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always worked well for me, but if there are better alternatives let me know. what do you guys like best? why?
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If it ain't broke, don't fix it.Most bullets work well on deer.A lot of guys demand "premium" bullets, but I've never really found the need for them, although I've certainly tried different controlled expansion bullets.Honestly, I think I could hunt deer with plain Winchester Power Points for the rest of my life.But to answer your question, BT's do work well on deer.Where you hit 'em counts for more than what you hit 'em with.
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I have been using Ballistic Tips for several years, and they have not let me down yet. I do keep trying some new ones along.
Keep on doing what you are doing and you will keep on getting what you are getting.
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I have always had very good performance from the Ballistic Tips on Deer. All either bang-flops or short easy to follow blood trails.
I will be using the 120 grain BT in my .280AI for deer again this year.
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When BTs first came out there were some overexpansion/blow up bugs that had to be worked out. They got a bad reputation during that time and many still distrust the bullet from that time.
As others have said they are good as gold now and have been for a decade or so.
I use them a lot for deer and hogs with not a problem at all.
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B-tips is all I have been using on deer for the last 10 years or so and they have always worked fine.
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Not the "next big thang", but they work. Until the ttsx craze I never thought I would change. For deer will probably go back to them next year. Just wanted to get some experience in case I have to hunt in a lead free area. What a bunch of crap.
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BT's work best when impact velocity is probably under 3000FPS. I wouldnt want to shoot a 125BT out of a 300 RUM @ 30 yards, blow up would be the result and possibly a very dead deer as well but you get the picture.... its only my opinion
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My mulie this year fell to a 140 gr BT outof a 7 wsm. Very dead deer, but on a quartering away shot I feel I should have found something other than a bunch of little holes in the off side ribs.
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I have seen very good results from Ballistic Tips & Hornady SST's. I agree with SAKO75, I think that the best result will be from an impact velocity of less that 3000fps with either of these bullets.
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I will be using the 120 grain BT in my .280AI for deer again this year.
The 120 BT out of my 284 Win. has always been impressive for me but for some reason the 130 BT out of my 270 doesn't leave me weak in the knees.
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They are my favorite deer and hog bullet. This year I used the factory seconds out of my 280 and both deer went less than 30 yards.
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I will be using the 120 grain BT in my .280AI for deer again this year.
The 120 BT out of my 284 Win. has always been impressive for me but for some reason the 130 BT out of my 270 doesn't leave me weak in the knees. If I am not mistaken the 7mm 120gr BT is a different animal so to speak because it has the 140gr jacket making it tougher than say a .308 150gr BT or a 7mm 140gr BT. BTW thanks to dogzapper I am trying these in my .280 Steyr. I have killed several deer with the NBT and most of the time it has done great but I have also had more than one instance where deer was shot at close range and I never found any blood and the deer ran 40 to 50 yards before giving up the ghost, this is fine but when your hunting in 500 acres of pine thicket and the deer runs out of the small plot it can get hard to find. Overall its a great bullet but there are better choices if you are bumping or exceeding 3,000fps.
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A friend of mine said 7-08 with 140 bt always dropped white tails in their tracks. I never beleived him until I helped skin one out once. I swear that area of the front shoulder would have looked better if it would have been run over semi rig.
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The 25 caliber versions are very good.
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I use a lot of the 150 grain 7MM Ballistic Tips. This bullet has always exited for me on deer.
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I've never seen bullets perform better than BT's at appropriate speeds. My particular favorite is a 165 out of a .308. Near, or far, perfect performance.
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Let me add that I have yet to have a deer travel more than a few steps after a solid chest hit when I used Ballistic Tips.
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They usually work well on deer, but I wouldn't want one on an anus shot. The early ones were quite soft, but he later ones haven't given me any problems.
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