My three pigs

[Pep1]

Foreground is first pig shot in fall 2003 - 50 yards broadside on a hillside. Left is pig shot fall 2005 running into a canyon at about 40 yards broadside. Right is a pig shot running up a hill at about 270 yards same day. All 180 30-06 Trophy Bonded Bear Claws from a Model 70.

 

[BDB]

Can't complain about the performance of those bullets. I have some of those sighted in on my ott-6 that I plan to use for deer and pigs but I have yet to shoot one. Thanks for the performance report

 

[Freedivr2]

Wow. Those are the cleanest looking bullets I've ever seen pulled from a critter. Of the 21 Hogs I've shot with my M70, I've recovered only 2 bullets (both lodged just barely in the hide on the opposite side of impact) and they looked similar to yours (aft portion intact and front lead gone, case mushroomed) but the jacket wasn't as even close to looking that symettrical. I use 165 gr. Nosler partitions in my handload and frankly I think I'm glad I ain't finding them in the critter (they do their work and disinegrate or pass thru....). I gotta check into those Barnes bear claws, though, they look like they hold together awfully good!!!

 

[larrysogla]

The Trophy Bonded Bear Claws have a front lead core bonded(melted) into the copper jacket and the rear portion is a SOLID copper shank. The frontal jacket is much, much thicker than the frontal jacket in a Nosler Partition bullet, that is why the Trophy Bonded Bear Claws hold up much better. Both are very good big game bullets and will drop 'em dead as a door nail. 'Nuff said.