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I would be worried more about what’s going into my fruits and vegetables before I would lead poisoning.

If you are using the 6.5 creed, the 127 Barnes LRX has been a great all around bullet for us. Longest shots have been around 400 yards with most between 1-300 but my wife, kids and friends have tipped over 8 elk, 3 mule deer and a few wt/hogs with it over the past 10 years. Terminal performance has always been good. We've had a couple of double lunged death runs that have gone 150 yards but the rest have either hit the dirt of only made it a handful of yards.

That lead killed game is exponentially safer and more healthy than 99.99% of what you buy at the grocery store. Fear of lead poisoning is probably the last reason I would switch to all copper. Probably the best thing you could do for your family’s health, physically and mentally, is to get them off of social media and listening to people who have found success in monetizing fear and paranoia.

I don't think the expanding issue is anything to worry about. One thing to consider is that monolith bullets are longer and require a faster twist.

I have updated my previous post as most of the previous listings have sold. Time to move some items that just don't see use anymore... I'm in Prescott but I get down to the valley a few times a month. I will split shipping with the buyer on smaller items. All firearms will be sold in person face to face unless the buyer wants to pay for shipping costs from my FFL to yours. PRICES ARE FAIR AND FIRM! Please don't waste your time with lowball offers! SCOPE FOR SALE Vortex Viper 6.5-20-44 SOLD! MOA, 30MM Second focal plane with mil-dot reticle, capped target turrets and clear glass with light wear. Includes lens covers and factory box. BINOCULARS/Rangefinder FOR SALE Swarovski 10x42 SLC neu SOLD! These have been on a lot of hunts and still have lots of life left in them. Binos are still in very good shape as I sent them in a few years ago for a full cleaning/update from the factory. No case or lens caps as I've been carrying them in a chest harness. Leica 1600b rangefinder SOLD!!! This has been my backup rf for the last 5 years. Still works great but has definitely seen some use! Includes factory packaging and case. FIREARMS FOR SALE Rem 700 6.5x47 Lapua-$1050 Blueprinted action with pinned precision ground 0.30" recoil lug. Factory SS fluted Sendero barrel rebored to .264", cut rifled 1-8" twist, hand lapped and rechambered to 6.5x47 Lapua. Barreled action pillar and glass bedded into McMillan A3 stock in GAP camo. M5 style DBM bottom metal utilizes AICS pattern mags. 1 Polymer magazine included. Seekins 20 MOA picatinny rail Factory 700 trigger. (I'll throw in a NIB Triggertech Primary for $100) Less than 100 rounds down the barrel. Very accurate. Tikka Stainless T3 action SOLD! Includes factory trigger and bottom metal. Magnum bolt face. Tikka .260 Remington-$1050 Stainless Tikka T3 action with aftermarket trigger spring and included picatinny rail. 20" Brux barrel 1-8.5" varmint contour .860"@ the muzzle with approximately 500 rounds down the tube . Suppressor ready 5/8x24" threaded muzzle includes tapered side brake. KRG Bravo Stock/Chassis. Includes 1 MDT AICS magazine. Very accurate with multiple loads. It's got good mojo as this was the kids rifle for sitting water and never let us down. 3 shots and 3 animals straight down! Tikka SuperLite .260 Remington $OLD!! Stainless Tikka T3 action with 22" factory fluted barrel. Aftermarket trigger spring installed with Picatinny rail included. Brand New T3x Stock included. Shoots most loads MOA or better. Also has the mojo and has put a smile on lots of kid's faces over the years with multiple deer and elk taken. MISC. ITEMS FOR SALE Bartlein .338 barrel blank $275 29", 1-9.3" twist, Remington varmint contour .820" @ muzzle Geissele National Match AR-15 Trigger NIB $200 Miscellaneous Tikka Factory Stocks. $40 new/$20 used Seekins Precision Low 1 inch Scope Rings $90

My son shot a javelina on a youth hunt a few years ago. He used my M1 Garand with 150 gr Barnes Vortx ammo. The shot was 75 yards and left a softball size exit wound. No problem with expansion at all. I made the switch to Barnes back in 2008 and have never looked back. I used to be the California condor recovery program lead biologist. Feel free to reach out to me anytime. I encourage everyone to look for and read the Minnesota DNR's test results for lead vs non-lead bullets. They did it right. The lined up euthanized sheep and shot them with various kinds of bullets: non-lead, high-end and low-ed rapid expansion lead core, high-end and low-end slow-expansion lead core, muzzleloader, and shotgun slugs. They x-rayed every carcass and were finding lead fragments up to 24" away from the entry point. IMHO, MN DNR did the best test out there when the non-lead bullet craze really started taking off and there was all kinds of skepticism. I also have research articles regarding lead fragments in the grind when meat comes back from processors. Take all of this for what it is or isn't worth to you. I just like to pass on the data I have access to and can share those reports/articles with anyone interested.

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**SOLD** Thanks for the easy transaction AZShooter - It was great to meet you today.

It Sounds Like a BB Gun… But It Hits Like a Freight Train!! - 8.6 Blackout Here is a good video I watched yesterday on a heavy for powder, all-copper, bullet round with exceptional expansion even at slow speeds. Ultra-fast twist rates are discussed, and I found it interesting that the bullet's expansion came from hydrostatic pressure due to the design.

Swab your rifle bore super clean, removing all fouling, before switching between all copper bullets and lead bullets (& vice versa) for circumvention of accuracy issues.

Come down on bullet weight as copper is longer and won't need the same weight your use to . They need to have good velocity to expand . Most are 1500- 1800 at impact . They are devastating on the game I've used them on. Barns ttsx outa my 7-08 . One shot drops on big hogs in California where the guides expected two shot required . Buddies nephew dropped a cow elk with a 270 and barns copper . She made it twenty yds. Copper usually needs a good jump and .05 or more off the lands is common to get them to shoot.

Postorino Pools in Scottsdale. They did our pool from start to finish in 2 weeks. A little more expensive, but everyone showed up when they were supposed to, cleaned up after themselves and maintained chemicals for about a month afterwards. The owner's wife and I worked at the same high school for 22 years. Reliable people and family owned.

It’s called orthorexia. It’s becoming more and more prevalent with the rise of health influencer grifters.

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I shot some 127gr hammer hunter tipped bullets out of my 25 SST last year. Killed 3-4 deer and an elk (at 541 yards) with them and was really impressed. The BC’s are similar to a cab over peterbilt, but the terminal performance was excellent. All of them did exactly what they say they do.

Ive killed a handful of coues with TTSX, at or past 500 and no issues.

Yeah, they worry about that too and it is expensive.

Killed my first Coues with a 120gr Barnes X Bullet 30 years ago. 120gr 7MAG at 200 yards. DRT. I think the load was 69gr of RL19 at about 3450. A few years ago I shot a 6X7 Bull at 400 yards with the same rifle. Barnes VOR-TX 160gr factory round. No tracking was needed.

I will take this.

I have a 4X on my mod 88 but it is 50 years old!

Badass battle rifle!

"Unless you're shooting a real heavy kicker, there's not much up-side to fixed power." COST!