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original Swift Sciroccos - at least the 130 grain .270 and the 180 grain .30 caliber.

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Of course any of them will kill fine with a properly placed bullet. I am always experimenting to find the bullet that shoots best in my gun, and will do the most damage on those "less than perfect" shots (and that is why we reload, right?). I found the Barnes TSX to shoot amazing groups in my 300WM, but had a strange experience with the TSX on a bull elk last fall. To make a long story short, I questioned if the Barnes left a very large wound channel, since the bullet did not hit any bone. I am trying the Accubond this year and the Swift A-Frame($$$) to find a bullet my gun likes and that will do good damage on those shots less than 100yds.

After all said & done, I will probably end up back with the NP, which always brought my elk down with ease.

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I find a bullet and buy a bunch, I agree barnes are too expensive and let me say they shoot perfect out my 300 Win Mag.

I have 700 orginal Swift Scirocco 165 grain bullets stashedfor the 300 Win Mag, I may neverneed to resupply. it go's at 3300 fps with 77.5 RL 22.

I have 700 Accubonds for the 35 Whelen, 200 Partion 250 Grain, and 100 280 grain Swift A frames.Still perfecting the load with RL 15 and the accubondsbut it's a putter gun 0-100 yard rangewith capibility to be a mid range 250 yard gun if need be. 2620fps with 56.3 of RL 15 and that 225 accubond, hammered.

The varmint guns 223, 22-250are whatever is on sale, but the 158 castlead bullets in the remington 750 carbine 35whelen is my favorate.

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30.06= 130gr Barnes TSX
25.06 = 110gr Nosler Accubond

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For me the cost of bullets is minor compared to what it costs me to hunt. I like theinsurance a solid constructed bullet afford so IMHO it is well worth the price of admission, bullets like barnes, nosler partition, etcare my preferred choice when hunting game larger then deer. In reality I don't need to shoot my hunting bullets just for pratice, I have the loads developed and proven so all that is required is some fine tuning and confidence runs so 100 bucks vs 50 really doesn't add up to a big spender in my way of thinking.

Neither are my choice for deer though as mentioned and would agree they aren't necessary. Though I also realize some like one load for everything and wouldsay it is better overkill on deer then under on bigger than deer game.

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For my good ole lever guns, my handguns,and my muzzleloader, the Hornady XTP. For my flat shooters, i use Hornady SST. I would like to try the accubonds, just cant pry myself away from Hornady!

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Barnes TSX now, Barnes X before that. 20 one-shot kills with 25-06, 7/08, 284, 280 rifles and a 260 handgun speaks for itself. Have never had a deer go more than 50 yards. Ever! I load them light for caliber: 100 gr for 25-06, 130 for 7/08 and 140 for the two other 7's at around 2900 fps. Powder varies by gun: H4831 for 25-06 and 280, RL 19 for 284 and Varget for 7/08. The 6.5 handgun, 120 gr and IMR 4350 at an honest 2700 fps from 15" barrel.
Man cannot live by bread alone....takes Barnes too.