bamaranger
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Spent the better part of two weekends this summer working up a .270/130 ballistic tip load for a pals new 24" barreled Rem 700. The load shot tight and consistently broke 3000 fps.
Guy calls me last week, he'd lost a deer he'd hit, and had same experience last year as well with same combo (different rifle). He was really down on ballistic tips as a hunting load. Some on line surfing shows there are others that think the same way.
Which is contrary to my limited experience with them. Only killed a handful with .270/130 and .30/180 (early version) cal ballistic tips, but dead deer, and they have always been very accurate as well. Definitely a "soft" deer bullet I think, but not a crippler either.
Course placement is everything.
So who hates'em, who likes' em, for whitetails?
Guy calls me last week, he'd lost a deer he'd hit, and had same experience last year as well with same combo (different rifle). He was really down on ballistic tips as a hunting load. Some on line surfing shows there are others that think the same way.
Which is contrary to my limited experience with them. Only killed a handful with .270/130 and .30/180 (early version) cal ballistic tips, but dead deer, and they have always been very accurate as well. Definitely a "soft" deer bullet I think, but not a crippler either.
Course placement is everything.
So who hates'em, who likes' em, for whitetails?