I thought I would make this post after running in circles the last few months trying to find out what was up with my 300RUM. I had previously been shooting the 180 gr ttsx and while accurate, I was not liking the looks of the recovered bullets and I wanted to step up to a heavier bullet. I...
My experience with CO harvest numbers is limited to looking up a unit that I had one of 8 deer tags in. I hunted with two other tag holders and all 3 of us tagged deer. When the numbers came out it only listed the unit as having 2 deer killed by non residents during that hunt.
I have not run them through a twist calculator. They have been very accurate just not the kind of on game performance I am looking for. I have heard reports of them tumbling at longer distances but thats nothing I can confirm.
I may be in the minority here but I am going away from the 180 gr TTSX and trying 200 gr accubonds out of my 300 RUM. The TTSX are performing more like bergers are supposed to. I have recovered three of the TTSX from game, two completely shed their petals and the third the bullet kind of bent...
I raised a litter of lab pups 4 years ago from my own dogs. I had all of them swimming before I sent them to their new owners. I would just take them to a gently sloping pond and walk out in the water, they would naturally follow me. They all seemed to take to swimming very quickly.