Thread: X-ray of shot deer

Originally Posted by Average-Lad

What's my personal takeaway? As someone who eats 90% of my protein from wild game I shoot, as does my 4 year old son and partner. I'm going to transition to copper bullets. Any recommendations for 7m08?

I load Barnes 120 TTSX in 7-08 for a few Guys & they are all very happy with them

We use 110 TTSX in both our general purpose Tikka 7-08s these are doing 3400 fps & are devastating

I use Hammer projectiles, Absolutes & HHTs in a few other hunting rifles

The Hammers are more expensive than the Barnes, are way more aggressive & their terminal performance is magnificent

Generally you want light weight for caliber & plenty of velocity

Two disadvantages with the copper projectiles are cost & reduced BC, I'm more than happy with those compromises when balanced against performance on game