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    53 grain TSX's will not stabilise. Too long. Or put it this way, it gave me around two inch groups, and I did shoot a deer with one anyway.
    The Barnes 50 grain TSX, (not the plastic tipped TTSX) however did stabilise in my Vixen.
    I used
    55 grain Hornady SP,
    50 grain TSX.
    60 grain Hornady SP - this will stabilise and shoot well.
    Sierra 52 grain BTHP match bullets shot well too, but I didn't shoot a deer with them, although I am told they work on deer too.
    All of these bullets shot at an inch for five shots or below.

    People say that sometimes the 70 grain Speer will stabilise, but in mine it shot atrociously.
    Any of the other bullets heavier than I have mentioned will not stabilise, although I am told the 63 Grain Sierra semi -pointed will, but I never tried it. I would have tried the Winchester 64 grain power point because apparently that works in a 14 twist too, but I couldn't find any.

    I used max loads of mostly 2207, but 2208 will also work well and give about the same velocity. (Although you have to trickle it in and tap the case to get it all in and then compress it.)

    By the end of all this, I sort of settled on the 55 grain Hornady w/c. Killed as well as the expensive bullets and was just as accurate, and cost the least.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Carlsen Highway View Post
    53 grain TSX's will not stabilise. Too long. Or put it this way, it gave me around two inch groups, and I did shoot a deer with one anyway.
    The Barnes 50 grain TSX, (not the plastic tipped TTSX) however did stabilise in my Vixen.
    I used
    55 grain Hornady SP,
    50 grain TSX.
    60 grain Hornady SP - this will stabilise and shoot well.
    Sierra 52 grain BTHP match bullets shot well too, but I didn't shoot a deer with them, although I am told they work on deer too.
    All of these bullets shot at an inch for five shots or below.

    People say that sometimes the 70 grain Speer will stabilise, but in mine it shot atrociously.
    Any of the other bullets heavier than I have mentioned will not stabilise, although I am told the 63 Grain Sierra semi -pointed will, but I never tried it. I would have tried the Winchester 64 grain power point because apparently that works in a 14 twist too, but I couldn't find any.

    I used max loads of mostly 2207, but 2208 will also work well and give about the same velocity. (Although you have to trickle it in and tap the case to get it all in and then compress it.)

    By the end of all this, I sort of settled on the 55 grain Hornady w/c. Killed as well as the expensive bullets and was just as accurate, and cost the least.
    60gr Hornady. Dudes who I load for their Vixens can't say enough about this pill with 24gr 748.
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