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They still make them. I just bought a case of them back in September. They work very well.

Good luck! Tom

Years ago I was in a hardware store in St. John, Newfoundland and it seemed there were more round nose bullets than anything. Those guys up there must love them. Anyway they may still be offered but I can’t say they are easy to find. Looking over this thread you’d think the bullet makers would pony up cause somebody still wants them

Rick

because they have "plastic" tips now.

but i agree with you. other than the price, i would keep on buying RN or FN bullets. Hornady used to have a 139gr FN in '284" caliber bullets. it was great for the 7x57 and 7-08. but they discontinued it and now i have 150+/- pieces of 139gr Hornady FN bullets.

Dave, I appreciate the suggestion. I had forgotten about Sierra bullets I guess. I’m my experience they were usually quite accurate and still fairly affordable. I’ll have to pick up a couple boxes of those .30 caliber 150 grain round noses, they should be perfect at .300 Savage velocities and closer ranges.

Hornady made a 100 grain RN in 25 caliber which was a great bullet but now sadly it's discontinued. I did find some 117 RN however,

I sure would like to find some of those Hornady 154gr 7mm round nose bullets to use in my 7mm-08. I have toyed with the idea of BLR-81 in 7mm-08 for some time but got a L-H Browning A-Bolt Micro Hunter several years ago. I really don't think the RN bullets would kill things any more dead or even be faster in doing it than the 140gr Nosler Accuonds I'm shooting now but, nonetheless I've wanted some of them for years. Whether from the 20" bbl of a BLR-81or from the same length in my Micro hunter those 154s would likely only get 2600-2700fps at very best, but they still appeal to me.
The 35 caliber 200gr Hornady RN has done well for me in my 358 Win chambered BLR-81 even with the lower velocity of the 20" bbl. I'm sure I could do better than the 2375fps but my accuracy is so great that I have settled on that load for a RN bullet in that rifle. I would like to try the same Hornady200gr RN in my 35Whelen but am afraid that it may be too much velocity for the bullet to handle and cause fragmentation. I am thinking very strongly about getting some Hawk bullets in either a 200gr or 225gr RN for the 35Whelen for use on white tails even if they are overkill. There are times when I hunt areas that are so dense that I simply don't want the deer to move more than a few feet so it doesn't end up in a thicket.
Long live the round nose bullet!

I really like the DRT from a 200 gr 0.358" bullet. 350 RM or Winchester. RZ.

What is the longest kill you guys had with round nose bullets? Out west unless we're hunting river/creek bottoms shots can be pretty long whether it's deer or elk, pronghorn are usually few hundred yards out.

My old buddy took a bull at just over 300 yards 2 years ago with plain old Rem 180 CL's in the 06.





Not ideal, but he shot them and they shot well, so he used em.

A while back I made a bigscore on bullets, maunl .270, .284 and .308" Nosler partitions. There were a few boxes of Sierra .170 gr. RNs and .220 gr. RNs by sierra which he literally gave. Said he didn't like the, I'll be trying the 7s in a 7x57 and .80 Rem. Not sure about the 220 gr. 30s but probably in the 06 and maybe the .300 Win. Mag.

The last two animals I shot with a round nose bullet were a Mule deer back around 1973 and another Mule deer about 1975. The first was with a 175 gr. Federal 7x57 round and that deer was never recovered. My wife and I looked until it was too dark to see anything. I went back out the next day and found it well over 400 yard from where I shot. The coyotes had a good feed. Years later when I got a chronograph, I found that ammo only did a bit over 2200 FPS, not the advertised 2400+ FPS. I ran some fresh ammo to compare and it was no better.

The second buck was shot at about 35/40 yards and the bullet hit too far back, just in front of the hind leg and about two-thirds up on the body. Deer dropped like it was pole axed and never even twitched. M
There were two deer and my buddy shot at the other. Both went down fast. My buddy looked at me and asked, "Did you shoot at that deer?" I said yes and apparently both shots went off an exactly the same time He couldn't figure out how he'd killed two deer about 20 feet apart. That was good for a laugh.
PJ

I got spores from Remington years ago and grow my own now---- Deadly if taken internally

I'm still a fan of a good old Round Nose in about any caliber.

When I lived in Minnesota and hunted there and also over in Wisconsin, the most common thing I carried in the field was Federal 30/06 ammo loaded with 220 grain RNs.

you connect, the deer dropped dead. Even at 300 yds, even tho the foot pounds of energy was down to like 1300 ft /lbs, those 220s always plowed right thru both sides and there was always a small entrance hole and a small exit hole, when shot thru the chest vitals.....but in the insides of the deer, it was like the vital organs had been stirred with a chain saw...

Shot a blacktail buck here in Oregon a number of years ago.... at about 150 yds, with a 7 x 57, with a 175 grain Hornady RN. Impact velocity was under 2000 fps.
bullet went thru both sides of the deer and dropped it on the spot. After gutting the deer noticed a bullet hole in a pine tree about 30 yds behind, that was fresh..

after exiting the deer, evidently the 175 grain RN, also penetrated thru about 18 to 20 inches of pine tree...

They aren''t fancy of high tech in today's hunting world.... but they damn sure worked...

the blacktail this past season, was taken with a 95 grain ballistic tip, out of a 6 x 45....the other pack of bullets I had loaded up, were with the same powder charge ( 24 gr H 322 ) and some left over 100 grain Hornady RN/Sp. I'll try to remember to use those next season.... I'd bet they would have done the same job as the 95 gr B/Tips did. ONE shot and DRT.

I’ve used them in 243, 6mm rem and 7x57. They looked good, were accurate and worked OK. I didn’t find them so special as to justify the wind effect and increased drop.
My hunting is woods with fields, sad to say I find a ballistic tip a better balance.

My limited and unscientific foolin around with them in a 6mm Remington would tell you that the difference in drop is probably less than you think out to about 350 yards

KC

Load 150 gr flat nose 30-30 bullets in my 300 black out
Accurate and do good on deer .
Have some 170 flat nose loaded for Ruger compact 308 at around 2500 fps according to load manual
Haven’t shot anything with them yet but figure they’ll be devastating running a couple hundred feet per second faster than they were designed for
Kenneth


And yep I remember the round nose bullets being very popular when I was a kid and young man
Seemed that’s what most people were hunting with in those days
I have some loaded gif 30-06 , 220gr
One of these days I’ll hunt them
Pretty accurate too

Now that's funny. How far upstate? Lyons is as far as I've gotten. Used to love Allegany County. Still miss it...

I am fond of round nose bullets as well. Kind of surprised that there are no pictures of recovered bullets. I shot a mule deer buck this year with a 30-06 and factory Winchester 220 grain round nose Power Point. Deer was walking towards me at 75 yards when I stuffed the bullet through one shoulder and the bullet was recovered near the opposite flank. Over 2 feet of penetration and the recovered bullet weighed 177 grains. A picture-perfect mushroom.

That is exactly what they’re supposed to do. Impressive. A rn is a freight train.

These are the old Semi Spitzer 275 Speers.. Sorta RN'ish. Forgot I had a pile of them so I have decided to give them a whirl. Used to shoot awesome in my old 338.

BERETZS, I used these years ago. Killed a bull elk at way to far distance using these 275 grainers. Took 2 shots. Recover one bullet. Perfect mushroom.

I have, over the last 5 years, been using a lot of factory 30/06 Winchester 180 grain Power Points on most game. Mule deer and antelope. These are the old stock, long round nose of the 1990's. No complaints except from the deer and antelope.