I guess there is some love for copper around here.
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I kinda snickered at the comment that claimed that “there wasn’t a lot of love here” for monolithics. That hasn’t been my experience reading on this forum.
My Dad likes to say that “he was using monolithics before it was cool”… That’s to say he was using them when they were a fairly new item. I’m certain that he’s not the only one.
Between he, my sister, any friends/relatives we’ve recommended them to, and myself, I’ve seen monolithics of all kinds used on game in cartridges/calibers ranging from .22 all the way up to .45 caliber out of a muzzleloader. The results have been beyond satisfactory. I’ve always felt that some of the “hate” they receive has to do with misuse and/or a difference in what the individual is expecting out of a projectile, which is very subjective.
Monolithics are not the only projectiles we use, however, if I HAD to use just one for all big game, it would be the Barnes TTSX. I wouldn’t hesitate to take on any critter in North America with that projectile, as long as I was free to choose between a range of different calibers and grain weights.
To the OP, I wouldn’t hesitate to use that projectile in the manner in which you’re wanting to. It’ll do its job if you do yours.
Incidentally, the only time I’ve personally ever known monolithics to “fail” was years ago when, for whatever reason, my Dad loaded up a couple boxes of 140 TSX’s for my 7mm-08 when I was in my early teens. They were loaded a hair on the slow side. I killed a lot of deer with that load, and can’t think of a deer that was ever lost because of the bullet, but they definitely weren’t as effective as we really wanted. I recall doing a little more blood tracking for a little further than I can remember doing at any other time span in my hunting career. Again, the end result was still a dead deer, just the wound channel was a little bit less than we desired. Lightening up the grain weight for the 7mm-08 should be just the ticket-And should be plenty tame enough that all but the most recoil sensitive shooters can shoot it well.
