Any love for the federal terminal ascent?

[1dirthawker]

i bought 3 boxes for my 300 win. have not shot anything with that rifle yet, but they look like a fantastic bullet (200 gr).

i agree that the penetration should be excellent, and still make a nice wound channel. i think they are a good choice for factory ammo.

 

[Sabre]

Yes this is pretty common. I have seen it the 300wm and 7 rem mag on plains game and 7 prc with deer. I would guess 1/4 of the. 100% of the time TA makes impressive entry and exit. Here's another entry wound on a BlesbokView attachment 673481

That is wild. I have not seen entrance wounds like that so far in non-magnum rounds. However, I did have a somewhat similar effect when using Barnes TSX/TTSX in .308, only in that case the entrance wounds were large and the exit wounds were small.

I believe it was expanding quickly and making a large entrance, and then the petals were shearing off and leaving just the shank of the bullet on exit making a smaller exit wound. But that is just a guess as I never retrieved any of the bullets.

Friends of mine weren't believing me which side was entrance vs. exit until a trail cam caught an animal right before I shot which showed definitively that I wasn't crazy

 

[CBeck]

Had a chance to evaluate accuracy of the Federal terminal ascent today.

I’m saying it’s a keeper for me… My Hawkeye African 280 Ackley improved seems to like them.

A legitimate three shot .6 inch group at 110 yards.

They shoot just a touch higher than the Nosler 140 Accu bond which averages .75-1 inch groups at 110 yards.

All factory loaded.

 

[Sabre]

Had a chance to evaluate accuracy of the Federal terminal ascent today.

I’m saying it’s a keeper for me… My Hawkeye African 280 Ackley improved seems to like them.

A legitimate three shot .6 inch group at 110 yards.

They shoot just a touch higher than the Nosler 140 Accu bond which averages .75-1 inch groups at 110 yards.

All factory loaded.

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Was waiting to see how they worked out for you. Glad they do so well in your gun. I hope you have fantastic luck with them when hunting. They have been great for me so far. Hopefully that continues.