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130 TSX or TTSX can be pushed as fast as you can (3250 in 300 WBM) and they still go right thru both sides leaving everything wrecked they encounter.
Also work well slower. 300 Savage at 2800 fps, 80 yards, broke shouder goin in, rib goin out, still flyin.

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I'd run a 125 gr. bullet. I shot a deer this year with a 110 V-max and it went all the way through the rib cage and broke the off side elbow joint. I have never seen a blood trail like it. Blood drops on the ground literally the size of dinner plates. The deer only made it about 10 yards.

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Originally Posted by IFLY4U
Has anyone used the 125 grain .308 bullet for deer?


I have used the 125 grain Sierra quite a bit when using the .308 for rock-chucks and coyotes and have found it very accurate and effective for this purpose. I never did use use it on big game, but would imagine it would be fine for smaller deer and pronghorns.

When my sons began hunting, I loaded 130 grain Hornadys ahead of 50 grains of H4895 for their 30-06, and we got really good performance with fairly mild recoil. They killed several head of deer and pronghorns with this combination, and I don't remember any needing more than one shot. Bullet performance was really excellent!

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We use 125 Rem CoreLokts loaded down to about 2400 for messing around at close range. They give excellent performance on deer--nice expansion but yet will break shoulders easily and penetrate.

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Thanks for the information, I was considering some 125-130gr bullets in front of a reduced load for my daughter in the near future. I will start experimenting.

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Resurrection time... I am a new reloaded and wanted to try a reduced .308 load with H4895 for deer. Would the 125 grain SST be to fragile ? I wonder how performance of the previous loads discussed years ago.

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If you're using reduced loads and 125gr bullets - look at the velocities the 300 Blackout produces, and it's results on deer with 125gr bullets. I don't have first hand experience with the 125 SST, but the 125 Nosler BT works great for deer at 300 Blk speed (~2200-2400 fps) and would make a great reduced load for your 308. There are several other good choices too.

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Some say the SST is tougher and others not... I wish they made a 125 partition. But with the BT do you get complete pass through? I really like two holes than one I hunt in really thick and blood trail needed. My partner catahoula cur is on the injured list due to heart worms even though I give heartguard every month. My dad shot one with .35 R.E.M. Leverevolution and deer acted like not even hit no blood for hundred yards and then finally bled bullet exploded on rib on quartering shot and fragments all the way to opposite shoulder. I was hoping for about 2600fps from muzzle with these reloads

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Ballistic Tip. Bet you never need a blood trail as the deer will be DRT, yes it will leave 2 holes just in case. If you worry about the Ballistic Tip maybe try the Sierra 125. It works from the '06 at full speed, 2 holes.


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Check out the reviews on midwayusa there are 65 for the 125SST

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FWIW I'm starting to play with the 130TTSX. Don't have a load worked up yet and certainly haven't killed anything with it yet but it should work well for deer. I'm shooting (pun intended) for around 2700-2800fps (min loads) and the recoil with the wife's Kimber is negligible.


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The 130g Hornady is surprisingly tough. For pigs and deer up to 150 kilograms or so I can recommend them.

Handloaded to 3100fps in the 308 Win has been my m.o.

They're not the Interlock design but they behave much the same.

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a while back I got some Nosler 125 accubond and sectioned one of them.... the jacket gets really thick just above the midsection of the bullet and there's a lot of base there too.

Go to Midway and check the reviews on THIS bullet it is showing up as being really tough and getting the job done... just as I had suspected from what I saw.

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Originally Posted by kraky111
a while back I got some Nosler 125 accubond and sectioned one of them.... the jacket gets really thick just above the midsection of the bullet and there's a lot of base there too.

Go to Midway and check the reviews on THIS bullet it is showing up as being really tough and getting the job done... just as I had suspected from what I saw.


Same for the newer BT. The Accubond is just a bonded BT, per Nosler.

If you're looking at cutaways of the BT, pay attention to when they were made; the design changed a few years ago, and it does vary by caliber.

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Balistic tips or the 125gr Accubonds will serve you nicely

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I ordered some 125BT's to load up for my 300saum for deer duty. SPS had seconds in stock.

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While I've loaded up some 125g BTs for my .300 Blackout, I use 130g TTSX in my .308 Win.

Using CFE223 I get 2868fps in my 16.5" barreled Ruger Scout, Daughter #1 gets 3045fps with her 22" Ruger Hawkeye .308.


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He did say "reduced loads".

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Well I guess I may not reduce the load much some say keep it around blackout range and it does well others seem to say put some speed behind it. I'm thinking about 2700-2800fps range now.

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