Performance of solid copper ammo or lack of

[AZ RANGER]

I like your first rule. Haha

[rclouse79]

I love the 130 grain ttsx out of my .270. Since I started using it I have killed 4 coues and 2 elk with it with great results from ranges of 30 to 300 yards. I will not be switching to anything else any time soon.

[firstcoueswas80]

I've managed to kill a few things with ttsx, no penciling through here....

 

 

Roughly 1/2 to 2/3 of the critters

[.270]

Everbody knows you're wierd. For everything you've killed with copper I've shot 10 with lead. I hate the whole concept. Long light bullets that have so much barrel drag you end up with 7mm08 ballistics outta good guns to keep from blowing things up. Theyve had to redesign em 10 times trying to get lead ballistics. Never made it. Do you still hafta load em .0050" off the lands to keep from overpressure? I saw a guy shoot a nice big 6x6 with .338/.378 wby. A dam cannon. His copper bullet hit it perfect. Right where you want. Found it 8 hours later with lanterns about 0130. Ran over 1/2 mile, most of it uphill, before he laid down. I coulda shot him with a .223 and he wouldn't o' made it outta the meadow. That's just one example. I've never seen a copper bullet be anything but crap on big bull elk. I see no reason to use something that ain't never gonna be as good as something else that's readily available. Now go practice the banjo and leave me alone. Lark.

[firstcoueswas80]

You're also 500 years older then me, a far superior banjo player, and have fewer teeth than my 20 month old son.

 

A buck not pictured was killed at 525 yards with a 100gr ttsx from my 257 wby. Starting them at 3500 fps, they sure fly sweet and tend to be instant death.

[Lucafu1]

yeah they suck on bull elk =)

 

two different bulls. one was a TSX, the other is a TTSX. 338 win mag.

[firstcoueswas80]

From a coues at 296, after about 30", penetration.

 

[bigorange]

Apparently very one missed Lark's first rule which pretty much ended the discussion.

[Guest wdenike]

I'm purely guessing. But I bet he has a third rule. That says NO HUNTING IN THE ZOO!! :D

 

 

 

Take care, Willie

[sjvcon]

I used the TTSX on the buck in my photo. Didn't walk one step. Hit the ground immediately. Bullet went in though the front shoulder quartering toward and buried in the ribs. Bullet mass was nearly 100%, and mushroomed well ...

 

Guess it depends on the hit.

[firstcoueswas80]

Hitting bone definitely helps!

[.270]

I know you don't remember Tracy, but I told you not to donate your brain to science until you were dead. Just accept that I'm right and move along. Lark.

[firstcoueswas80]

Youre getting old... it's Casey, but not bad for a 95 y/o man.

[singleshot]

Most of these long range guys are using bullets made for target shooting, not the solid copper variety. They seem to be able to punish everything that walks with them at a 1000 yards. Hit a bull or buck high in the shoulders with a ttsx, xxx or whatever, high in the shoulders with a over the counter Walmart stocked Corelokt or Power Point and he is done. End of story. Bison were nearly exterminated using solid lead bullets.

Coues deer? Any 80 grain bullet in the front third of the body and you should find him dead, or on the verge of.

[.270]

It's worse than I thought. Since he had his brain removed Tracy thinks his name is Casey. That's funny. Now tell me, was it worth it just to be a better banjo picker? You guys should all listen to singleshot. His ol' man raised him right. Other than the sissy part. Lark.