Same story for me as some of the others. Over the years my son and I have taken approx 6 deer with the TC Shockwaves. Recovered all but one and had very little blood trails on all but one. I switched to Barnes TEZ and haven't looked back. I have only taken one deer so far with the barnes...
Barnes TMZ or TEZ depending on size of barrel. Or Barnes MZ Expanders if shots no more than 100yds. I used to shoot the shockwaves and took a couple deer with them but they went down in sight so no need to blood track and was good thing because there was no blood. Also lost a deer because of...
Original poster asked about load development and no one really answered that for him. So here is what I did. After purchasing my TC Omega last year and much research on the web, I decided on Barnes TEZ 250gr for bullet and Blackhorn 209 for powder. I went to the range intent on trying different...
Op asked about load development and no one really answered that for him. So here is what I did. After purchasing my TC Omega last year and much research on the web, I decided on Barnes TEZ 250gr for bullet and Blackhorn 209 for powder. I went to the range intent on trying different levels of...
Brand new T/C Omega. Decided to try BH209. Use T7 in my Traditions muzzleloader. So started out working up a load. Started at 85grains and worked up to 115. Fired 2 shots at 85 to get on paper. Then proceeded to fire 3 shot groups at each powder measure in 5grain increments. Before each 3...