Performance of solid copper ammo or lack of

[AZHog]

 

Mine did great at the range today. Hopefully will have something to report here come 10/25...based on what I'm reading I'll be aiming for bone shooting the 130gr TTSX out of my .270

Just an update here...killed my mulie at 290 yds with the 130gr TTSX. Through and through double lung shot. .270 entrance wound and half-dollar exit wound. Lung looked like a 4-blade broadhead went through it thanks to the "petal" expansion. Very pleased.

 

Congrats BigOrange! Glad to hear how well it worked as that's the same bullet I'll be shooting on a Unit 9 late cow hunt.

[.270]

Every year I get conned into elk hunting with someone. I have 2 rules. 1. Do what the hel l I say. 2. No copper bullets. Broadside lung shots always turn into half mile tracking jobs. Every time someone uses copper, it's a fiasco. They just punch a hole. I think arrows are more lethal, and faster. Lotsa folks use em. Not me. Ive bought enough lead jacketed bullets to last a couple life times, just because o' all the garbage that is printed about em. They might not be too bad for smaller animals like deer, or something like a kodiak where you have a buncha mass to deal with. They are absolute crap for big bulls. Lark.

[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.