Monos for yogi?

[norcal7.3]

Does anybody have any first hand experience shooting monolithic bullets at bears? I’ve never killed a bear, but want to make it a priority this year. Living in California there is no way around not shooting lead free. I typically shoot a 270 weatherby with 130 grain e tips. I would like to stick with this rifle and was planning on bumping up to 150 grain Barnes, but have some bigger rifles in the safe if necessary.

 

[Lxhuntinpa]

I killed a black bear with my .308 shooting 150gr TTSX. Worked perfectly. Hit them in the vitals and they don’t go far. They die quicker than a deer in my opinion.

 

[fish impaler]

Shot one last year with .270 , 130gr ttsx. bullet hit a rib and lost a petal, bear rolled down a hill into a hellhole canyon, was dead in under a minute. Will be using again this season

 

[JohnnyB]

I use a 180 grain TTSX and have been very satisfied. I use it outside of California as well because it has great performance. Don’t overthink it, black bears are not hard to put down with proper shot placement.

 

[Dvidos]

Shot one last year with .270 , 130gr ttsx. bullet hit a rib and lost a petal, bear rolled down a hill into a hellhole canyon, was dead in under a minute. Will be using again this season

+1

 

[rayporter]

30 cal 180 ttsx no recovery of bullets.

might go lighter next time.

 

[MThuntr]

Does anybody have any first hand experience shooting monolithic bullets at bears? I’ve never killed a bear, but want to make it a priority this year. Living in California there is no way around not shooting lead free. I typically shoot a 270 weatherby with 130 grain e tips. I would like to stick with this rifle and was planning on bumping up to 150 grain Barnes, but have some bigger rifles in the safe if necessary.

you need to make sure your rifle has fast enough twist to bump up in weight. You need more velocity with nonlead bullets to make sure they expand the way they were designed so I'd stick with the 130s.

 

[norcal7.3]

you need to make sure your rifle has fast enough twist to bump up in weight. You need more velocity with nonlead bullets to make sure they expand the way they were designed so I'd stick with the 130s.

My rate of twist is 1 in 10 so the 150s might be a little harder to stabilize, but I thought I would try and work up a load this summer. I currently have the 130s going 3450fps so should be all good there.

Thanks for the replies, I have definitely been putting to much thought into this

 

[mtjimbo]

I hunt everything with 139 gr BSX copper out of my 7mm. I prefer copper to everything except maybe the nobler accubond

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[tdot]

Excellent results with Hammer Hunters. The more I shoot solids, the more I buy into the theory of running lighter weights then lead bullets. Speed is more important then weight.

 

[AK Troutbum]

My son just killed one earlier this week using 140 gr. TTSX out of a 7-08. One shot at about 150 yards, two steps and dead.


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[slvrslngr]

No need to change a thing

 

[roosiebull]

a 130gr mono bullet is a good bullet for bear. bear are easy to kill, and the kill zone on a bear (at least my aiming point) is further back than deer or elk, so the shoulder isn't a big concern to me. I have shot one for sure with a barnes, and maybe 2, don't remember the bullet, either a partition of ttsx 130gr.

I think a mono bullet is always a good choice for 95% of hunting scenarios, I would be content shooting them only for anything