Why aren’t Terminal Ascent Bullets more popular?

[adk hunter]

I saw two lonely boxes of .308 win at Bass Pro. I grabbed them and now I am drooling at FEENIX's post.
I have several .308's and will choose one for these. Spending my reloading time on my elk rifle (s) Shhh!

 

[chindits]

I've taken elk with the TBT in 270 and the TA in 7 mag. Both factory ammo did their job but I haven't harvested past 500 meters. However, I now primarily reload for 7 mag and I will not consider the TA until they are competitively priced with Nosler AB and of course they need to be available.

 

[IHFarmer07]

I've shot the TA in my 6.5 prc and found them to shoot ok in my rifle with the load at that time but I wouldn't stretch it out like I would with a Hornady, badlands or Berger and soon to find out with nosler 150g ablr. The TA's I have have a lot of variation on weight. According to my SubMOA app I was able to squeeze a 1/2"- 5/8" 3 shot groups at 100 yards to 650.
I sent some to Barbourcreek shooting school to do some gel test work with them and I got a response to the effect that they couldn't get them to shoot and they were all over with their weight. I have some left, would like to actually take an animal with them but as everyone knows they aren't found anywhere as a component.

 

[ultimag43]

mmmm I've got a stockpile of .264 cal 130 grain & 155 grain .284 cal they do exactly hat federal say they will do
killed many a antelope ,wolf, notes, whitetail & elk with them they performed flawlessly with many many pas throughs

 

[Idaho Hunter1]

The gel tests I've seen are very good.

However, I've loaded the TLR and TA in several rifles with a .308/.284/.264 bore. Never had great results with any of them regarding accuracy. 1-1.5 MOA is doable but could never get better results. All the rifles I tried these in were proven and shot Berger/Nosler/Hornady sub .50 MOA.

Best of luck.

 

[Reelamin]

I just found them last summer. I never shoot factory or pay attention to ads. I had never seen them on the shelf and can't get them. If i could get some in a weight I wanted I would try some now. If they are accurate I would shoot them hunting in a second to find out.

 

[rustyshackleford]

I did load development with the original TLR in my 06 and they shot ok but were apparently kind of sticky and not that accurate. I could only get them up to 2800 in the 175 and popped a primer. Fast forward and when the TLR 2 dropped federal came out and said they weren't very accurate like MOA at best. I would try the new ones but I wouldnt be shocked if my first experience with the original TLR would sour some people on them.

 

[MarkTheFark]

I ran the 130 T/A out of my 6.5 Creed and took two bucks on Kodiak this past fall. I was super happy with load development, accuracy, and then the terminal performance on both bucks (30 yards and 300 yards). I wish I could get them for my 7mm and use the my Mtn Goat and Elk hunts this year.

 

[Husky user]

You can get them in Federal factory loads ,but pretty rare in just bullets.
I was able to buy 100 bullets for 7mm on gun broker couple years go.
I got great groups with the them, but have not shot anything yet!