Nosler Ballistic tips

[PJgunner]

"I know my B.T. experiences arn't the norm but they were mine and that is why I don't shoot them."

IIRC, you said that was about 15 years ago. Rocky said the ballistic tips were different back then. About 5 years ago, I shot a Mule Deer buck with my 7X57
loaded with the 140 gr. Nosler ballistic tip. I found three boxes at a gun for a decent price so I bought them. A couple of things hee. One, these were early boxes of these bullet that contained 100 bullets rather than the 50 with the same price when Bob Nosler took pver the company. The bullets were loaded to 2800 FPS from my 2" barreled Winchester m70 Featherweight. The deer was maybe 55-65 yards out and when I shot, I heard the very sharp crack of bone being hit. The small herd headed up hill while the deer I shot went down into a deep gully. As I hurried up the slope to reach the gully, I twisted the crap out of my right knee and was unable to walk for the most part of the next hour. Sad to say, I never recovered that deer. The people that were with me ended up being too busy getting my sorry carcass off that hill.
I've since had surgery and that knee has never been the same.
To this day I don't know what tht bullet did when it hit that deer, but I'm thinking that it hit a rib and literally blew up. All I know is the animal was never recovered and that haunts me to this day.
Paul B.

[Ridge Runner]

BT's packaged 100 per box, in 243 (95 gr) on up are the old BT's just a varmint bullet in heavier weights. those packaged 50 per box are a nosler solid base boattail with a polymer tip. I've had 2 of the older BT's suffer jacket core separations and didn't exit. these were out of around 50 deer and a couple bear shot with them. there is absolutely no better deer round than a .257 115 gr NBT (the new ones) at 3000 fps, haven't had a deer stop one yet.
RR

[rainydays]

Like some, I have used the NBT in the past in my 6MM and .257 Roberts for deer. While I found them to be accurate, I had to follow to many blood trails which I dislike doing. I went back to using Sierra Prohunters, which are about as accurate in my guns, and haven't had to track anymore deer. I do have some accubonds loaded up for these rifles, but have yet to try them out on a deer.

[gd357]

Hmm... Almost forgot this one. A dozen or so whitetails later, I've seen everything from DRTs where they never heard the shot that hit them, to deer that made it out of sight. 30 to 300 yards, can't say that I've got a bad thing to say about them. They will create a bit of a mess up close and personal, but will certainly work. Rib meat is fairly nonexistent on whitetails anyway. They are extremely accurate, and that is what I love about them. Terminal ballistics can be a tricky thing if you get too wrapped up, and dead is dead.

gd

[Rocky Raab]

As in all things, you have to pick the right tool for the job. NBTs are designed for long to ultra-long range hunting where impact speeds are way below muzzle speed.

Using an Nosler Ballistic Tip in a magnum rifle for 50-yard shots is a lot like wearing a Dior cocktail dress to a calf branding.

[Ol` Joe]

Originally Posted by Rocky Raab

As in all things, you have to pick the right tool for the job. NBTs are designed for long to ultra-long range hunting where impact speeds are way below muzzle speed.

Using an Nosler Ballistic Tip in a magnum rifle for 50-yard shots is a lot like wearing a Dior cocktail dress to a calf branding.

I agree!
Hunting wgt BTs and std cartridges such as the 30-06, 7-08, 308 go great together IMO on deer sized game. Start a Ballistic Tip with a SD of ~.240 and up at 27-2900 fps and you`ll bring home the bacon at almost any reasonable range. Run them at warp speed and you need a differently constructed bullet up close.