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Do any of you have experience with this bullet? What is your prefered shot placement? I'm curious about shoulder shots on whitetails using this bullet. Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks guys.

I used the same bullet in my 7x57 launched at 3000 fps. Took a nice 6 pt and two hogs. All were one shot kills. The Buck and one hog were DRT, the other hog ran 30 yards before piling up.

My daughter and grandkids have probably taken a couple of pickup loads of mule deer, Coues whitetails and pronghorns with that combination, along with one 400-lb. cow elk. Hit them in a vital spot and they will die quickly.

120gr Nos kills like the plague.

Great deer bullet. Impressive as hell.

In all honesty, if I ever get back into a 7-08 all I’ll run will be 120gr Ballistic Tips, or even better, 120gr TTSX. Both bullets are almost sadistic toward game animals.

mngunhead,

With this bullet you are going to get a lot of positive feedback, and for good reason. It is a tremendous bullet.
I ran it exclusively for 2 years in my 284 Winchester and over those 2 years it got tested on a truckload of deer

I prefer to shoot Deer with that bullet broadside about 2" above the elbow joint clipping the plumbing and shotgunning the oxygen storage compartment before exiting. I often see a 100 yard death dash with a scenic blood trail left behind.

Again, a tremendous bullet for Deer in that 7-08.

With deer , pigs and antelope I've been a fan of placing the ballistic tip in the ribs. My 7mm08 shoots those great with 3 different powders. Great lights out results

I've only killed one big with a 120 grain 7mm ballistic tip, a 100 pound hog shot with a 7mm/08. I shot her quartering away hard, with an entry right in front of her ham and exited the opposite shoulder. Impressive penetration!

Just one of the many poster children on the c.f. extolling the virtues of a 120 grain nosler ballistic tip, 7mm-08 combination. It speaks the truth on elk.

I've drop quite a few whitetails and one hog with 120 gr 7mm NBT. All one shot drop. Can't ask for a better bullet.

It will stop Deer and Antelope from playing quick fast and in a hurry !

I remember this story!





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I have quite a bit of experiance with that combo.
Prefered shot placement is neck or center of chest right behind shoulder (placement is not bullet/caliber specific its the same for 30 caliber as well)
Have taken shoulder shots on whitetails...no issues.
Have taken some large hogs with rifle'bullet combo...no issues.
For the type of hunting I do in South West Ga, and the game I hunt, the 120 BT is my prefered bullet in 7-08

not to derail the thread but what are y'alls opinions on the 120 grain sst vs 120 grain bt as far as bullet construction and on game performance?? i've got some hornady custom lite 7mm-08 ammo loaded with the 120 grain sst is the reason i ask and my 6yo does great shooting with these. but, my plan was to slip some 140 grain core-lokts in the mag as i didn't figure he would notice when shooting at a deer. my tikka shoots the aforementioned ammo to approx the same poi with the cl being 1" higher at 100yds.so,would y'all try the 120 grain sst on the mag or do the ole switcharoo and slip 3 140 grain core-lokts in for a broadside 60yd shoulder shot??

From what I’ve seen done with the 7mm-08, I’d take a dozen 7mm Nosler 120gr Ballistic Tips over 200 SSTs. I wouldn’t think twice about it, either.

The 7-08 and 120 NBT go together like chicken fried steak and eggs. They kill chit like el Diablo himself.

Arrow:

Not in the same class at all. The 120 BT was the darling of the silhouette shooters and accidentally became a great game bullet. The SSTs I have shot were like fragging the deer although I have not tried the 120x7mm iteration nor will I be likely to do so. They will without question kill deer and fast too but if they are like the other SSTs I have used don't shoot for any part you want to eat.

I think they would really shine in the 08 or 7x57 or lesser velocity 7mms but when you have such a great bullet like the BT or even better the Barnes why use it? On the other hand the SST would be great for a reduced recoil load for the young lad. I think it opens up at 1600 fps or somewhere around there so a reduced load would be good for as far as a youngster should shoot.

To me most of this is moot as practically anything that goes bang will kill a deer.

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You answered your own question. Hit a deer in the right spot, you can kill it with a stick...a rock on one end and feathers on the other.

We finally got a deer shot with the 120 BT out of wife's A bolt Micro Hunter with a 20" barrel. Light load 40 gr RL15. 170# buck quartering slightly to at 60 yardish maybe a few more. Landed a couple inches in front of near shoulder centering the spine. Light enough load that she saw him fall in the scope. Lost the core in exchange for a 2" hole thru the cervical spine. Jacket traveled on thru the rear of far shoulder and apparently trampolined of the skin because I found it finger deep back up the exit hole. Obvious bullet failure.

Sarcasm? If deer died promply, bullet did its job.

Did you weigh the jacket?