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alright, so im going to start reloading my my ruger m77 300 wm in the near future, and am looking at using the nosler bt 165 for deer sized game, and 165 grain accubonds for elk and bigger since ive heard the accubonds shoot identical to the BT's...i know for sure they have the same specs(bc,etc) anybody shoot a similar set up to confirm this? or at least interchange bt's and accubonds depending on the game they are after? thanks fellas
Brian

Shoot 165 or 168gr Barnes TSX or TTSX's and you will have one bullet that will do everything a 30 cal should be asked to do, with terrific accuracy, and better than the other two bullets at any game and at any reasonable range. Easy as that.

BTW, I really like your choice of rifle and cartridge, by the way. Pretty much a perfect rifle for the classes of game you are mentioning. If I had to choose one rifle for all US hunting, that one in that caliber would be on my very short list. What glass ya got on it?

RE the bullet I suggested above will also do for Moose of any flavor, Griz, or any plains game in Africa quite nicely, too. Get you a few hundred, load 'em up, and start killin stuff Whatever, whenever, wherever. No reason to make it more difficult than that.

i got a vortex viper 3.5-10x50 on it right now..and i dropped it in a hogue full aluminum bedded stock..havent shot it since those changes, but if it shoots like it feels, itll be a winner..and the tsx/ttsx are right up there on my list for top bullets..might have to get me a box or 2 of them

I agree with this....never spent much time working up loads for "deer" bullets.Because I don't know exactly what I'll be hunting in a given year,I just loaded a tougher bullet, suited to anything I might go after.

Elk bullets work really well on deer

I do agree w/ this, but i have heard great things about the accubond, and if i had the nbt that shot the same, but are cheaper to shoot, i prolly would have my bases covered..and w/ me still bein on active duty my out of state hunts are planned well in advance to have the set up in using up and ready over a year out

It might be that one of the other cheaper bullets would shoot close enough to POI when the gun was sighted in with TTSX's to be useful for practice so you could still practice and good off with the AB or BT bullets and then just load the TTSX's into the magazine when going hunting. Worth a try if bullet cost is a major factor to you. Midway and others oft have Barnes Bullets on special or sale so if it were me I would look for such and then get 4 or 5 boxes of the TTSX version then call it good. Bullet cost has not been a factor for me when building ammo for hunting. It is such a small part of the financial equation, and is THE part of the equipment that actually does the work at the moment of truth. Less expensive bullets are a false economy, IMO.

I use 180 Barnes TTSX for serious work and Sierra 180 Boat tails for practice. pretty much the same point of impact. 2 elk with the 180 Barnes. Lots of damage and full pass through.


Lefty C

180gr Accubonds are my medicine. Same with 2 other buddies shooting the same cailier and one buddy with a 300WSM.

180gr TTSX's would be my next pick. The 165-168gr too would be good in the TSX/TTSX. 165gr AB's also.

I prefer the 180's for my hunting here in Alberta.
Personally I'd stay away from the NBT, and go AB's!!

i have heard good things about the nbt's from other members, and my main use for them would be on whitetails or similar sized game, and the more solid bullet on the big ones, or whenever i felt like using them..i got some time to decide what i wanna shoot tho

They're the most accurate bullets I've ever fired out of my hunting rigs.

navy: Of course you practice with a cheaper bullet....only makes sense.But I am talking about "hunting", not practice.

I agree w/ ya but, but if i get 2 bullets w/ the same exact specs and shoot exactly the same for when i make my dope sheet for the gun, id go that route so im more or less, "practicing how i hunt"..and for the once a year i go after something bigger than deer, the AB's would work as good as anything else if i know where to put the bullet at...im kinda a KISS type of guy, and dont like that have to mess around w/ stuff once i get it how i want. But i do appreciate your input on other options

navy I think we are saying the same thing

For deer sized game the Remington 180 grain CoreLokt is very accurate, cheap, and deadly.

I would avoid the Nosler BT.

Bobin i think your right...but for arguments sake i win :p jk lol...

And swampy if i may ask what is your reasoning behind straying away from the nbt? For a handload what is your bullet of choice?

Just use one bullet to do it all. No sense in making it any harder than it has to be.

Had some really bad luck with the Nosler BT. I'll never use them again.

Now swampy, it wasn't the bullets fault you shot the deer in the azz