Thread: 260 bull tahr projectiles

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

Originally Posted by Tahr

Im loading the 160 in my 7mmsaum. Brian uses the 150 in his 270wsm and they are excellent, and I tried the 150 in my 300saum and they killed well too, Very good bullets and their beauty is that they are no problem to get to shoot well.

They are also pretty well priced too

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.

Originally Posted by Tahr

Im trending back to ordinary bullets. Loading Fusions & Ballistic Tips at the moment. Ballistic tips of any weight are hard to go past.

165 grn BT @ 3K. 250 yards. Ouch.

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Also a fan of the BTs. I use 150gns in the 7mmRM and just yesterday loaded up some 165s in my 308 (left overs from when I had a 300WM). Went out in the evening and knocked over a red yearling at 100m and it did exactly what it was supposed to. Not a huge test I know but I expect it will only ever see reds and pigs and it won't be getting it's legs stretched much.
Interesting @R93 has had such bad experiences with the Accubonds. They were my go to for the 270win (140gn @3000fps) for 10 years and did a great job. Admittedly I wasn't shooting tahr (not very experienced when it come to them), just reds, sika and pigs but I couldn't fault them. Here is a photo of some I recovered from animals over the years (most went in one side and out the other).

Some animals did travel 30-40m but that I put down to shot placement not any failing of the projectile. I only ever remember loosing one animal using them. That was a sika stag I shot front on in the chest at about 5m. It turned and ran, never to be seen again despite 3 1/2 hours searching on two separate days.

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!

Originally Posted by Tahr

Im trending back to ordinary bullets. Loading Fusions & Ballistic Tips at the moment. Ballistic tips of any weight are hard to go past.

165 grn BT @ 3K. 250 yards. Ouch.

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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.

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.

Here is the 150gn Ballistic Top from last week's stag. It went through the thick bone of the leg and ended up weighing 88 Grains. I think it held together pretty well.