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Good info, thanks for the link.

There's a great review of it on YouTube. Search Guns America Clay Martin, he shows the long range expansion of the round.
I shot a big muley doe with this round and she folded up where she stood. 300 yard shot, 30-06. I'm hooked on this ammo and I'm hoping that Federal puts it out in .243.

I haven’t been able to try them out on game yet. I did end up with a case of the TLR in 300wsm. It shoots less then 1/2” out of my rifle so hopefully I’ll get the chance later this year.

The box says it expands to 1,200yds.

Ditto

Wish they will be available as components AND expand their line.

Found this on the interweb.

Excerpt from Shooting times article

A big break for Carter's business came in 1992 when he reached an agreement with Federal for that company to load his bullets in several cartridges in the Premium lineup of ammunition. As it turned out, his production was sufficient to continue filling individual-box orders from hunters across the country, but it did not come close to meeting the quantities needed by a large manufacturer of ammunition. In 1993 it was mutually agreed that in order to meet both demands, all Bear Claw bullets would be made at Federal's plant in Anoka, Minnesota. And while Carter continued shipping bullets directly to his customers under the Trophy Bonded label, from that point on they were being made by Federal. Sometime after Jack decided to retire from selling bullets, Federal began to offer them as reloading components through Speer of Lewiston, Idaho, (both Federal and Speer are owned by ATK Ammunition Systems Group).

I tried to buy some in /06 and .300Win....Nobody has any...Said there might be some after Nov. '18.......Anxious to try...

I’m hearing it will be well into next year before we see the 7mm or 6.5 version as components.

The factory ammo that I tried shot exceptionally well from an accuracy standpoint but, despite carrying it what seemed like the entirety of the Brooks Range, I never fired a shot on game so I cannot comment on terminal performance.

I pulled a bullet and put it on the belt sander to get an idea of the cross section. It got so hot that the lead melted and dripped out but the "heat resistant" tip did not deform.

Here's a good field test write-up:

Edge TLR Field Test

Midway says "Coming Soon"

I've been looking for the .308s since last August. Scarce as hens teeth. Been coming soon at Midway for at least 6-7 months.

BC on the .277?

Midway is showing a G1 of .482 for the .277, 140 gr. TLR.

As far as I'm concerned, the Edge TLR bullets may be the best bullets available for my needs. Was pretty disappointed when Federal got the rights to the Trophy Bonded and didn't offer the Trophy Bonded Tip to reloaders. Love the performance of North Fork SS bullets but these have a similar construction with a tip for higher B.C. Looking forward to getting my hands on some.

Ive seen where they offer a 136gr for the .277

Ordered a box of the 7mm RM from Midway a couple of weeks ago. Haven't been able to try them out yet. Able Ammo also has the 7mm RM in stock for $38.00/box.

I talked to Federal a few weeks ago and they were saying that they mismanaged their production and didn’t have enough bullets manufacturing machines to meet demand, which is why everyone is out. They said the plan was to have bullets available for purchase again in March. I’ll let ya’ll know if I can find them somewhere.

Also, for the people concerned about being able to reload with them:

https://www.federalpremium.com/products/reloading/bullets/edge-tlr-component-bullets

Bought 175gr boolits to reload. Never have seen 308 ammo in stock. No chance to use them on deer this year.

I was notified by Vizardgunsandammo, Federal 308 TLR 175s in stock.

https://vizardsgunsandammo.com/searchresults.html?search_query=federal+tlr

Anyone shooting the 200 grainers out of a 1-11 twist barrel?