Ok. First This little bullet has me kinda on the fence.
The hunting has been slow the last week or 10 days.
But I did manage to have a few lucky test subjects.
First pig was about 60 yards out. I shot from the boat so I hit a little high pig dropped at shot never moved. Small sow about 75 lbs. High shoulder. The little pill destroyed everything within 10" of hole. Pass through.
Next hog about 100 yards out a fair size boar under 250lbs but close. Hit behind shoulder hog was almost perfect broadside bullet didn't pass through but hog only went 5 yards everything inside was gone!. I really prefer a pass through for tracking in our woods. But dead is dead as long as its close.
This morning I look out side and a doe was trying to walk on her front legs she was crippled up in the back just barely hopping on her back legs. She was facing straight on by time I got on her so I put it right between the eyes. At the shot drop. As I was walking up to her she sat up! The whole front of her face gone. I put another in her fast to put her down. That has me kinda questioning them. If they did that on a big bucks rib or shoulder he could get gone fast.
So far the best unbonded, Non mono Bullet Ive found in 7mm has been the regular old Speer hot core. Thats been the olney bullet Ive not had any fail.
Now Im sure we have a bunch of guys huffing and puffing saying well I used this or that and I got perfect performance. Thats great. But understand We shoot ALOT of game. Not one or two a year. If I olney shot a couple a year I would think anything would be fine. What I did was try to test these pills under Murphy's law. Because thats how it is most of the time.
Now the Rut has started I have loaded my 120 gr TTSX back in my 708 and will use them in it from now on. Because regardless of what bullet makers want us to believe no matter how far they have come no matter if it is under 3,000fps a CnC slug can and will explode if Murphy's in the woods that day. Now You 30 cal guys yeah I know a 180 gr corlock from a 308 or a -06 is big medicine. Thats apples to oranges. Im showing the smaller cal performance. Last year I did 6mm. And the fact for ME is in 6mm it is Mono or Bonded or nothing.and Im thinking 7mm is going to be very much the same for that piece of mind. Good luck ,God bless.
And Go huntin. Come on down to the big swamp and come hunt with us yall. Cant beat the hog hunting and we are Cheap!