Thread: 30cal hunting projectiles

Originally Posted by Carpe Diem

In my 7mm I use a 140gr Barnes TSX for up to 100 and for longer shots Amax 162 grainers

Combo for me is really useful as the 140's are bang on at 100 in the x ring and the Amax's 2 inches high at 100 and bang on at 220-250 where they'd do the most damage anyway. So for me its relatively simple then to stick my dope sheet on my stock for longer shots but my first round in the gun magazine is a TSX, reason being it gives me a go to round for the shit just popped up in front of me animal - whilst if its further away I can either use the TSX or decide to set up and shoot for a shot further away.

May sound a bit weird as a mix but it works for me - especially knowing the POI differentials for distance of the two rounds.

Pretty sure thats how VC rolls too. Good idea I reckon

Originally Posted by Gibo

Pretty sure thats how VC rolls too. Good idea I reckon

It's only not worked for me once which was on a bloody goat would you believe. Shot was at 135 so used the Barnes, put the rifle on a rock with the harris and set up.... Boom! Bloody goat ran off as though nothing had happened about 20 m into a little rocky re entrant. Mate next to me Craig pissed himself laughing - how the hell did you miss that. I shrugged - I don't know mate I reckon I was dead on...

Then we were ribbing each other about it and head a commotion from further up the valley from a few other goats so started walking up that way. We got about 20m up the road and I could make out the body of the aforementioned goat on a rock about 30 m from where I'd shot it.

Recovering it the round had slightly quartered due to the angle hit and demolished the heart and gone out the other shoulder fully shattering it and it was handing by a thread. Shows you that the bloody adrenaline from a heart shot still makes em run pretty good even on 3 legs, If not far!

Nah I bloody love the TSX for the close stuff awesome.
Evidence below! Entry side showing the other was pretty brutal!!

Originally Posted by Carpe Diem

It's only not worked for me once which was on a bloody goat would you believe. Shot was at 135 so used the Barnes, put the rifle on a rock with the harris and set up.... Boom! Bloody goat ran off as though nothing had happened about 20 m into a little rocky re entrant. Mate next to me Craig pissed himself laughing - how the hell did you miss that. I shrugged - I don't know mate I reckon I was dead on...

Then we were ribbing each other about it and head a commotion from further up the valley from a few other goats so started walking up that way. We got about 20m up the road and I could make out the body of the aforementioned goat on a rock about 30 m from where I'd shot it.

Recovering it the round had slightly quartered due to the angle hit and demolished the heart and gone out the other shoulder fully shattering it and it was handing by a thread. Shows you that the bloody adrenaline from a heart shot still makes em run pretty good even on 3 legs, If not far!

Nah I bloody love the TSX for the close stuff awesome.
Evidence below! Entry side showing the other was pretty brutal!!

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With a heart shot, because the heart immediately stops pumping and there is no organ damage for the in-situ blood thoughout the body to drain into, the oxygenated blood stays in the animal and keeps it going for that 25 metre dash. Thats why heart shot deer rush off. They keel over once their blood oxygen is depleted.

Sort of.