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A few months back I bought one of these in 300 WBY at the Fort Mills Cabela on closeout for 489 dollars. I like 300 weatherbys and decided this is going along on the next Elk hunt in Wyoming. I am now considering using this thing on Poor Alabama whitetail at my Buddies place.

My question is does anyone use one of these on deer and if so what bullet weight and bullet? I plan on using handloaded 180 Grain BT's at a 300 win mag speed .

We've got about the same size whitetails over here in MS. My hunting partner has a 300WinMag that has been one of his main hunting rifles for many years and he shoots a 180 BT out of it. He's killed as many deer with that rifle as many people will kill in a lifetime. I figure your plan is a good one. Probably overkill, but should definitely get the job done.

Yeah like a real game wrecker for those afternoon lowlight escapades

I'd probably stick to my elk bullet and load, mine is a 180ttsx over 77 grains of IMR4350 fed 215 primer. I'd guess the stout bullet would do less damage than the ballistic tip. In CO last year I used that on a mule deer about the size of a big southern whitetail with a neck shot from 160 yards the exit hole was large but not any big area of meat damaged. The Cow elk had much more damage from a much longer shot.

My experience with 150 grain ballistic tips on deer from a 7 mag leads me to believe I'd only want to shoot them in the lungs broadside to keep more meat. They do stop quickly with the NBT it has always been my favorite deer bullet.

I shot an adult doe in 2008 in Alabama with my 300wby deluxe. 75 yards quartering into me. Hit it in the high left shoulder bullet exited the right rear qtr. I messed up and hurried the shot and was shooting behind me. Never should have taken it. All I had left was a bit of backstrap from each side , right front shoulder and the left rear qtr.

I have killed a bunch of deer with the .300 Winchester and 165 NBT and 180 NBT and the Sierra in the same weights. Stay off the big shoulder bones up close and you won't damage too much meat. Kills deer like a lightning bolt.

I have shot a few with the .300 Wby and the 180 grain NBT and 180 Hornady and the results are the same.

Last 300 weatherby I owned using the Hornady 180 grain load and sorry to say never had a DRT with it , everything ran and died rather shortly afterwards. I don't think I ever hit anything in the shoulder with it mostly rib rakes and the death run was expected.

I had a .300 Wby for quite a few years. My favorite deer bullet was a 150-grain Partition, with the 165 AB running a close second.