Barnes 120 TTSX

[EastTX Jess]

Just cheat the crosshairs left a hair and hit high shoulder. You won’t need a blood trail to follow. I kill quite a few whitetail and plains game with that bullet out of a 20” 7-08 every year (MLD and exotic culls for a friend). You won’t waste any more meat than a fragile cup and core bullet shot through the crease.

Or, if you’re set on only shooting behind the shoulder, switch to the 120 Nosler BT. One of my 7-08s doesn’t group the TTSX so it gets the Nosler instead. That is a tough bullet that kills violently.

 

[paulv2585]

This is more for when my boys shoot. We practice year around but buck fever gets to everyone and I just want the best chance to find anything they shoot. In this shot he was aiming for the shoulder but between the shakes, hyperventilating, and he admitted to pulling the trigger a little, he hit just behind the shoulder. Was actually a better placement because he saved all of the meat.


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[EastTX Jess]

This is more for when my boys shoot. We practice year around but buck fever gets to everyone and I just want the best chance to find anything they shoot. In this shot he was aiming for the shoulder but between the shakes, hyperventilating, and he admitted to pulling the trigger a little, he hit just behind the shoulder. Was actually a better placement because he saved all of the meat.


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Understood. The 120 NBT is probably the best option for you then because of the increased margin of error. They kill really well through shoulders and just as well on broadside double lungs.