I thought the larger species requirement was for a .240" minimum bullet at at least 1700 ft/lbs in England and Wales so no issue with the 85 grain bullet as long as it's driven fast enough.
Views on Sierra 85 gr HPBT Gameking bullet
- Thread starter charlieboy-shooter
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It is, 85 gr at 2916 fps as the post I quoted is 1612 ft-lb, so not roe and up deer legal!
swatty
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Maybe not but 22 cf isn’t legal for roe in England and is in Scotland roe are roe I’ll stick to what I said before even if I no longer use these bullets and calibre combination when I did as did a few people I know they worked extremely well on reds I certainly accounted for a lot of deer
Not sure what point your trying to make other than you were happy to break the law
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Harry mac
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I used the Sierra 85gr BTHP bullet for a while through my .243 Win against roe and muntjac.
I hated the bullet.
Typical results for me were multiple exit wounds because the bullet had come apart while transiting the chest cavity, coupled, usually, with a pierced rumen, from bullet fragments, meaning the inside of the carcass wass a mess of green "soup".
I switched to 95gr Nosler Ballistic Tip and never looked back.
I hated the bullet.
Typical results for me were multiple exit wounds because the bullet had come apart while transiting the chest cavity, coupled, usually, with a pierced rumen, from bullet fragments, meaning the inside of the carcass wass a mess of green "soup".
I switched to 95gr Nosler Ballistic Tip and never looked back.
kenbro
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I had the opposite experience to you….1530 worked well on Muntjac and Fallow and when I tried the 95 BT the only Fallow I shot looked like an hand grenade had gone off inside it.
Ken.
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