The op seemed to focus on accuracy. Id personally focus on terminal performance unless accuracy from one was simply terrible. Ttsx or LRX would be my strong preference for a mono like that because the tip is there to allow a larger cavity in the nose which aids in more reliable expansion. I dont have personal experience with the older non-tipped tsx but my understanding is most of the stories of non-expansion are from one of two situations—either a non-tipped TSX that failed to expand, or a shot where the impact velocity was too low for proper expansion. (Or a combination of these two)
Monos like that need high velocity to expand so keep impact velocity high (2000fps or even higher for most of barnes’ and similar bullets) and often step down to a lighter bullet for the added velocity. Even then they are going to create a smaller wound than most lead bullets, so a lung shot will be reliably fatal, it’ll just take a couple seconds for the animal to run out of oxygen; which is also often true ime with a bonded lead bullet. I choose copper bullets for other reasons, but strictly from a speed of death perspective a non-bonded lead bullet will kill faster.
Notable, the bc and sectional density on a copper bullet is lower than equivalent lead bullets, so they run out of velocity fast. Most standard cartridges are hard-pressed to maintain 2000fps past 350-400 yards. I generally get pass-throughs on deer sized game, but I know its quite common to catch the bullet under the off-side hide on elk and larger game on anything other than a double-lung hit.
Monos like that need high velocity to expand so keep impact velocity high (2000fps or even higher for most of barnes’ and similar bullets) and often step down to a lighter bullet for the added velocity. Even then they are going to create a smaller wound than most lead bullets, so a lung shot will be reliably fatal, it’ll just take a couple seconds for the animal to run out of oxygen; which is also often true ime with a bonded lead bullet. I choose copper bullets for other reasons, but strictly from a speed of death perspective a non-bonded lead bullet will kill faster.
Notable, the bc and sectional density on a copper bullet is lower than equivalent lead bullets, so they run out of velocity fast. Most standard cartridges are hard-pressed to maintain 2000fps past 350-400 yards. I generally get pass-throughs on deer sized game, but I know its quite common to catch the bullet under the off-side hide on elk and larger game on anything other than a double-lung hit.
