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Great post Steve, lots of good info.
Only bullet I have tested in my 264 Win mag was factory Winchester 140 grain power points(silver box)Never found the bullet, but it passed with flying colors on last weeks buck!

Thanks for the work on this project. You may have changed my mind on some things. I've been a .264 Mag guy for about 25 22 years now, but my experience with partitions before picking up the .264 were not good. From the pictures you have posted I can see the long shank of the 125 and 140 grain partitions leaves a lot of room to create a mushroom. On the the 150 grain 30 caliber partitions I had used in the past my results looked nothing like your pictures, but rather, that small base of the bullet was pretty much all that was left. I am also very impressed by the uniformity of the the TSX bullets. Every one of them looks almost exactly the same. Thanks again for the work on this project; I think I'll try some partitions of some TSX now!

You're welcome. I've actually just started to collect more newspapers for a "Part II" to test the bullets that got missed on the firt test (Accubond, Sciroco, Speers, A-Frame, TBBC. etc... and if it comes out soon enough in Canada, the new TTSX).

I need a mailing address for you. I've got a ton of 139 gr soft points, and I'll be happy to send you some to test. PM me an address and let me know how many you need for the test.

Would love to see part 2. I'm currently sitting on a bunch of TBBC's for my 264, probably get some shot around the first of the year, kinda hoping they'll be my go to for it.

The buck in that picture looks like he is really pizzed off for having to pose like that - I guess he was getting aggravated with the rifle in his rack!

I have some 160g Woodleigh WeldCore bullets that I could send you to shoot, would love that comparison as well.

Great stuff Steve!--very interesting.


Casey

Hi Guys,

I just read this thread again, it really was an excellent test. A bit like those articles you keep going back to because they peak your curiosity.

One thing I was wondering, did Part II ever happen?

Thanks

LowBC

BCSteve, very, very informative and educational. I have a Swede that I am hopefully picking up this weekend.

I too would love to see the results from part deux.

Nice work.

Guys I'm getting the dreaded red x's how can i get around that? I would like to see the pics

The pics on the second page should be good. Hosting site crashed and I lost the first pics. With no editing option, I had to repost everything on the second page.

am i the only one who doesnt get the pictures on their computer?

Even on the second page?

sorry bud, i never got to look. hang on...

ok, i got them. they were like on the 5th page.

great work man, great work.

Thanks, I should have looked farther into this. If you fellas have not seen it Steve done a test on .358 bullets that was very informative.

Red X's on page 1, look 1/3 of the way down on page 2, should find the pics there.

The 129 and 140 grain Hornady flat base bullets have always worked fabulous on all sizes of critters. The 140 grain Amax's suck on game, but are tough to beat on long range rock chucks. I have taken a couple of antelope with them. I found the bullet jackets inside the antelope. They were flat and the size of a penny (no lead on them). I don't know where the lead went, but there wasn't much trauma to the antelope and they didn't go right down either, but just stood there, then tipped over and died, but after two that were identical, I went to the Hornadys and never looked back. These were 420 yards shots at a muzzle velocity of 3,000 fps.

Fabulous data!!! Thanks!!! Flinch