Thread: Speer 165btsp

I use them in my 18” .308. Running them at 2,560 ft./sec.

The BC is real. The terminal performance is fantastic. I’ve got quite a few photos of fallow and reds shot with this bullet between 100-450m. Epic bleeds, good exits, plus a couple of nicely mushroomed bullets recovered from the bank behind the deer. The BTSP works so well for me for open country shooting that I bought 500.

Close range on goats - say sub 50m - is brutal. It’s way too much bullet for this use and just blows them apart.

I would not use this bullet in a bush gun at close range when chasing forest deer. My other 308 for this purpose will be loaded with a tougher bullet. I don’t doubt that it will still kill deer, at close range, but it will make a mess.