7mm and .300's.. But they use everything from the 6mm up.. They NEVER buy domestic meat!!

180 grain Nosler Partition, hands down.

180 Nosler Partition. I wouldn't consider anything else as an all-around bullet for various velocity levels.

I hunt with Barnes 165gr TTSX bullets and have had great results.......Good luck..........Hb

180 Partition or 180 Hornady Flat Base Spire Point.

165 accubond

I'd never stock up on one bullet, assuming it would work in several different rifles. I'd find what each one liked and stock an adequate supply of each.

That said, Barnes 165/168 TSX/TTSX bullets would be a suggestion.

DF

180 Partition. It's soft enough for the .308 at distance and tough enough for the mags up close.

If "that far" is inside of 400 yards, my suggestion would be to sell the Win-mag & Wby to fund the purchase of 165 accubonds.

180 Accubond 180 Partition or 168 TTSX

Interesting, if flawed, premise (buy 1000 then load for all those caliber and rifles)...... It kinda forces unneccessary compromises plus, I mean, he could buy 1000 of "whatever", and one of the rifles might not even like that bullet.

Well, running with it anyway, I think I'd be looking at the 165 or 180 Accubond, myself. Though the .308 would run the 180 a little slower than ideal.... and the Weatherby would run the 165 maybe a bit faster than I'd prefer....

OP could always slow the Bee down a bit and not tell him <g>.

And then there's the question of which primers, powders and what you derive from this deal?

I would require tribute in the form of much ardent spirits and several good-looking women with daddy issues before I'd crank out 1,000 rounds of ammo for someone.

Or...If you're a godly man you could get them to buy you a progressive press.

Oh yeah, 130 TTSX because Speed Kills.

In my experience Barnes is one of the least finicky bullets and would probably go with 168 TTSX. But it is still a gamble as all three rifles might not like one bullet. Or simply go with 180gr Interlocks as they are cheap to practice with and work up loads and they perform very consistent for a non 'premium' bullet.

Pieter

150 gr ttsx or 180 gr partition.

The 150 gr cuz Barnes need speed to open and the 308 would do best with it, and a 150 gr Barnes at 3300 fps is deadly on the big stuff as well.

The 180 gr partition spitzer (not protected point) cuz it works.

I like 165 grainers as the best all around bullets for the -06. The Partition is a favorite, but they aren't cheap. I have a hunch that the animals would never know the difference between a Patition and a cheaper Interlock. Even new generation NBTs are as tough as they need to be.

If I was picking one it would be the Hornady Interlock 165 grain flat base.....

168 TTSX

I wouldn't do it. First I buying a 1000 bullets that you don't know are going to work in all three rifles is a little crazy. Second most any bullet that is optimum in the Bee is a compromise in a 308 and vice versa.

I would shoot for two different bullets one for the 308 and one for the 300 mags. maybe a 180g AB or NPT for the big guys and a 165AB or NPT for the 308, buy one or two boxes(or bags if you can score them from SPS), work up a decent load in each rifle. Once you have that wait for SPS to have availability and score the appropriate number of bags at a good price for the "big project"

180 TTSX or 200 TSX/LRX.

Heavy monometals may be a bit disappointing in the .308. I would be concerned that the 200 gr. TSX at slow speed may poke thru a WT without a lot of tissue damage.

Go light, push'em fast with mono's.

That point sorta ruins it, one bullet for all rounds mentioned.

Bad idea, IMO.

DF