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Thanks to all! Glad to be able to share it with a great group of hunters and shooters!

We lost some of the meat in the bullet bath through the buck. Not much loss though. I was able to trim around it.

Recovered this bullet from my son's buck. Shot was 90 yards and the bullet hit back. Took out liver and was recovered in front of back ham. Bullet was a 95 gr Winchester Deer Season XP shot out of a Remington Compact 243. Recovered weight was 56.9 gr for 59.8% weight retention. Internal damage...

Recovered the bullet when processing deer. Recovered weight 56.9 grains for 59.8% weight retention. I will post pics in the bullet test section.

My son is 7 and he was using his Remington 700 Compact in 243 with a 95gr Winchester Deer Season XP. I like to use hand loads but we have these on hand and they do a great job on deer. The story... We got to the blind at 3:20 on Friday afternoon. I had my son and my 5 year old daughter with me...

My son was able to bring down this old 8 pt this past weekend with his 243. He was one happy boy and I of course am one proud Dad.

Way to go Brian!!!

I love the ballistic tip in 120 gr. Has produced several deer for our family. Even produced a nice 9 pt whitetail for my nephew this past weekend.

I have tried the 125 ballistic tips and 125 accubonds in a 308 and a 30-06. Groups out of both were outstanding!! I am saving some of the accubonds for when I finally get another 308. I regrettably sold the last one.

Brian I may need some help from someone else on here but I believe it is cup and core. Winchester does not really claim bonded or cup and core. We have used the XP in milk jug contest and have had cup and core separation.

Shot was about 50 yards. Entrance in the heart and recovered in right on the inside of the hide on opposite shoulder. Deer ran approximately 50-60 yards. Recovered bullet weight was 44 gr.

Thanks JD, I have been very proud of my son's shot placement and patience when taking the shot. He waited until the perfect angle / shot presented itself and it paid off.

This is the doe my son shot with his 243 using the deer season xp this past weekend. You can see the entry wound, the bullet was recovered in the offside shoulder. Great blood, deer went about 50 yards. Will be some great eating!

I previously had thoguhts of giving the 95 nosler ballistic tip a try. I believe I will if I can ever find them, lol!!

Would like to get some input on the question above. I have recently seen several deer shot with a 243 rifle. 9 deer to be exact over the last 3 seasons. Bullets used have been 100 gr Nosler partition, 100 gr sierra game king,95 gr Hornady SST and 95 gr Winchester deer season XP factory ammo. The...

Some very good information provided. Thank you all very much. This gives me plenty of info to ponder on over the next year. Currently leaning toward a brand new 7-08, start loads with the 120's and work to the 140/150's for elk later on.

How much does a muzzle brake actually reduce recoil? I have done some research on this and some say 20% etc. I would like to know a practical answer if possible. For example, putting a muzzle brake on a 7mm rem mag will make recoil feel like a 270 with a 130 gr bullet. I have never shot a rifle...

Dan I know from experience that the 120 BT out of the 7-08 going over 3000 fps is a deer killing machine!!!!

I can get 140 accubonds to fly 2939 fps with a max load of staball 6.5. I have been working on developing an elk load for the 7-08 in case my son gets drawn for a youth KY elk hunt. I would think that this load would be dynamite for elk and not to rough on the shoulder.

Great pics and welcome to a great place to learn and bounce ideas off of others.