Current Favorite Hunting Bullet per Cartridge

[TaperPin]

I have shot Partitions in everything for quite a spell as a hunting bullet. When used strictly to confirm zero and hunting, a box of 50 might last years, so I don’t consider them expensive in the grand scheme of things.

Ballistic tips or interlock bullets are my normal practice loads.

 

[HuntHarder]

Most recent guns I shot this year:
6.5cm- 130 VLD-H
22cm- 77TMK
300 win- 200 ELD-X
270wsm- 145 ELD-X

 

[North of 60]

Currently:
5.56 for varmints: 55 gr Sierra HP
.243 Win: 85 gr Sierra Gameking
.308s: 165 gr Sierra HP Gamekings, 130 gr Barnes TTSX, and 175 gr Sierra Matchkings for targets
.300 Win Mag (elk- 180 gr AB)
.45-70: 300 gr Hammers

For the 6.5 PRC in my future with the 6.5 Airlock gravity: 125 gr CE Lazers i got recently with the Black Friday sale; and probably 156 gr Bergers

And after i eventually run out of gamekings, i'll get some TMKs for the .308s

 

[SC HUNTER]

6.5 cm 143 eldx
308 150 grain ballistic tips
223 55 grain pointed soft point in several different rifles
300 blackout 150 grain fusions
30-06 150 grain winchester power points are what is in the rifle at the moment.


I'm picking up an encore with 25-06 and 22-250 barrels this week, hopefully, so we'll see what they like.

 

[OneShot]

308 -168 eldm
6.5cm - 130 TMK
6 Arc - 108 eldm
243 - 95 ballistic tip
223 - 69 SMK

 

[Bado20]

223 - 53gr VMAX
243 - 100gr SGK
6.5CM - 129gr ABLR
280 AI - 160gr CX, will likely go to the 162 ELD-X for next year
30-06 - 130gr TTSX
338 WM - 225 TTSX, will likely go to 225gr AB

 

[Animalmutha]

Most recent decade of bullets that killed for me:
308 16” 168 fgmm.
270 22” 14? Hornady ELD-X
300wm 26” 190 SMK.

The match rounds had 2 different outcomes.
168 fgmm Blew a huge exit out of a quartered away deer. Like a softball exited its chest.

190 SMK 2 rounds about 2” apart double lunged. Clean pass through on both. Entry and exit holes could only stick a finger in. Gutless dressed it so don’t get a look at the lungs. Glad I double lunged it though. Almost puts third on it but it stopped and started swaying.

270 ELD-X has killed a lot for me. Great accurate round. Even for an old paddle stock Ruger.

Going to experiment with 7BC this upcoming season.

 

[Bogey10]

Im probably the odd duck, but here's mine

223 - hornady 55sp / barnes 50 ttsx
22-250 - nosler 55 varmegedon
243 - sierra 85 hpgk
6.5g - 95 vmax / 123 sst
6.5cm - 140 eldm
6.5prc - 135 berger hh

those 135's are a secret!! shhhh!

 

[SwiftShot]

300 RUM 212 Hornad ELDX

 

[NorthIdahoDude]

Things I've actually used to harvest big game and love:

30-06 or 308 - 150 or 165 AccuBonds. Runner up 165 or 168 Nosler Ballistic tips in 308, and 180 BTs in the 06.

Tikka 7x57 - 175 ELD-X, because it's crazy accurate in that gun (3/4 MOA) and Accubonds are not (1.5 MOA). Early testing with the 162 ELD-X looks to shoot even better (first 10 rounds into 0.65 MOA, dam!), will try those next year.

Note: 140 Accubonds were my fav in my old Savage 7x57, and to be fair, I prefer their on game performance to the ELD-X.

303 British - Winchester Power Points (killed more big game with that bullet than any other except Accubonds).



Things I own but have never personally shot a big game animal with, but would without hesitation:

45/70 - plain old 300 grain Interlock HPs.

338-06 - 180 AccuBonds

223/5.56 - 55 grain Hornady SP w/c.

 

[Unclecroc]

25-06/257 weatherby- 90gr absolute hammer
6mm Remington- 95 Berger classic hunter
22-250-53 vmax on woodchucks

 

[Ophidian]

Heaviest LRX that my guns shoot well.

 

[DangerRanger]

130 tmk in 6.5 creed