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Art Eatman · October 17, 2001, 10:07 AM

Bottom Gun, I suggest you communicate with Nosler on this. Your friend's experience is obviously different than scouter27's.

Generalizing, I've had faster and/or more expansion with boat-tailed bullets than with spitzers in my '06. This is for 150- and 165-grain weights.

At close range, the Sierra 165-grain HPBT seems to explode. I've not had occasion to try it at longer distances. I'm sorta going off of the Sierra 150-grain SPBT because of no exit wound on the last two mulies I collected--and one was a neck shot at 30 yards.

At 500 yards, there is a very significant difference in damage to a steel plate, with the Sierra 180-grain SPBT being obviously superior to either the 150- or 165-grain bullets.

I've heard complaints from hunters in Georgia against the Winchester Fail Safe bullets, as they don't expand...

FWIW,

Art

October 17, 2001, 10:07 AM	#9
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	Bottom Gun, I suggest you communicate with Nosler on this. Your friend's experience is obviously different than scouter27's. Generalizing, I've had faster and/or more expansion with boat-tailed bullets than with spitzers in my '06. This is for 150- and 165-grain weights. At close range, the Sierra 165-grain HPBT seems to explode. I've not had occasion to try it at longer distances. I'm sorta going off of the Sierra 150-grain SPBT because of no exit wound on the last two mulies I collected--and one was a neck shot at 30 yards. At 500 yards, there is a very significant difference in damage to a steel plate, with the Sierra 180-grain SPBT being obviously superior to either the 150- or 165-grain bullets. I've heard complaints from hunters in Georgia against the Winchester Fail Safe bullets, as they don't expand... FWIW, Art