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I shot this Cull Buck (180 lb. 6 point) with my Sako Forester (circa:1960); 308, 165 grain federal premium accubonds. 78 yards; high sholder shot, DRT then the bullet penetrated 2.5 inches in to a tree. It took me 30 minutes to dig out the bullet with my pocket knife. ![[Linked Image]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa8/MSsafari/IMG_2018rez.jpg) ![[Linked Image]](http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa8/MSsafari/IMG_2019.jpg) I have been a huge fan of the TSX, but these accubonds shoot and penetrate just as good.
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Mississippi:
I'm glad you got that cull out of the woods. It would ashame to have 180# ers dirtying up the woods.
Is that the way the bullet ended up. side ways in the hole or did you lay it in there for the picture?
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Those Accubonds sure do suck, don't they! :-)
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Those Accubonds sure do suck, don't they! :-)
-jeff TIs true, heck, that deer is not even dead yet. As soon as they turn the freezer off, its gonna unwrap itself, re-assemble the pieces, and bound off back into the woods. BMT
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The bullet actually was sitting vertically in the hole once I dug down to it. It was tough digging that sucker out of the tree. I then placed it in the hole for the picture.
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Miss, I really can't see the need for a TSX or an Accubond for deer... OTOH, whatever floats your boat!
Would add, that's a dandy whitetail taken with my favorite cartridge!
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So many bullets to try in Mr. 308! I have been shooting 165gr partitions out of mine, and it shoots 'em well. Whether I need a 165 partition in a 308 for deer is another story, I suppose. 
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If I were deer hunting only with the 308 I'd load up a 150 or 165 Speer hotcore and go fill an ark. Biggest whitetail I ever shot went around 230 lbs on the hoof and I took it with a 150 Speer Hot Core from a 308... it punched through both shoulders and exited.
The 150/165 Speer is one of the best "non-premium" bullets out there IMO... a 165 in my collection looks exactly like that Accubond, at half the cost.
Deer aren't that hard to kill IMO, but to each his own... it's nice to have choices!
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I have been using Speer hotcores of late in my 270,325, and 9.3X62, they seem to shoot pretty well, and they are inexpensive.
I may try out those in 308.
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If I were deer hunting only with the 308 I'd load up a 150 or 165 Speer hotcore and go fill an ark. Biggest whitetail I ever shot went around 230 lbs on the hoof and I took it with a 150 Speer Hot Core from a 308... it punched through both shoulders and exited.
The 150/165 Speer is one of the best "non-premium" bullets out there IMO... a 165 in my collection looks exactly like that Accubond, at half the cost.
Deer aren't that hard to kill IMO, but to each his own... it's nice to have choices! Brad, M70 Classic, Edge stock, lilja barrel, leupy FX4 scope w/ Talleys, trigger job, metal work, cerakote. Will be the pride and joy for (hopefully) my lifetime of whitetail hunts. If you think I'm puttin gay bullets in it 'cause deer are clever wimps, it ain't gonna happen!  I don't care if deer go down nicely (Yes, they usually do); I'm honoring the over-engineered toy with a decent bullet
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Plus it makes guys around here think I know way more about hunting than I really do
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If I were deer hunting only with the 308 I'd load up a 150 or 165 Speer hotcore and go fill an ark. Biggest whitetail I ever shot went around 230 lbs on the hoof and I took it with a 150 Speer Hot Core from a 308... it punched through both shoulders and exited.
The 150/165 Speer is one of the best "non-premium" bullets out there IMO... a 165 in my collection looks exactly like that Accubond, at half the cost.
Deer aren't that hard to kill IMO, but to each his own... it's nice to have choices! Brad, M70 Classic, Edge stock, lilja barrel, leupy FX4 scope w/ Talleys, trigger job, metal work, cerakote. Will be the pride and joy for (hopefully) my lifetime of whitetail hunts. If you think I'm puttin gay bullets in it 'cause deer are clever wimps, it ain't gonna happen! I don't care if deer go down nicely (Yes, they usually do); I'm honoring the over-engineered toy with a decent bullet Chawn, Sounds like a very nice rifle!
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Oh heck,
I thought you were just getting it completed!
My bad...
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Did anyone notice that not only did the deer die quickly.....but the tree didn't require a long tracking job either.
By the way....how can you tell if a bullet is gay? I didn't even know bullets came in different sexes
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I have the rifle and have been hemming and hawing about the configuration. I will get done in '08.
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Ah, ok. I think that sounds like a nice setup, regardless. BTW, I am in the middle of picking up a Kimber Montana in a 308, I have it's 'big brother,' a 325WSM Montana, and I love the simplicity and lack of weight when it comes to hiking/hunting with that rifle platform.
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I would have done the same thing, but they don't think that lefties hunt.
I might get a Tikka T3 stailess LH to sit next to the M70.
For now, it's pretty sick 7600 and I'm not missing much!
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Does sound like it will be a nice rifle when complete. Personally I'd go with a rust blue and a AAA walnut stock (the last two rifles I built the stock blank cost more than the action and barrel together) but that's the good thing about a custom job.....you build it how YOU want it.
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Did anyone notice that not only did the deer die quickly.....but the tree didn't require a long tracking job either.
By the way....how can you tell if a bullet is gay? I didn't even know bullets came in different sexes Gay bullets have pastel plastic tips
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