7mm PRC vs Elk: Testing out a copper bullet



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00:00 Intro
00:30 Established Titles Promo
01:47 Starting the Hunt
02:57 Elk Tracks
03:24 First Shot Fired
06:59 Checking Zero
07:29 Elk Spotted
08:50 Second Shot Fired
09:43 Ballistics and Terminal Performance Report

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49 thoughts on “7mm PRC vs Elk: Testing out a copper bullet”

  1. Try the Hammer Hunters, I'm very impressed with them. I use the 162gr hammer hunter in 6.8 western. The load I have worked up is going 3145fps and it punched right through both shoulders on my elk. Entrance wound was bullet diameter and exit wound was a little bigger than golf ball size. Lungs were a mess. It put him right down.

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  2. I have a video on my page of a spike being shot through the heart and pass through with a 140g 7mm copper round and it didn't lose 1 drop of blood. It ran 80 yards in the snow and piled up. Every other big game animal I have taken with that round has dropped in its tracks from ranges of 100-600 yards.

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  3. Hunted big and small cridders up here north of the boarder for many years, used Barnes copper, cup n core and bonded, boils down to impact velocities, so pick your range based on what bullet used and how big the animal is, all copper work great on all size animals from little coast BT to the largest moose and Grizzley but impact velocities are key, if the bullet is soft like cup n core they will explode and or mushroom quick at high fps, a sold copper Barnes or etip will work wonders at close range high fps but not so much at longer range.
    If I can't achieve at least muzzle fps of 2900, I won't use solid copper, they will work at 2900 even down to 2500 but you limmit effect exspansion past 250 yards.
    I have used 143 eldx successfully on deer and elk from a 270 win muzzle fps 3050, blow through large mule deer at 100 yards and with elk take out both lungs and 90 gr ball stuck under the hide oposit side.
    I would use a Barnes 130gr in the 270 but the muzzle fps would be 3200.
    In my experience the all coppers are not long range bullets, but starting out 2850-2900 and keep your shots under 250 and their devastating, for all around hunting with 400-450 being a max distance, I will used a good bonded bullet of the appropriate weight and BC.

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  4. Anybody that has hunted a lot and has seen a lot of deer and elk get shot knows for a fact that that first shot was a hit. You can hear the report and her body language after the shot says that it was 100% a hit and probably in the guts. Hate to see one get wounded and it most likely went to waste, but what do you do itā€™s hunting and it happens.

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  5. Right through the shoulder blade if I was tracking the bullet correctly. Very nice shot at over 400 yds. However, I think this is a fake video because everyone knows you can't kill an elk unless you are shooting a 338 Lapua lol.

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  6. The cow looked hit to me. Don't be to hard on your son this is exactly my experience with Barnes X bullets. They don't expand and leave no blood trail at all so it's a visual search for sure. I've had a doe that I recovered 400yds from where she was shot no blood whatsoever. I shot the nicest buck I've ever seen in the woods we tracked it a 1/4 mile and found a few drops of blood never to be seen again. I'll never shoot another Barnes X bullet at game I wish to recover. If your gonna use them invest in a really good track dog.

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  7. Been using Barnes copper since I found them many years ago, began with my Muzzle Loader in my TC Encore, and in all my riffles. I was convinced when doing my own butchering and found small lead fragments. Now when Iā€™ve recovered these bullets Iā€™ve been very impressed, quick kills and great uniformed expansion every time.
    If Berger made them Iā€™d shoot them for hunting, instead they are my range bullets. Out at distance Iā€™m losing 6ā€ out at 800 yards using exact same powder and 168gr bullets.
    BTW donā€™t expect pass through shots the internal damage is unbelievable šŸ˜® but very ethical.

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  8. I had a Barnes TSX in my .270 Win pass right through an antelope at 100 yards and never expanded. Same size hole going in and going out. Had to finish the poor animal with a neck shot at 50 yrds. That one experience has made me shy away from all copper bullets. So many similar stories of all copper bullets never expanding unless a bone is hit.

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  9. I want a 7 PRC to replace my well used 7mm Rem Mag, but it may be years before I can get a sufficient supply of brass and powder to load with. I an tired of the broken world we live in, you can't even vote the crooks out.

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  10. I have been using barns ttsx for a few years now. Love them, 2 cow elk 4 whitetail and one antelope. Love the performance but not a long range bullet. Keep speeds above 2k fps on impact and will not have an issue.

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