Shredder
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Had a 210g ABLR out of my .300 Ultra Mag come right apart on my bull moose last year. Never hit a rib or any bone at all and found it in the rib met on the far side. Was close range; 80ish yards. But I can say with full confidence that a TTSX would have held together and went all the way through. I'm glad he only went 25 yards, because without an exit wound there was no blood anywhere on the ground. I weighed the bullet and I believe there was only about 56g left. I've hunted with AB's for years, but we have had a couple come apart on us in the past 4 years. I have a box of 168 TTSX that I will be loading for my Ultra Mag and got a box of 127g LRX with my PRC; I think I am switching to the monolithic bullets for hunting. I'm a huge fan of bullets retaining weight and exiting.Yup if you can get ADG or Lapua your laughin, I've had awesome luck with the Nosler 142 ABLR's out of my 6.5's, you might end up filing down your plastic x bolt mag for a touch extra length tho!
They are tight in my short action AI mags.