The best bullet

[eekjellander]

Sorry for English and spelling,,,Ron not run!!

Thank God you meant Ron cause (RUNNING) would be futile with groups like That!!/Ed

 

[idahoron]

I have taken 23 head of elk. Well over 60 head of deer. And a few antelope.
In my 270 I have given up on partition bullets many years ago. In these pictures the top row is nosler partition. The bottom row is Hornady 140 gr BTSP.
The partition bullets were taken out of deer. The Hornady bullets were taken out of elk. All bullets were under the skin on the off side. This means the Hornady bullets penetrated more inches of game than the partitions. The partition bullets were also less accurate.

 

[idahoron]

As far as muzzleloader bullets go I make my own. No muzzleloader bullets I have tested even come close. They were also tested in a test on another forum.
The picture with two bullets is the 410 gr 50 cal. Those bullets were I. The chest cavity of a mature muledeer buck. Those bullets used up their energy. That buck ran another 200 yards into the bottom of a canyon.
Those bullets were so soft that the rapid expansion reduced penetration.
The paper patched bullet and the perfect mushroom was found under the skin on my bull elk. It was shot at 248 yards. A high shoulder shot was used to anchor the bull that was under 10 foot away from private land.
Those bullets blow through deer and antelope.

It is my opinion that I was my bullets to plow through. I want feet of penetration not inches. I want to crush shoulders and find the bullets in the flank on the off side.

If a bullet uses up all its energy on a rib cage shot how deep is it going to penetrate on a shoulder, or a hard quartering away shot?

 

[idahoron]

Accuracy is also most important to me. But that bullet has to be up to the task. In this picture, I'm sure the hunter said " I hit it right behind the shoulder"

 

[alternate]

I've killed more deer with bullets that started with .4 and ended with XTP than any other.
.40 cal- a doe and a buck with the 180 grain and a doe with the 200.
4 doe with the 240 grain .44 cal
14 with the 250 grain .45
2 doe with the 300 grain, non magnum. 45.
We're there no other bullets available, I'd be content.

I use .40 cal Hornady XTP's exclusively in my SML. Great bulet.

 

[bronko220002]

IMO a bullet from a .45 or .50 or larger muzzleloader in the chest cavity will kill any deer regardless if the bullet expands or not. Yes expansion is better and will kill faster due to more tissue damage but if you punch a 1/2" hole in both lungs that animal is going to die.

 

[bronko220002]

I use .40 cal Hornady XTP's exclusively in my SML. Great bulet.

I killed the biggest buck of my life with a 10mm XTP.

 

[Slugnut]

I like the PB Aerolites (250 & 300g) as well as the Hornady 290g Boredriver.

 

[Ninering62]

I use .40 cal Hornady XTP's exclusively in my SML. Great bulet.

I just got 100- .40 200gr XTP’s to plink & possibly start hunting with in my Accura at around 2400fps. They ought to get the job done inside of 200yds

 

[MrTom]

I shot a deer with the 240 grain XTP in front of 77 weighed grans of BH209. No idea what the velocity was but the range was about 35 feet. Perfect broadside, standing still. Lung tissue was blown out of its nose and a red mist covered everything behind the deer but it never so much as took a step. After about twenty second it dropped right straight down. The bullet entered between two ribs and exited between two ribs. No bone hit anywhere. I've never seen such soup in a chest cavity as when that bullet hit home. I'm sure a 200 grain XTP in the .40 will offer about the same results.