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I dont know if we've done a "Pick One Bullet" survey.
(Probably but I've not seen it)
We've done "Favorite Rifle" "Favorite Cartridge" and so on..



And we've heard a couple things here on the 'fire, experienced some results in the field, and therefore based off the two truths listed below, I'd like to hear from those of you that would/could pick JUST ONE BULLET for all your Big Game (Deer through the largest toughest Elk/Moose) hunting.

1) "Headstamps don't kill game."
2) "Cartridges are more similar than different."


You can only choose one (weight, diameter, make).
So what's your pick.?

Nosler Partition

338 Barnes TTSX 210gr

Ha.!

Good call CRS.!

6.5 140 Partition

Which one.?

Toss up between the 165 NPT and the 168TTSX in .308

I see where ur going there Hank..

Doesn't really matter what cartridge either one of those are loaded in, they will reliably kill anything in north america.

Hornady interlock
.38-.4 BC
PUSHED AT 85% max velocity for any cartridge

I load for a dozen or so rifles and when it comes to a hunting bullet all I currently use is the Barnes TTSX

I've long been a fan of North Fork bullets - solid and grooved shank, bonded front core, awesome accuracy. The rather blunt, protected point tip gave them a lower B.C. that other bullets that were available and was the one thing I would have liked to see changed. Talked to Mike Brady about adding a tip. Instead, he created prototypes with a match-style (tiny) hollow point and sent me a bunch of .284" 140g prototypes. those prototypes have been awesome performers on game.

While the North Fork bullet of all types have been very accurate in my rifles, the new Federal Edge TLR would get my vote for the "one" bullet I would use. I think of it as an improved North Fork bullet.

.284

Federal Edge TLR, 155g, .284", .61 B.C., and sell all my bolt rifles except the .280 Rem and 7mm RM.

129 LRX

.30/06 and a 180 grain Nosler Partition.

270, 150 gr, Partition.

The again, maybe 6mm, 100 gr, Partition.

Although, the 180 gr Partition out of an "06 would be tempting.......or the 165 gr, or possibly the 200 gr.

Then again, if I chose the 6.5 cal, 140 gr Partition I would have another reason to by a Creedmoor.

+1 from deer to Grizzlies, a Partition of some size and weight will take care business.

For my .375 H&H a 270 grain Swift A-Frame. For my second .375,a 300 grain Sierra BTSP. For my third .375,a 300 grain Swift A-Frame. For my .375 RUM,260 grain Nosler Partition.

Then there is the 3 .270's I own.....

The only bullet I have shot for years is the Barnes .308 dia 165gr TTSX .....Very accurate and impressive on game performance, These bullets have impressed my hunting buddies so much that now almost every one of them hunt with Barnes TTSX bullets in one flavor or another........Hb

150 Nosler Accubond, or Partition in .308. I want it to shoot 165s but it wants 150s.

6.5 140 berger vld. Second place would be a .530 roundball.