Want to use a Barns Triple-Shock bullet. One person says 120g. another 140g. yet another says a 160g. because of possible wind. PLEASE HELP I just want to make a quick kill.

Any of the bullets you talked about will do the job.Select the one that shoots best in your rifle and go hunt. I shot mine with a 6mm Rem and 87gr bullet dropped him at 250 yds no sweat.Goats are not hard to put down.
Rob

I use the Sierra 168 grain HPBT bullet for antelope out to around 600-700 yards in my 7mm Mag.

Works just fine, if you can do your part.

I used 160grNP in my 7mmDakota just because they shot so well out past 300yds. Ended up taking my shot & 120yds & the buck never moved, very little meat damage from the heavy slug.

I've shot antelope with the 140 rain TSX out of my 7 Mag. It worked fine. Any of the three TSX bullets will work fine, shoot which ever one is the most accurate in your gun.

I assume you are aware that antelope are not large animals and that a lock of knockdown power is not
needed. Accuracy at long range is the important factor. These critters have spotting scopes for eyes. You can get close to them with a fake antelope cutout you hold up in front of you. This can be extremely dangerous if
some other hunter thinks your decoy cutout looks real. Making your decoy out of T1 armor plate is not too practical. And really believe that the other postings about wind are true and important. A heavy bullet out of
your 7mm Mag should work well. Go out and practice at 400 yards with it before the season.

Main thing is practice your shooting at longer ranges, out to 500yds is not out of reason.

you can call them in with a coyote call sometimes. OR at least get them to stop unless you've spooked them. Then it's impossible, so just find another bunch.

I've gone from a 7mmag, to a .243 with great results. They are harder to hit than they are to kill.

Some years ago while coyote hunting with another guy that was out for goats with a .30/30 which I don't approve of. He's crippled and we'd given up trying to get within range of a herd.

I took my .223 w/55gr @3000fps, camo etc and crawled, stalked etc nearly half a mile til I got within 100yds when I made a noise and alerted one. The rest were still laying, but, looking as this one had gotten up and facing me and staring hard trying to figure out what I was.

I was going to brain him, but, didn't allow the 2" scope height quite enough. At the shot he ran about 50-60 feet and stopped broadside. I stuck one thru his ribs just perfect. He sickly ran about 50yds, stopped, backed up and tipped over dead. At the first shot, the rest took off at high speed and never looked back.

The bullet hit a rib going in, glanced back from right behind the shoulder, thru one lung, liver etc and out the short ribs on the far side and was gone. Thirteen inches penetration near as I could measure it. I'm still impressed.
But, a .223 sure is NOT an antelope gun. This was on a huge private ranch and we were the only hunters allowed there.

Kind of funny, the first shot cut a trough thru the hair between his ears almost to the skin. Was less than 1/8" hair in the groove. 1/4" is good as a miss, I used to say 1/2" was.

George

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Want to use a Barns Triple-Shock bullet. One person says 120g. another 140g. yet another says a 160g. because of possible wind. PLEASE HELP I just want to make a quick kill.

jy, The added velocity you will get w/ the lighter pills will reduce the difference in windage a good bit. I doubt their would be enough differnce in windage to cause you a miss in the field if you do your part. Take the one that shoots the best from you rifle. Your rifle may not stabilize the long 160XXX and it may not work well w/ the 120 either. Never know until you put em' down range.

IMO the 140 would probably be a good compromise.

Good Luck

Reloader

Whatever's accurate in your rifle. Guys have given you a lot of good stuff. If you want a less expensive bullet, the Hornady 162 BT or Sierra 160 BT have both proven very accurate for me. For years I only had one load - 160 Sierra BT with H870. Shot well and was extremely effective up to big mule deer. Never shot an elk, but it was death on antelope.

Well, don't worry the 7MM Mag is alot of gun for antelope, The last one we shot with it, we used A 140gr. hornady SPBT, RL#22 And that was in A win. model 70 and that bullet really made a mess out of that antelope. way to much gun for that size game, but if that is all you have,then use it. A nosler BT works good, in 120gr.also with RL#22.

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A nosler BT works good, in 120gr.

Definately not a bullet that I would use in a 7mm mag if I was after meat, its launched too fast, its too fragible and will open up too much(over expand) on impact causing alot of damage and also fail to penetrate far.

I would not be using a bullet under 150 grains and my favorite is the 162 hornady SST in both the 7mm rem mag and 7mm-08