stillquietvoice
Contributing Member
In my 7mm-08, 120 gr nbt is about all I hunt with (although I have huge range of 7mm bullets at my reloading disposal). I've kind of come to learn that not all nbts are created 'equal'.
The 7mm 140 gr. nbt was kept the same and the 7mm 150 gr. nbt was beefed up. I read somewhere that Nosler over the past 3-4 years did
Though I've not used 120 nbt's I have used the 140 nbt on 2 white tailed bucks last season. The first was a double lung shot at fairly close range, jellied the lungs as well as several other internal organs. The Second shot was a difficult quarter on, likely 1/8 th, took high shoulder shot the broke the clavicle and jellied heart, lungs, but gave no exit wound. The 140 nbt 7mm is really explosive and probably best suited for longer ranges. I've also taken game with 139 sst's it's the same deal very explosive and better used St longer ranges. Used a 139 interlock spbt this season it is a much tougher bullet still showed massive damage, but gave a large exit hole, which didn't matter much, cause he was drt. The range wad similar to the other shots on game with sst and nbt, about 60 yds.
I did use a partition last season to take a small doe at about 40 yds. A 60 gr 223 that shot was quartering forward. That bullet broke the inside shoulder, took chunks out of the heart and jellied one lung before exiting the off side ribcage cage.