Lead free bullets in the 284 Winchester/ other 7mms.

[riflewoman]

I have a 284 Winchester in a custom Mauser 98. I’ve never shot it much but I have an opportunity to go on a hunt for wild hog and I’d like to use it. California requires lead free bullets where we hunt and I have never loaded those in this caliber. So I’m asking if anyone out there has any experience to share. It doesn’t have to be 284: 280 Rem, 7x64, 7mmMag, even 7x57 experience is a start.

I did buy a box of Nosler E-Tip 150 grain bullets to try so specific experience on those would be helpful.

Any other lead free bullets in these calibers ? Barnes? Hornady? Other...?

I do have most of the suitable powders, RL 17 & 19, IMR 4350 & 4831, H4831.

Thanks for any help you can give.

 

[AROKHUNTER]

I use Barnes TTSX 120 grain bullets Indy 7mm-08 for deer and hogs. Everything is either dead on impact, or makes it about 50 yards after impact with a blood trail that a blind person could follow.
The bullet performs exactly as Barnes says. I have had complete penetration with an exit wound on all but 1 animal. The deer was facing away from me and I had an angled shot. That bullet entered a deer in front of the right ham and went through the abdominal cavity to the front left shoulder. The bullet stopped just under the hide. It had petaled out like it was designed to do. That was about a 75 yard shot. That was the only Barnes bullet I’ve recovered and I’ve shot animals anywhere from 40 yards to 300 yards with it.
I shot a small hog at about 40 yards and the bullet entered under the left eye, exited the skull and then tore through the outer right shoulder and exited. The skull was like a bag of rice when you picked it up. Completely disintegrated. The hog only weighed about 50 pounds.
My gun shoots those bullets into 1/2” groups at 100 yards. And the barrel is a 1 in 11” twist.
Hope that helps.

 

[Cloudrepair]

I use the Barnes also the ttsx 140's are great also.
They do like to jump anywhere from .01 to .05
They have worked great in every 7mm I've tried them in
7-08ai
280ai
7saum
I just started playing with some 95 grain lrx's in a 6br. The pic is at about 175-200 yards working a few loads with rl15.

 

[Cloudrepair]

Barnes are all we use for hunting
This four point was taken this hunt with a 6.5x47l and the 127lrx it was very close so it ran about 20 feet and shot again in same place then it laid down about 5 feet from second shot so they didn't have much time to open up but did the job well. strait though with little expansion the three point my son got at what he said about 300 yards with a 308 and the
168 ttsx it looks like he got good placement and perfect bullet performance. I didn't see him take it but he worked for that one bringing it down the mountain by himself.
His first hunt and deer.
Something I'm teaching is working or I'll try and take some credit.