Thread: 260 bull tahr projectiles

Originally Posted by Russian 22.

How do you find the BC and drop of the ballistic tips compared to the fancy bullets?

They look pretty attractive cos they're cheap.

Not that cheap as they are only boxes of 50.


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Originally Posted by Russian 22.

How do you find the BC and drop of the ballistic tips compared to the fancy bullets?

They look pretty attractive cos they're cheap.

Out to the 500 yards I ever shoot to I don't think BC is a significant factor. The excellent value 160 7mm Fusions BC is .440 and that's good enough middle of the road for me. Same with the BTs'. A 150 Nosler BT 7mm is .493 which is way better than the Fusions. And the 150 Nosler can be sent off pretty quick which is a catch up on the lack of BC. I just dial in the correction which is only a tiny bit more because of the so called "low" bc.

Same with wind.

Its only if I was consistently shooting over 500 yards would I worry about the difference between .440 and .590/.600

Mind you, I'm only speaking from my own world of personal experience so that's a limiting factor in itself.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Out to the 500 yards I ever shoot to I don't think BC is a significant factor. The excellent value 160 7mm Fusions BC is .440 and that's good enough middle of the road for me. Same with the BTs'. A 150 Nosler BT 7mm is .493 which is way better than the Fusions. And the 150 Nosler can be sent off pretty quick which is a catch up on the lack of BC. I just dial in the correction which is only a tiny bit more because of the so called "low" bc.

Same with wind.

Its only if I was consistently shooting over 500 yards would I worry about the difference between .440 and .590/.600

Mind you, I'm only speaking from my own world of personal experience so that's a limiting factor in itself.

Good points here.

I used to load 150 BTs for a mate with milsurp sniper ammo. Just pulled the FMJs, neck sized and seated the BTs and they were superb, if a bit damaging, but I prefer a damaged carcass to a lost one.

High BCs are attractive, but generally not necessary, however, high BC bullets still work at closer ranges. My 180 ELD-Ms have mega BC, which gives me the option of long shots combined with decreased wind effect.

Originally Posted by 25 /08 IMP

Not that cheap as they are only boxes of 50.


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Ah. I was more talking about the ballistic tips rather than the fusion projectiles.

Gold dot speer can be cheap and quite good.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Out to the 500 yards I ever shoot to I don't think BC is a significant factor. The excellent value 160 7mm Fusions BC is .440 and that's good enough middle of the road for me. Same with the BTs'. A 150 Nosler BT 7mm is .493 which is way better than the Fusions. And the 150 Nosler can be sent off pretty quick which is a catch up on the lack of BC. I just dial in the correction which is only a tiny bit more because of the so called "low" bc.

Same with wind.

Its only if I was consistently shooting over 500 yards would I worry about the difference between .440 and .590/.600

Mind you, I'm only speaking from my own world of personal experience so that's a limiting factor in itself.

Seems to suit my intended shooting perfectly!

I've gone full circle and back to loading partitions. I did not love the ELD-X at all they were very accurate but very explody. Shot one deer in the shoulder and whole front end was rooted

Originally Posted by mikee

I've gone full circle and back to loading partitions. I did not love the ELD-X at all they were very accurate but very explody. Shot one deer in the shoulder and whole front end was rooted

I wanted to shoot partitions but they are pricey so under @chainsaws recommendations I went with the speer hcsp. Less than half the price and are terrific performers

The only problem with regular projectiles is they don't make me as horny when pawing over the ballistics chart.

A valid point.

I found partitions a good round but not especially accurate when compared to the Amax and then its successor the ELDM. Good for close and personal (N.P) but I found they wandered in grouping out past 200, just when you want them to be a bit tighter.
Thats in a standard 260 Rem, I went down the sample pack path from gunworks, tried all sorts, probably everything that Nosler has in that cal, none got the accuracy of the Hornady range...... might be just my rifle. But when you know your rifle is laying down repeatable performance it inspires greater confidence, and that may be why people swear by the Eld style. They can put the bullet where it needs to be, that equates to respecting the animal.

Tahr are goats, 22 should do it

Oh @Gibo that big spoon you've got will get in trouble one day

Originally Posted by johnd

Oh @Gibo that big spoon you've got will get in trouble one day

Yes he should have added.... but normal goats have bigger horns!

Originally Posted by Kudu

Yes he should have added.... but normal goats have bigger horns!

And angora goats have thicker coats

Truth is they are all just lumps of copper and lead that regardless of their design and tolerances will act all silly from time to time. None are totally predictable.

And by far the majority of game animals shot in NZ are likely knocked over by Federal Blue box factory Ammo (in 308?). And half of them probably at night.

Its only us fiddlers and enthusiasts at the margins that fuss over bullets and stuff. And the more we fuss the more we experiment, the more likely we are to have failures.

Meanwhile the rest just get on with their very predictable blue box ammo, and are very happy doing it.

You make it sound very attractive!