7mm PRC do all bullet?

[Misguided]

170 gr terminal ascent. 155 gr terminal ascent if suppressed w/ shorter barrel

 

[Forkyfinder]

Many will work fine.

 

[BAKPAKR]

I have never used the 160 gr Barnes LRX but it sure looks good on paper. I would give it a try in my 280 AI if I hadn’t already bought a lifetime supply of 160 gr Accubonds for it.

 

[mtmuley]

That's the winner if all around is truly what you want, nothing does it all better in fast 7's

7 PRC guys will gloss right over this bullet. Shame. mtmuley

 

[Forkyfinder]

7 PRC guys will gloss right over this bullet. Shame. mtmuley

Shouldn't they ?

 

[mtmuley]

Shouldn't they ?

Why? mtmuley

 

[MTLabrador]

Shouldn't they ?

If the goal is killing elk instead of ballistic mental masturbation, the 7mm 160 accubond is a killer… So are the .277 140s, .308 165s and 180s, and a bunch of others.

 

[BAKPAKR]

Why? mtmuley

It isn’t new and shiny…

 

[Forkyfinder]

If the goal is killing elk instead of ballistic mental masturbation, the 7mm 160 accubond is a killer… So are the .277 140s, .308 165s and 180s, and a bunch of others.

So many work for that it's hardly worth counting.

 

[MTLabrador]

So many work for that it's hardly worth counting.

I agree, and I’d happily shoot some core lokts. The Accubonds are a very good balance of wound channel, penetration, and being reasonable on meat loss though.

 

[Mountain Mule]

I used a 160 Barnes LRX out of a 22" barrel going 2997fps on all of my animals this last year. Everything from pronghorn to bull elk, it was a little much for the antelope, but I would recommend it for everything else. All shots from 130 - 470.

Given a "reasonable caliber", if it shoots well out of your rifle, and it expands/has enough energy at the distance you're shooting, you're typically good to go...

 

[Drake4]

168 Berger…best bullet made.

 

[BAKPAKR]

168 Berger…best bullet made.

My brother has been pretty successful with those on elk with his 7mm RM. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get them to shoot very well in my 280 AI.

 

[It’s Bucky]

These threads are always a real joy

 

[EastTNHunter]

I used a 160 Barnes LRX out of a 22" barrel going 2997fps on all of my animals this last year. Everything from pronghorn to bull elk, it was a little much for the antelope, but I would recommend it for everything else. All shots from 130 - 470.

Given a "reasonable caliber", if it shoots well out of your rifle, and it expands/has enough energy at the distance you're shooting, you're typically good to go...

How was it “a little much for the antelope”?

 

[Mountain Mule]

How was it “a little much for the antelope”?

I hit a shoulder blade and there was no more shoulder on the backside and the frontside shoulder was mostly jello .. little forward on the shot, ill be taking a smaller caliber our next year for them if I draw.

 

[noharleyyet]

7 PRC guys will gloss right over this bullet. Shame. mtmuley

Long & heavy for caliber is gloss?

 

[mtmuley]

Long & heavy for caliber is gloss?

To some of us it is. mtmuley

 

[EastTNHunter]

I hit a shoulder blade and there was no more shoulder on the backside and the frontside shoulder was mostly jello .. little forward on the shot, ill be taking a smaller caliber our next year for them if I draw.

Interesting. I would have thought that a heavy for caliber mono would have caused less damage than a faster, smaller caliber bullet, even on a shoulder shot. My experience with the monos has been that they don’t impart as much shock disruption as I like. The LRXs are supposed to open more easily and rapidly and probably provide more of that tissue disruption.

 

[Elkmagnet]

180eldm blood shot the entrance side of my bull from neck to tail on a 325yd high shoulder shot.