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There's the Desoto Rifle and Pistol club which I'm a member of. It's not public, but membership is very reasonable. They have two ranges now, one is east of Hernando in Desoto county (about 15 minutes from my home) and the other, the newer one, is right off I-55 east of Como. The new one in Como has a max range of 600 yards I believe. The one in Desoto co. is limited to 200 yards.

Check out joining. I believe it's worth it. Here's the website:

http://desotorifleandpistolclub.com/

Sorry, didn't chrono those loads and don't own the Sako any more.

I've got a 7mm mag Beretta Mato now and am working with the 150 BT and RL22. I haven't maxed it out yet. At 65 grs. I was getting about 2970ish fps. I'm planning on going up to maybe 68 grs. when I get the time. Accuracy so far is very good, but I'm hoping as I near a max load it'll get even better. In my experience the 150 BT just flat out works in the 7 mag.

I don't know how it performs on mule deer, but it is a good performer on whitetails for sure. My Dad used some handloaded and Federal Premium loads using the 150 grain NBT and killed a nice pile of deer with them. They do perform better at ranges over 100 yards, but they do pretty good under 100 yards, they just seem to bloodshot more meat which is not that big of a deal since we don't eat the ribs anyway.

The more stuff a bullet wrecks the faster the animal dies. I fail to see how a large wound is a bad thing.
When using the 165 AB at max book velocity out of my 300 RUM I have found that a exit hole the size of a golf ball makes tracking easy if they run, which doesnt usually happen.

Oh, I agree with all that. Reference the "TSX wars".

And it was a sample of one, which is to say, meaningless or nearly so. But, I came away from it thinking it wasn't a good bullet for my needs simply because I can't always shoot them in the neck (or behind the shoulder). If what I saw was representative, and I shot a deer into or through a shoulder, the meat loss would have been substantial.

It was 8-9 years ago, before I always had a camera in my pocket (cell phone) which is too bad. It really did look like someone had implanted a small bomb in it's neck then set it off.

I really want to whack one with the little 120-gn NBT. Almost did last year at very close range but it didn't work out.

just got a box of 150 nbt going to load them in 284 win hope they work grin


hunt8mm

If you shoot a deer in the neck and hit vertebrae with nearly anything, it'll look like you describe. Bone shards tend to make a mess.

I forgot to mention, this was on the ENTRANCE side of the neck.

Yepper that will happen on certain neck shots and on shots to the sternum, I notice it from time to time especially on yotes with a high speed round..

I also happen to take note of the fact that the volunteers hit the turf really quick..

Dober

This was the end of that deer, mos' def' Mark!

Hey buddy- got new listing in contract in two days this weekend, at full price! It was interesting how it played out and we'll have to discuss it sometime. I have my concerns RE: appraisal though.

give me a shout..

Dober

Classic load of 7 mags with this bullet is

150g, bullet just touching the lands
63.0g of IMR 4350
Rem 9 1/2 primer
Rem brass

Out of my 700's, this load will shoot with the bullets touching at 100 yds.

One Stainless sendero will shoot just opening up a single bullet hole.

Those groups are exceptional!
Kudos on the good shooting.

Don

+1

@Mark Dobrenski...you have settled a delemma for me as well. I shoot the 150 NBT's out of my 7 mm RM and LOVE them...but hear all that crap about not being any good for elk. As a fellow Montanan, you know that deer hunting and elk hunting often are happening at the same time (especially in central and eastern Montana) and so a rifle/bullet combo that will do well for both is ideal. I have been mulling over changing bullets...but I have alot loaded and a whole new box of 150 gr. NBT's sitting on my loading bench. So...it would mean working up a new load and likely resighting my rifle which I would rather not do.SO...Thank you for settling this for me for once and for all.

How far off of the lands were you seating the bullets?

Jocko,

In your picture above, do the numbers .388" and .294" below the charge weights represent group sizes?

That's why winter was invented!

There's not much walking around that I wouldn't shoot with the 150 BT out of my 7mm SAUM, and elkies sure aren't one of the critters that would get a pass.

It's not my picture, it's Delta Hunter's picture. I was just asking how far off the lands he seated his bullets to get those kinds of groups.

I'm looking forward to running this bullet as my exclusive through a custom 7x57 that is to be finished up this year... I've had it going as a project since Dec of '08, so this has been a long time coming...