How many people in here shoot a 70gr Nosler BT in their 243? My gun loves them but the critters hate them lol.
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I haven’t tried them but I love my 243. I think it’s a under appreciated cartridge , but my fav
I haven't tried the Ballistic Tips - I had many other shooters/hunters tell me stories of unreliable expansion and other problems with them in other calibers. Try the Barnes 80-grain TTSX BT. You'll not regret it. I won't hunt medium/large game without a TSX bullet. If you want to put down varmints go with a light jacketed V-Max. The V-Max is wicked.
I have heard nothing but good things about the Barnes 80gr's but ive never tried them.. and i dont know what problems they have had in other calibers but my 70gr Varmint bullets are the only thing i shoot at the moment. I have yet to have a deer take a step. And i watched a friend give a 350lb black bear a quick dirt nap with them.
Killed it, gutted it, lodded it in the truck all with 1 shot lol. Nice!! What powder you load those 87's with?
I haven’t shot anything with them yet but I had a few boxes of Federal 243 70gr NBT’s and ended up with a Weatherby Accumark 243 and it’s a hammer with them. Once the ammo is gone I probably won’t load them though, not that it’s a bad choice, I just think that there’s better.
I would shoot something with them first before thinking there is better i can gurantee you will be pleased with the devistation they create i have yet to have a dear take a step anywhere from 35yds to 315 yds.
I didnt realise Federal loaded the 70gr NBT's? Learn something new everyday
I’m almost embarrassed to say....
So I’m trying to “bond” with my dad and we got the same rifles and I’m reloading for him. He’s just getting into shooting. It’s a savage axis xp (new design) 22” varmint, urban digital camo. I threaded our barrels and put a break on his. I run a suppressor. The stock was a joke so I filled the stock and forend with silicon and it actually did wonders. Kinda hillbilly but whatever. I added a cheek riser and it’s surprisingly nice to shoot. I developed some Hornady 108g ELD matches that shot great too using some IMR 4350 I had leftover from the H4350 shortage a while ago.
So I’m trying to “bond” with my dad and we got the same rifles and I’m reloading for him. He’s just getting into shooting. It’s a savage axis xp (new design) 22” varmint, urban digital camo. I threaded our barrels and put a break on his. I run a suppressor. The stock was a joke so I filled the stock and forend with silicon and it actually did wonders. Kinda hillbilly but whatever. I added a cheek riser and it’s surprisingly nice to shoot. I developed some Hornady 108g ELD matches that shot great too using some IMR 4350 I had leftover from the H4350 shortage a while ago.
Nothing wrong with a savage. Curently own a savage 243 myself. Good shooters almost shoots with my 700 varmint out of the box
Used to shoot deer with a 70 grain nosler ballistic tip. I had several splashes with minimal penetration. When that didn't happen they killed like the hammer of Thor. My family and I probably killed over 50 does with the 70 grain BT and had 4 or 5 splashes. After that I convinced them all to switch to different bullets. There are much better bullets for medium game. They are a great varmint bullet though.
I’m convinced that the NBT varmint bullets are even more lightly constructed than most other varmint bullets. I shot numerous groundhogs from big to small with 60gr NBT’s from 224 Valkyrie and none of them exited even small groundhogs shot from the side. Some of them had craters on the entrance side. I shot a coyote at about 70 yards, and watched a massive splash splash on its shoulder since I was using a thermal clip and tracked it almost 1/2 mile and never found the body, just little drops of blood every so often. It ran off for the 250-300 yards I could see it like it had never been hit.
No way would I choose them intentionally if I was after deer sized game if I was going to take anything but a headshot. There’s plenty of bullets better suited for deer.
No way would I choose them intentionally if I was after deer sized game if I was going to take anything but a headshot. There’s plenty of bullets better suited for deer.
I agree there may be better bullets out there. But for me i havent found them yet. But honestly i havent been looking either. My local wally world had 13 boxes of them cleranced dow to $5 a box so i had to but them all lol. So i have plenty.
I dont know if they have a different jacket from the .224 cal to 6mm or not but ive shpt 3 deer this past year that all three had exit holes the size of softballs entrance hole was almost as big.. it may have something to do with the speeds there being pushed. Maybe?
They are a true varmint bullet, super light jackets. The varmageddon is the flat based version but essentially the same jacket construction.
The hunting ballistic tips are a heavier construction but are only for the bigger stuff. The lighter 6mm are varmint, the heavier ones are hunting. I wouldnt want to use a 70, I would use a 90.
