Favourite bullet for hunting?

[Skatchewan]

Deer?
Elk/Moose?

[MountainTi]

Partition

[dfrobert]

Partition

[Twisted Canuck]

Partition for years, although a TSX on occasion works very good too. I've tried others as well and had good success, but when I push a partition into the chamber I have confidence my bullet will do its job if I do mine.

[elkhunter11]

TTSX and impact velocities over 2000fps..

[Nyksta]

Accubond

[260 Rem]

Originally Posted by elkhunter11

TTSX and impact velocities over 2000fps..

X2

[Dick284]

It depends on the cartridge.

Primarily it needs to be a hunting bullet, then it needs to shoot well in the rifle.

Muzzle velocities south of 2800fps, a cup core design like a Hornady Interlock, or a Sierra Pro Hunter, or Game King are my starting point.

2800-3100 FPS, a Partition, or a bonded core offering like an Accubond, Interbond, or similar.

3100 FPS, I’d look hard at a monolithic designed bullet like a Barnes, or a GMX.


You can always migrate to a lower velocity range with your bullets, but moving upwards often leads to “interesting” results on game

[EagleEyes]

Partition for sure. I also shoot accubond's they seem to work well.

[Dubious]

Scirocco swifts.

Never could get the famous nosler partition to shoot well.

[Ithaca Dog]

Originally Posted by MountainTi

Partition

Yup.

[shooter12]

Sierra GK in a heavy for the caliber weight worked really good for me on many elk, 2 moose and I don't even remember how many deers.
S12

[Bushleague]

For the money I think its hard to beat the Remington Coreloct. In 180 grain in the .30 cal's, 150 in the .270. Good for anything you can hunt in this province and they've typically shot pretty good out of most of my rifles.

[petew]

Originally Posted by MountainTi

Partition

x2
Best there is .

[waterhaulerhunter]

I’ve always used Accubonds and TSX. Always had extremely good performance on game and off the bench. I shoot yhe 143gr Eld’x out of my 6.5-284 and it performed very good on 3 deer last fall.

[stob]

Partition, Hornday Interlock, Fusion, Woodleigh, Accubond, Game King, TTSX... yup!!! they all work

[6.5 shooter]

Originally Posted by stob

Partition, Hornday Interlock, Fusion, Woodleigh, Accubond, Game King, TTSX... yup!!! they all work

^^^ agree

[coyoteman]

The winchester 180 gr power point in 30-06 was extremely effective on moose, our hunting group used them for many years all over nfld. Of course it depends on the hunter waiting for the right shot, no pot shotters here. A moose hit through the lungs, will drop like a rag doll, at 500-600m no problem. In many cases the moose was dead as a door nail when we arrived at the drop site.
All the groups carried 30-06 and used this bullet, the idea being if it works why try something else.

[Scott N]

I've been shooting Barnes TSX for over 10 seasons now, I've been pretty happy with their performance.

[Skatchewan]

Originally Posted by coyoteman

The winchester 180 gr power point in 30-06 was extremely effective on moose, our hunting group used them for many years all over nfld. Of course it depends on the hunter waiting for the right shot, no pot shotters here. A moose hit through the lungs, will drop like a rag doll, at 500-600m no problem. In many cases the moose was dead as a door nail when we arrived at the drop site.
All the groups carried 30-06 and used this bullet, the idea being if it works why try something else.

I agree. My Dad and I have used this bullet to take 5 moose, and one elk. If you need a RELIABLE bullet in the 30.06, you can't go wrong with this one.

[MOUNTAIN MICKEY]

Speer Grand Slams. Never found a reason to try something different in my 7mm rm. Same bullets and almost the same load for about 45 years. That means I am old enough to make a mistake on the number of years but it is a significant number. 175 gr pills for me.

[Prairiewolf]

I started out with Federal Fusion 175gr in my 7MM, but switched two years ago to Nosler Partition 165gr. I now use this in both 7MM and 308Win, the latter of which I take out most trips.

[Huntsman]

TC Prohunter;
26/06 - Sierra GK
7mm RM - Sierra GK

Win 88/308 - Hornady IL, Lee 200gr cast RNGC
Win 94/30-30 - Hornady IL, NOE 165gr cast FNGC
Win 94/38-55 - Hornady IL
Win 1885/38-55- Lyman 264gr cast FNGC

Tikka T3X 6.5x55- Hornady SST

TC Compass 6.5 CM - Hornady SST or IL

[tswg]

accubonds

[West O'5]

Between my son and I we've taken 7 deer with GMX bullets over the last 3 years,80gr .243 for him,165gr .30-06 for me,,no complaints wutsoever,most were pass thrus but did recover 2 bullets,one in an off shoulder,the other in a hip from a head on chest shot,both were 95% + weight retention.
Mind you,all but one of those deer were less then 200 yards so relatively high impact velocities.
I'd have no issues using either with confidence out to 500y with 2000fps give er take being the rule of thumb for minimum impact velocity.....which is a good 100 farther then I've ever shot any deer in nearly 40 years of hunting,lol,so yea,they do just fine for my liking.

If I was loading up for a hunt where there was a reasonably good chance of needing to take a shot at 500+,ie;maybe a mountain hunt or bald ass Prairie Mulies or antelope wutever,I'd opt for something more frangible with great BCs like the ELD-X probably.....but again....I've never had to shoot past 400 in my life and could count the deer I've shot beyond 300 on one hand soooo...not too concerned about it.

[Smokinyotes]

Partitions, accubonds, interlocks, ballistic tips, ELDx and sst’s have all killed game effectively for me. These days I hunt with either accubonds or eldx.

[trigger7mm]

Old school, Hornady Interloks. Been using them for 40years, and they have never let me down.

[58thecat]

Originally Posted by trigger7mm

Old school, Hornady Interloks. Been using them for 40years, and they have never let me down.

And I have not had a batch that any of my rifles didn't like too, shoot, group and take home game type bullet.

[Northwinds308]

I’m a Barnes guy myself after shooting an elk at 50 meters a few years ago, terminal damage was catastrophic. Trying a handloads with 200 grain LRX’s in my 300 Win Mag this year, will see how they perform when I get to shoot something with them.