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Posted: 3/13/2011 12:54:51 PM EDT
| TTSX boattail Bullets?? I am loading some up to try and they are very long compared to my Hornady hollow point boattails. Both are 168 grn. COL on the Hornady is 2.810 But I can set the Barnes at 3.020 and they chamber very well. They are tight at 3.025 . I painted the bullets with a marker and chambered them in a dummy case to check when they would just touch the grooves, then backed the depth off.005 |
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I'm using the exact same bullets in .308 for reloading. I have been seating them to 2.780, as from what I've been reading they like a "jump" before hitting the lands.
I just took a deer with one yesterday, with amazing results. She bucked up on her hind legs (she was on the move) and jumped a few times, and landed about 10 or 15 feet away. Front legs never touched the ground before she landed. When I got down from the tree and walked over she was laying there in a pool of blood with about a 3" hole in her chest. They are long bullets, but they do their job very effectively. to get 168gr out of a pure copper bullet, it has to be longer than anything with lead or heavier alloys. Ive read about people taking elk easily with this bullet from a .308. I'm still working up loads to find the most accurate charge of powder. Currently using IMR 4064 in BH cases. |
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