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Congratulations on a very nice buck brother. I am a fan of Balistic tips but only use the Winchester Balistic Silvertip . I used to buy reloads with just the regular Balistic tips and they don't seem to preform as good ....could be just my imagination though .
 
Snake said:
Congratulations on a very nice buck brother. I am a fan of Balistic tips but only use the Winchester Balistic Silvertip . I used to buy reloads with just the regular Balistic tips and they don't seem to preform as good ....could be just my imagination though .
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It's the same bullet, but the Winchester version, combined technology, has a lubalox coating that may or may not be a pain to get rid of in your barrel
 
Snake said:
Congratulations on a very nice buck brother. I am a fan of Balistic tips but only use the Winchester Balistic Silvertip . I used to buy reloads with just the regular Balistic tips and they don't seem to preform as good ....could be just my imagination though .
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Remi said:
I've used the 120's a bunch but from a 260 rem.


Where did you hit him and what is your velocity?
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Hit him behind the shoulder in the classic shot. Can't tell you the velocity. The bullet was pushed by 22 grains of H 4198 and an 18 inch barrel. Maybe it wasn't going all that fast. I never use the maximum load.
 
Hillbilly Hunter said:
The trade off with rapid expansion is you lose penetration. The accubond is a compromise between the two and with it being a bonded bullet, weight retention will be higher allowing for more penetration.
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Penetration isn't usually an issue on a rib cage shot on a whitetail. Everything I shoot is a pass-through but I normally have a big exit wound with a lot of blood. Not so this time.
 
Snake said:
Congratulations on a very nice buck brother. I am a fan of Balistic tips but only use the Winchester Balistic Silvertip . I used to buy reloads with just the regular Balistic tips and they don't seem to preform as good ....could be just my imagination though .
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In the past when I was first reloading for 7 mm-08 the black colored combined technology ballistic Silver Tip was all I used. They were devastating.
 
rifle02 said:
Hit him behind the shoulder in the classic shot. Can't tell you the velocity. The bullet was pushed by 22 grains of H 4198 and an 18 inch barrel. Maybe it wasn't going all that fast. I never use the maximum load.
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I'd say that load is quite slow. The ballistic tip should open down to 1600fps but you won't get damage with that low of a velocity.


Nosler shows roughly 2200fps from a 24" barrel, if you lose 25fps per inch you'd be around 2000-2050fps at the muzzle. The factory SST's you're using are significantly faster than your h4198 load which is why the performed better.


H4895 gets me 2517fps from my 20" Howa. I'd be changing powders.
 
Remi said:
I'd say that load is quite slow. The ballistic tip should open down to 1600fps but you won't get damage with that low of a velocity.


Nosler shows roughly 2200fps from a 24" barrel, if you lose 25fps per inch you'd be around 2000-2050fps at the muzzle. The factory SST's you're using are significantly faster than your h4198 load which is why the performed better.


H4895 gets me 2517fps from my 20" Howa. I'd be changing powders.
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I loaded several different bullets with a number of different powders and tried them all. The one I was using seem to be the most accurate. It's still early in the deer season so I'd have no hesitation changing to a different load. I probably should just for my peace of mind!
 
rifle02 said:
I loaded several different bullets with a number of different powders and tried them all. The one I was using seem to be the most accurate. It's still early in the deer season so I'd have no hesitation changing to a different load. I probably should just for my peace of mind!
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If you wanted to stay with 4198 have your tried the 100gr ballistic tip or the new Hornady 90cx?
 
Remi said:
If you wanted to stay with 4198 have your tried the 100gr ballistic tip or the new Hornady 90cx?
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Not really dedicated to any one powder. I have a fairly good variety. I just tried the ones that the load data that I look up have figures for. Just now I can't remember which powder I used but I tried some 100 grain ttsx and they were super accurate. I may give those a try on something other than paper.
 
rifle02 said:
Not really dedicated to any one powder. I have a fairly good variety. I just tried the ones that the load data that I look up have figures for. Just now I can't remember which powder I used but I tried some 100 grain ttsx and they were super accurate. I may give those a try on something other than paper.
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27.2grs h4895 and the 120 NBT is pretty great in my Grendel. I've only killed hogs with it but I have recovered 0 bullets. I shot back to back 10 shot groups under 1" with that load as well.
 
You all have to consider velocity with these slower rounds. Even though it's a BT, it's not going to rapidly expand at lower velocities. A bonded bullet is likely to not expand at all on some of this slower velocity stuff.
 

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