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It's too bad one of the companies doesn't make a 157.5-grain monolithic in .30 caliber. Then we could all argue/be confused over whether it would work best. I guess we could file a bit off of the base to achieve 157.5 grains!  memtb Yea It would only take someone on here to shoot 2 deer with a 30-06 shooting them and be “amazed” by their performance.
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Shot a few elk and deer with the 150 gr ttsx and never recovered one. Shots were between 30-300 yards in a 300 wm at 3300 fps.
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The ranch on which I hunt elk has requested that next year all hunters use lead free bullets as there is very strong evidence the American eagle population on the ranch is being damaged by using bullets containing lead.....and I have said I will comply.
So here's the question.....I'll be using a .300 magnum (1 in 10 twist) and want to use a 180 grain lead free bullet.....which bullet would you recommend? I was just notified that I was in error on this post.....it's the GOLDEN eagle that is being damaged on this ranch.....not the American (also known as Bald eagle). These birds are dramatically different and my apologies for this error. I'll see if I can post a photo.
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[img] https://www.dropbox.com/s/cgt4kigwueye909/20171105_081725.jpg?dl=0[/img] As is clearly obvious of this photo, the rancher is quite fond and protective of his Golden Eagles BTW....it is my understanding that the pictured eagle was delivered to a rapture center for treatment nd the eagle died six hours later. An "autopsy" revealed very high levels of lead.
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Golden eagles are true hunting raptors and the number one killer of Dall sheep lambs in the interior of AK.
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.
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[img] https://www.dropbox.com/s/cgt4kigwueye909/20171105_081725.jpg?dl=0[/img] As is clearly obvious of this photo, the rancher is quite fond and protective of his Golden Eagles BTW....it is my understanding that the pictured eagle was delivered to a rapture center for treatment nd the eagle died six hours later. An "autopsy" revealed very high levels of lead. and most likely, none of that lead came from bullets.
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Have killed quite a few hogs, some quite large, with 150 GMX’s out of my 300WM. Have yet to recover one, and performance has been very good. Most have dropped in their tracks. I’d have no reservations at all using them on anything in North America.
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165 OR 168 TTSX. You won't be disappointed.
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