Thread: Monolithic Projectiles

I have a 20” .308 and my current load is 168 gn ELD M which seems to work. I’ve recently sought advice on flat base projectiles (thanks very much for the input guys) and am planning to try out some 180 gn round nose or similar.

Then looking at the other end of things it would be interesting also to look at a monolithic bullet, and I’m thinking of a Barnes TSX or TTSX of 125-30 gn weight. I get 2680 with my 168s and I figure a 130 Barnes might do around 2900 or so. My understanding is that monolithic bullets need to be moving pretty fast to perform properly on game. Is that right? What sort of speed should they be doing on impact?

I do sometimes wonder about the wisdom of chucking small bits of lead around the bush. I mean they’re small bits but it must all add up. And lead is pretty scary stuff once ingested, so a lead free bullet, if effective, does have its attractions, it seems to me.