Originally Posted by
zZ50CalZz
Now the winchester Silvertip the orginal one not the failsafe nosler bullet but the cheap silvertip they are junk n Frag Up my buddy shot a Bear 480lb.Dressed black bear with them at 20 yards in the front shoulder and didnt do nothing to it but make it mad with a 30.06 180g silvertip that was in the evening.The next day no blood trail we followed the tracks in the leaves left from the weight of the bear,jumped it up he shot it 3 more times.Still didnt die I handed him my 300 remington ultra mag and 1 shot from it,it was over.Oh this was in Pa some of my friends hold County records for bears in Pa not State records,but County..
I started with the Silvertips and can attest that they are junk. I shot several deer where the bullet didn't exit. They did do some damage at times, but other times they didn't exit. Lost my best deer thanks to a Silvertip. I use Nosler Partitions in my 30-06 now and nearly all of the deer where the shot is placed properly drop in their tracks. When hit in a less than ideal spot, most still drop but a few run. The ones that do run don't go out of sight. The partitions in a 30-06 is an awesome combination in my book.
Never shot a bear with them though, but I have little doubt they would do the job.