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What is the best round for whitetail? #2902486
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I'm shooting a Savage Model 110 I believe its a 2002 first year they had the AccuTrigger.
I have shot a few different rounds over the years. Remington Corelok, Hornady American Whitetail, Winchester Silver Tips, Winchester Deer Season XP

.270

Curious what you think is the best?

Last edited by tjmcdwll; 09/14/19 06:47 AM.

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Re: What is the best round for whitetail? [Re: tjmcdwll] #2902507
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Re: What is the best round for whitetail? [Re: tjmcdwll] #2902517
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Whatever is most accurate in your gun. You’re fixing to find out people way overthink this stuff.


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Re: What is the best round for whitetail? [Re: tjmcdwll] #2902520
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A light weight Barnes TTSX will make a mess .



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Re: What is the best round for whitetail? [Re: tjmcdwll] #2902522
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Yep. Knew a Winchester 30/06 that hated winchester ammo but was lights out with Remington 180 round nose corelokts.


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Re: What is the best round for whitetail? [Re: tjmcdwll] #2902620
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I have shot Coreloks in 30:06 and .270 my entire life with zero problems. Not the most glamorous shell but gets the job done consistently.

Re: What is the best round for whitetail? [Re: tjmcdwll] #2902645
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Ballistic tips


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Re: What is the best round for whitetail? [Re: tjmcdwll] #2902654
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Re: What is the best round for whitetail? [Re: tjmcdwll] #2902660
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Re: What is the best round for whitetail? [Re: tjmcdwll] #2902669
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Well if you're wearing skinny jeans and have your hair all tied up in a nice tight little man bun on top of your head, there is only one best round for whitetail and that is any bullet in a 6.5 CREED. Notice I remebered to capitalize it 338!!

If you're too afraid ot the killing power and not shooting a Creed like many on here, then anything shooting a Barnes TTSX, Hornady BTSP, or Nosler Partition. Killing deer is easy. Put a good round in a good spot and they die like they are supposed to.

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Re: What is the best round for whitetail? [Re: abolt300] #2902674
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Originally Posted by abolt300
Well if you're wearing skinny jeans and have your hair all tied up in a nice tight little man bun on top of your head, there is only one best round for whitetail and that is any bullet in a 6.5 CREED. Notice I remebered to capitalize it 338!!

If your not shooting a Creed, then anything shooting a Barnes TTSX, Hornady BTSP, or Nosler Partition.

Don't forget your HECS suit and magic ozone box. 😀


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Re: What is the best round for whitetail? [Re: tjmcdwll] #2902677
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Oh, I've always got those with me. Man you know you cant hunt without a hecs suit and I've found that 10 of those ozonics running at the same time really do the trick on killing your scent. I just didnt mention them because I thought that it was such common knowledge that everyone already knew that. rofl

Re: What is the best round for whitetail? [Re: tjmcdwll] #2902717
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Since we don’t know the calibre I’ll have to say if you wet the stopper it’ll stick to the plastic deer target better


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Re: What is the best round for whitetail? [Re: tjmcdwll] #2902743
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Generally speaking, the best whitetail rounds:
A. Make an entrance.
B. Make an exit.
C. Cause the deer to spray lungs from his mouth and nose.


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Re: What is the best round for whitetail? [Re: tjmcdwll] #2902751
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Originally Posted by 2Dogs
A light weight Barnes TTSX will make a mess .

I have had the opposite experience with the 130 ttsx out of a 308. They seem to penetrate like there's no tomorrow and expand fine, but I dont think they shock enough. I think I'm switching to ballistic tips.


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Originally Posted by Fldoghunter
Originally Posted by 2Dogs
A light weight Barnes TTSX will make a mess .

I have had the opposite experience with the 130 ttsx out of a 308. They seem to penetrate like there's no tomorrow and expand fine, but I dont think they shock enough. I think I'm switching to ballistic tips.

I loaded 48 130 gr tsx with 58 gr of Imr 4064 spitin’ out at about 3250 FPS out of my 30-06. I think they’ll leave a mark...

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Barnes or GMX. I like the idea of being able to drive a bullet lengthwise through a deer even when big bones are in the path. That’s not gonna happen with a cup and core bullet. Occasionally you may get lucky but I don’t want to chance it. If a mature buck walks out I have confidence that I can drive a bullet to the vitals no matter how he is standing (extreme quartering, etc).

Cheap will kill no doubt about it but why skimp on a $3 cartridge when you spend untold amount of money on everything else.

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Originally Posted by Fldoghunter
Originally Posted by 2Dogs
A light weight Barnes TTSX will make a mess .

I have had the opposite experience with the 130 ttsx out of a 308. They seem to penetrate like there's no tomorrow and expand fine, but I dont think they shock enough. I think I'm switching to ballistic tips.


That bullet is too light for caliber in my opinion. I shoot the 150ttsx in my 7mag. In the past 2 years I’ve shot 5 deer. All were dead within 10 yards of where they were shot. Of course I shoot for the ball of the shoulder which makes a huge difference. Double lung one and they can run 100 yards no mater what cartridge.

Re: What is the best round for whitetail? [Re: tjmcdwll] #2902851
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I’ve been shooting tsx and ttsx 165s and 180s for 11 years. Of all the critters I’ve killed only 2 bullets did not completely past through. If I don’t get an exit wound with the 130s I have 100+ rounds of 165 ttsx 56.5 gr imr 4350 .


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Originally Posted by Fldoghunter
Originally Posted by 2Dogs
A light weight Barnes TTSX will make a mess .

I have had the opposite experience with the 130 ttsx out of a 308. They seem to penetrate like there's no tomorrow and expand fine, but I dont think they shock enough. I think I'm switching to ballistic tips.


My experience is I always get pass throughs and the ground looks like a crime scene. Most are DRT , those that run never go out of sight and leave a red river blood trail.



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