ORIGINAL: skeeter 7MM
Don't use the ballistic tip for deer, they will fragment alot of times and not fully penetrate.
I don't agree having seen
A LOT of deer shot with different chamberings I have yet to see, this all to common internet board problem withthe NBT. If aim point is where 9 out of 10 hunter say they chose to - heart/lung via the ribs I don't think it is possible to not collect your deer with a BT no matter what the velocity. Choice and opinions abound but I don't buy this theory as I have proven it wrong on numerous occasions. I really find it hard to believe our canadian whitetails which can easily top 300lbs on the hoofdon't subscribe to such a theory meanwhile smaller version south do???? I have to wonder how much actual in field experience those who speak of such BT problems really have and if they actually have any vsinternet blah, what was the specifics of that experience.Then again it is all to easy to blame the bullet, gun, camo, boots, etc....rather than the shooter when things go wrong
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As far as whichbullet, for deer pretty much anything 140-175 will work just fine from the 7wsm. However 140-150gr would be where I'd start my search, Nosler Accubond, Partition, etc.Yeap, thatmarginal bullettheBallistic tip would be high on thatlist.
Should be OKwith the recoil if you could handle the others you mentioned.
Best of luck, justshoot the bullet that fits your situation best and your rifle prefers.
Well, since I'mbeing called out,I have shot 7 with the BT's. Done pretty good on 4 of them, considering i hit no bone and had a direct behind the shoulder shot. Then, theres those other three. One, I hit quartering toward me, busted the front shoulder, almost blew his leg off, the deer runs away. I wait about 20 minutes then go after the deer, I hear a shot, then go over the hill to findmy buddy that shot the deer with a 270 accubond. Had a pass thru with good expansion. My bullet blew up on the bone and didnt go past the shoulder, just some fragments in the ribcage. 2 other did the same, but I found them after grueling tracking. Both blew up.
IMO 4 out of 7 arent good odds. Now a 30-06 with a heavier, slower BT will do good. But in a higher velocity, like the 7mm, it will do more harm than good. Yea, itll kill them, but hit bone and watch what happens.
After that I tried the 150gr swift scirocco, killed 3 deer last year with it, one thru both shoulders with a clean pass and horrid expansion, 1 with a clean behind shoulder shot, pass thru with a fist sized hole on exit, awesome blood trail, 1with a quartering thru one shoulder and clean pass out behind the other shoulder, once again, clean pass and awesome expansion.
So I guess I have no in field experience with it.
Some will BS you, I know, but not this time bro.
The BT's I used were very accurate, 140gr. Not recommended for deer. Theres so much better. You have to try the sciroccos. I went to the 140 accubond and I'll let you know how they do this year. Im expecting the same pass thru and expansion, just to a slightly smaller degree than the scirocco, but they seem a little more accurate. I get group 5 in 1/2moa, the scirocco will group a moa. If you go with the BT's, you will let yourself down at some point. I hope you dont go thru it and take my advise. The corelokt, N partitions, etc. are also good choices, but the new bonded-tipped bullets Ive named above are superior in a 7mm. They made these bullets for the high velocity rifles we shoot, so they wont blow up at close range and will still penetrate and expand at longer range. I wish more people would try them instead of sticking by what theyve always used.
Hope I could enlighten you.