80-100 gr. hunting loads for .240 Wby

[Dirtfarmer]

I'm looking for pet loads from the 80 TTSX to the 100 NPT. I have 85 gr. 95 gr. and 100 gr. NPT, 90 gr. E-tip, 100 gr. Gran Slam. I have most appropriate powders. I hunt Deer, Pronghorns, and Hogs.

I'm shooting an HS Precision SPL, 26" bbl.

Let me see what you've got and I'll show you results on loads as I test them.

DF

 

[Gary in MD]

My 240 Wby is a West German Mark V with a 26"barrel. It shoots really well with 95 grain Nosler Partions or 95 grain Ballistic tips and 54.0 grains of Reloader 22. It does almost as well with 53.0 grains of H 4831 and 100grain Sierras. I use magnum primers. The gun will usually shoot three of these under an inch @ 100yds, sometimes closer to a half inch. Not as good as some custom guns with match grade barrels...but not too bad for a stock rifle that is a little over 40 years old...
A deer sized animal hit with any of these is as good as dead.
Good Luck,
Gary

 

[Dirtfarmer]

I also have 95 gr. NBT's but wasn't wanting to use them in the .240 for deer hunting. At my deer camp, NBT's are frowned on for blowing up with superficial, non-lethal wounds. I've also read that they're great deer killers, so I don't know.

I've killed deer and hogs with 150 gr. NBT's in a .308 and use 180 gr. NBT's in my .300 Win Mag. In the Win Mag, head shot hogs have huge, gaping intake wounds, just about every time. So, with a 95 gr. bullet at 3,300 fps, I don't know if I trust the NBT on deer. They are accurate, no doubt about that.

What's your experience with NBT's on deer?

DF

 

[65BR]

Read more here about the 95 NBT = who/how it was designed, and how well it works:

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/4570554/1

 

[Gary in MD]

I have only killed a handfull of deer with my 240Wby and a few with the 243Win when using the 95gr Ballistic tip. Not much to report....the deer just die really quick. They are super accurate.
Gary

 

[Dirtfarmer]

I have only killed a handfull of deer with my 240Wby and a few with the 243Win when using the 95gr Ballistic tip. Not much to report....the deer just die really quick. They are super accurate.
Gary

I had read that link before. The cross section of the 95 gr. .244 NBT shows a thick base and thick jacket, lower half of the bullet, which looks pretty good. With the .240 shooting faster than the .243 and the reputation of the NBT blowing up, it's hard for me to have confidence in it with so many other good bullets to choose from. 180 gr. NBT's in my .300 Win Mag at 3,050 fps blow up every time on hog heads. The intake wound is huge and nasty, vs. an SST that seems to shoot on through. I've killed deer with the 180 NBT in the .300 and 150 NBT in the .308, no problem.

My HS Precision .240 Wby shoots 95 gr. NBT's into a .6" at a hundred. It also shoots 90 gr. SSII's about as tight with Vv N160 powder. The HS shoots 80 gr. TTSX's at 3,600 fps into a .7"group. Lots of choices; still working on loads.

DF

 

[PREMOD70]

You can't go wrong with a 100 grain Nosler Partition.

 

[Dirtfarmer]

I have NPT's in 85, 95 and 100 gr. to try.

I've read that the 80-90 gr bullet range is the "sweet spot" for wt. to power ballance in the .240 Wby. It can shoot the 80 gr. TTSX at 3,600 fps, the 90 gr. SSII at 3,400 fps. The 100 gr. bullets shoot at around 3,200 fps. Going heavy gives up some of the velocity punch. NPT's are excellent game bullets. We'll see how they group.

This HS Precision SPL shoots a variety of bullets into very tight groups. Guess I have a lot of good choices.

DF

 

[Dirtfarmer]

Shot the Barnes max accuracy load of 52.5 gr. Ramshot Hunter with their 80 gr. TTSX. Grouped in the .4's at a hundred, moving at over 3,600 fps. I think that's the load and bullet I'm going to use on whitetails this fall. The TTSX will penetrate about anything and at that speed, should knock a deer's (or hog's) nose in the dirt pretty fast. I haven't run them over the chrono, yet. The Barnes velocity is from a 24" bbl. My HS Precision SPL has a 26" bbl. Very pleasant load to shoot with almost no recoil.

DF

 

[jpretle]

In my experience, huge gaping entry wounds indicate the bullet is blowing up on or near the surface. Seems to me, the entry wound should be small and the exit, if there is one, a bit bigger. If no exit, the bullet has expended all energy on the inside and done its job-----just like it supposed to do.