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85 grain STX
They don't blow up in a "small caliber." Friend of mine just loaded 85 STX for his friend's 243. He and his kids recently shot 5 large (read Northern Minnesota) deer with 5 shots; 30 yards is the furthest any of them went. One of the bullets went the length of a big buck with no percievable loss in weight. (That was the only bullet they recovered). He liked them so well he took them out west and shot two big mullies with them too. He can't say enough good about the STX.
I've been using Barnes X for years with the same results in 25/06, 260, 7/08, 284 and 280. My personal string of one-shot kills with them just climbed to 19. Expensive? Sure, but worth it. I practicve with Hornady loaded to approximately the same pressures but hunt only with Barnes.
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