On an elk in New Mexico this year, I carried a 338 win. with handloaded 225gr ttsx. My partner used his 300 H&H with Federal tipped bear claw.
The elk he shot was 280 yards. The bull just stood there and took the first 2 shots without much reaction, then collapsed at the third. Two of the shots went clean through, & the other was found just under the skin on his off side elbow. It was a picture perfect mushroom.
The load chrono'd at 2840fps. We didnt get a chance to weigh the bullet because he had lost it by the end of the day, but it looked very much intact.
Posts: 77 | Location: Michigan | Registered: 02 October 2006
Originally posted by euge: On an elk in New Mexico this year, I carried a 338 win. with handloaded 225gr ttsx. My partner used his 300 H&H with Federal tipped bear claw.
The elk he shot was 280 yards. The bull just stood there and took the first 2 shots without much reaction, then collapsed at the third. Two of the shots went clean through, & the other was found just under the skin on his off side elbow. It was a picture perfect mushroom.
The load chrono'd at 2840fps. We didnt get a chance to weigh the bullet because he had lost it by the end of the day, but it looked very much intact.
Thanks for the info. I know big bulls can be tough so I don't know what you would expect. Would how would you rate that performance?
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Posts: 226 | Location: Kansas | Registered: 30 January 2006
When produced by Jack Carter, Bear claws were really good. Once bought by speer, they had made some changes to the jacket composition, and while still good, they weren't quite as stellar. From what I hear, federal is to release them as a component, but don't quote me on that.
John
Posts: 1343 | Location: Northern California | Registered: 15 January 2006
I used them in Africa this year and loved them. The are super accurate, and I killed a ton of game with it. I shot a Xebra (my key is broken) head-on and hit it full in the chest, The bullet was found lodged in the hip bone after 4 feet or so of penetration. All other shots were pass throughs with good exit wounds. All game died quickly. I would think that they penetrate more than an Accubond or Partition, but less than a TSX.
By the way, I am talking about 160gr in 7mmRemMag.
Posts: 6080 | Location: New York City "The Concrete Jungle" | Registered: 04 May 2003
my son in law uses factory tbbc (165 gr) in his 30-06 for everything. he killed a nice cow elk this year with one shot, and at least 2 deer that i know of. he doesn't reload and won't even try another bullet. i tried to convince him to use 180gr partitions, but you can't argue withh success. if i didn't already have 100+ rounds of 180gr partitions, i'd try the tbbc's. to each his own.
Posts: 678 | Location: lived all over | Registered: 06 January 2005
