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Tell me more about the hunting applications for a .300 Blackout. I know folks are using it for pigs and deer but at what ranges is it still effective. Is it too much for coyote/ varmint hunting. I am looking for a truck/ramlbe gun to take on hikes and the Ruger American rifle looks like a possibility. Give me the skinny on this round.
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I have a Ruger American Ranch that I put a can on. It did a great job on a 200 pound deer last year with supersonic ammo. It was under 30 yards away.
It pretty much is like a 30-30 with supers. I have not hunted with it using subsonic ammo. Supers would look to screw up a 'yote pelt pretty good.
I only shoot deer out to about 100 yards, so I like it.
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The sweet spot for the .300 Blackout is suppressed with subsonic heavies.
While I have one, I'd get a .223 for high volume shooting like p-dogs. My .22-250 and .257 Roberts are my favorites for coyotes.
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I can think of another application. One of these days I am going to hunt/shoot Nutria off of an airboat. To me, that would be another prime application of the 300 blackout.
Like you mentioned, coyotes would be good to go with the 125 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip.
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The sweet spot for the .300 Blackout is suppressed with subsonic heavies.
If that was really the whole truth, the Blackout would still be just the 300 Whisper wildcat round with very few people actually using it.
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The sweet spot for the .300 Blackout is suppressed with subsonic heavies.
If that was really the whole truth, the Blackout would still be just the 300 Whisper wildcat round with very few people actually using it. You make a good point. It may be true that the ability to suppress makes the subsonic blackout very enjoyable. That doesn't diminish the fact that a great many people use it in super sonic guise, and without a suppressor. The cartridge has good accuracy potential, very light recoil, and and energy level that is very close to the 7.62x39mm cartridge. It is a powder miser, and brass is easy fashioned if for some reason it becomes difficult to purchase. To my thinking, it has enough positives to stand on it's own.
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