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Trapper 7..........I also have good luck and accuracy with the TSX and accuracy is always a concern. But, there are a lot of people obsessing about things that make little or no practical difference with hunting rifles, and even less so under field conditions.
Most of the so called accuracy benefits are theoretical when you take into consideration what people are shooting and what they are capable of.
L. Cooper got it right in that gadgets and ultra low drag bullets do not make the hunter, especially since there are very few guys out there that are actually capable of shooting accurately at 300 yards or beyond.
I have guided a lot of hunters over the years and they have gotten worse as years progress with wanting to carry tons of useless junk, carry rifles they barely know how to shoot and certainly do not understand trajectory, bullet selection and performance. They carry way to much ammo, too many useless knives and rarely bring warm enough clothing or appropriate clothing for that matter.
Pretty plastic tip bullets with big BC's shot from ultra mags with variables topping out at 14 or even 20X are just a symptom of the insidious disease that is sweeping through the hunting community.
Yes there are a few guys out there that know what they are doing and can actually pull off the ultra long shots on big game......way out there at 600 or 700 yards. Leaving the pros and cons out of this ( whether ethically this is a good idea), there are simply too many hunters out there who couldn't hunt their way out of a paper bag and instead rely on buying things that the media hype has convinced them will make them better hunters and allow them to shoot at ungodly distances.
Sadly, on the net and these forums new hunters would quickly get the idea that everyone out there own rifles that routinely turn in groups of half an inch and you ain't worth your salt if you can't dust a bull elk at 600 paces. Why don't I see these guys.................they routinely miss moose, caribou, elk, bears, you name it................and at 100 yards or less, sometimes as close as 25 yards. But they all have the latest gear and gadgets.
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