Your Opinion: Hollow Points or Ballistic Tipped Rounds ?

vixdname

What do you lads reckon is the best round for shooting foxes ? Hollow point, solid point or Ballistic tipped ?

johngalway

Which ever round groups best out of your rifle. But, two rounds which group equally well then I would choose the ballistic tipped.

It wasn't me!

like John says, whatever groups best, but if it's even enough, the ballistic tip. Never use FMJs; has to be expanding ammo for humanity's sake. All you need in a good fox bullet is something that expands well on impact or fragments well.

endasmail

id go with the ballistic tipped
they generally are a quality round

smokin ace

i have used both ballistic hand hollow point and i find the ballistic tip a bit better bullet for a good clean kill and they give the better grouping for my gun you should get one box of each and try them out and then decide

clivej

I was using the balistic tip V-Shok or V-Max 40gr or 55gr @€;28 a box. And very good to group to but as I doing a lot more range target plinking I started the to use the American Eagle HP 55gr. They are grouping as well as the balistic tip but are only €11.50-€13 a box so I can get twice as many for the price of the balistictips.

So first find out what shoots the best from your gun and then decide.

jwshooter

a 90gr TNT loaded hot in the .270 is unbelievably flat shooting out to 400yds ,possibly the best varmint round iv used.

the vmax 110gr is also savage.

70gr B TIP in the 243 is also brillant.

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jwshooter wrote: »

a 90gr TNT loaded hot in the .270 is unbelievably flat shooting out to 400yds ,possibly the best varmint round iv used.

the vmax 110gr is also savage.

70gr B TIP in the 243 is also brillant.

I see Norma are now loading a 75gr V-max in the .243. Had any experience of that yet?

jwshooter

It wasn't me! wrote: »

I see Norma are now loading a 75gr V-max in the .243. Had any experience of that yet?

no have not used them ,IWM .

do they do one in the 25,06 ? . the last calf i shot this year was 40ish yards in the but of the ear with the 110gr vmax i had to drag it by the back legs .

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jwshooter wrote: »

no have not used them ,IWM .

do they do one in the 25,06 ? . the last calf i shot this year was 40ish yards in the but of the ear with the 110gr vmax i had to drag it by the back legs .

No, they don't seem to make anything for a .25-06. Not a common calibre on the continent it seems. Would consider re-barrelling to .270 down the line for ammo selection and availability's sake.

jwshooter

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No, they don't seem to make anything for a .25-06. Not a common calibre on the continent it seems. Would consider re-barrelling to .270 down the line for ammo selection and availability's sake.

when i shot out my 25 i was going to rebarrel for another , steve kershaw talked me out of it ,glad he did now.
good to be using a 270 again .

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jwshooter wrote: »

when i shot out my 25 i was going to rebarrel for another , steve kershaw talked me out of it ,glad he did now.
good to be using a 270 again .

Aye, it's just that bit more versatile. I love the .25-06, but getting ammo is a pain, and the .270 does pretty much exactly the same job, but with just a pinch more bullet, which I think is about perfect, certainly for here and the UK. My current dilemma is whether to get a .270 and a .300 win, or a .30-06 and lose out on the varminting capabilities of the .270 and smaller. I think it'll be the former in the end tbh.

jwshooter

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Aye, it's just that bit more versatile. I love the .25-06, but getting ammo is a pain, and the .270 does pretty much exactly the same job, but with just a pinch more bullet, which I think is about perfect, certainly for here and the UK. My current dilemma is whether to get a .270 and a .300 win, or a .30-06 and lose out on the varminting capabilities of the .270 and smaller. I think it'll be the former in the end tbh.

one gun .

30,60 sako 75.

norma make a 110gr vmax now ,:D

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jwshooter wrote: »

one gun .

30,60 sako 75.

norma make a 110gr vmax now ,:D

I'm currently liking the idea of a .270 Sako 75 and tracking down a .300 win mag Sako 75.

If it had to be one only though, it'd be a .30-06.

Tackleberrywho

vixdname wrote: »

What do you lads reckon is the best round for shooting foxes ? Hollow point, solid point or Ballistic tipped ?

Long range tipped are best and they are a devastating round
I use Hornady TAP .308 155grn and .223 hornady V-max moly 55grn

Anything they hit are toast

ejg

Foxes react fairly well to being shot by a centerfire. With any bullet.
FMJ's or solid tips are a no no because the penetration is mostly so high that it only uses a small portion of it's energy before exiting out of the "smallish" fox.
Between ballistic tipped or hollow points it's a toss up. They mostly work well if the speed is right for the bullet construction.
Generally I found that the wounds on shot foxes are more consistent with hollow points than with ballistic tips. For example 55gr nos BT seemed to be very hot and cold. Sometimes a huge wound and the next time one gets a pencil through and a running fox.
Best is to use what shoots most accurate in the rifle if choosing between BT or HP. Forget about a tiny bit of BC difference, tiny bit of speed difference or a few grains of bullet weight difference.
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