any one have any experiance with 70gr ballistic tips and deer. id be using a handgun so they wouldnt be at rifle vilocity. thanks jason

Jason it is my opinion that your load will work just fine-----myself and my buddies have shot somewhere above 50 head of deer,antelope and bear with said bullet running at 4000 out of our 6/06's. So I am confident that you'll have no problems with it.

"GET TO THE HILL"

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The 70 grain Bt's should do fine for those boiler room shots but I would go with th 80 grain Nosler partition just to be safe. I have a good friend that lives dang near Nebraska on the Kansas side and has shot several good size whitetails with the 70 grain BT's but he has lost a few so I loaded him some 80 grain Partitions and he loves them. Just my 2 cents worth.

Jason,

That bullet is about the worst choice one could make. Not only is the cartridge the minimum in a rifle but your using a pistol.

Go to Walmart and buy some 100 gr Powerpoints.

While I'm not one of those "hard bullet"-"deep penentration"-"poke a hole through it so you can follow the blood trail" advocates, my experience with the 70 grain Ballistic Tip is that it explodes prarie dogs in a foam of red spray. As a result of this experience, I would expect lightning kills on even large deer when hit in the thorax without the need to pass through a shoulder (no, no bullet made of metal "blows up" on the skin or something as flimsy as a deer's rib). But I would also anticipate some messy and regretable failures if the need arises to penetrate the shoulder or reach the vitals from a difficult angle.

The 70 grain BT is not intended as a deer bullet. Use something else.

i was wanding ive got abunch of them and ive seen some factoury ammo that says 70gr bt are for deer/varmit.i no nosler say there a varmit bullet.
ive shoot 2 deer with a 243 win i used 85gr sierra bthp game kings. one went 50 yards and one fell over on the spot.
as for 243 being to small for deer i dont think so maybe at long range but the distance i would shoot one its just fine. thanks for the info jason

jason, the 70gr is to light for deer. 243winxb

I'd tend to agree with the other guys on here that the bullet is a tad light.

However, I also have learned to respect the experience of Mr. Dobrenski on here, and respect his advise. If he has had good luck with it, then I would take that as a good recommendation.

For myself I would move up to the 80 grainers. However, that is probably me perceiving that it is a little heavier constructed than the 70 grainers. Then again, I am partial to the Hornady 75 HP in 6mm for deer. It sure hangs a job on Oregon Blacktail deer, without a lot of muss or fuss. It is a good inexpensive bullet also.

Good luck any route you choose.

it is a varmint slug!

I think it is not the right bullet, that is a varmint bullet, you probably wont get deep penetration with it. Sure would be better to move up to a deer sized bullet like the partition, or the walmart 100 grain corelock by Remington. Why use a bullet on the edge like that? Sure someone swears by it, but the "bullet manufacturer" doesnt, so why not follow the bullet manufacturer's recommendation? Myself, I would use a 90 to 100 grain partition, X bullet, corelock, etc.