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Thank you all for the input!

BTW I am hoping to bag an elk next year at a self imposed minimum range of 1,000 yards.

Yep. Launched subsonic even a long sleek 220 Matchking is about 4 inches low at 100, when zero'd at 50. I shot a doe with it, and last saw the doe about 200 yards away, running over a hill - on another ranch. I believe I hit her too high. Decent blood trail, but the deer was lost. I believe it would have been a bang flop with a normal deer rifle.

I have heard good things about the Lehigh Defense bullets, and I also finally scored some 240 Matchkings. Carefully placed these might be better.

https://www.lehighdefense.com/shop/...m-expansion-194gr-subsonic-bullet-detail

You'd run headlong into a blinking neon sign, huh....


If I was to bet, I'd bet that a Barnes Blacktip 110gr TTSX does nice things in tissue well past 300m from a 9in barrel, and is also bet that those would upset at 300m from a 6in barrel as well.... May even penetrate barriers at that range.... Give or take.

LMAO

god you're stupid. A reject off arfcom.

Not so sure about the 110 TTSX. But I have shot deer with a 125gr Ballistic tip, launched at mild speeds (~2200fps) from a Contender, and it expanded well, and killed quickly. That's about how fast they can run out of a Blackout.

For anyone new to the .300 I'd suggest that they load to mag length ~2.24", rather than the 2.08" generally published, as I have found better accuracy in two different AR's, and they functioned fine. That's with plastic tipped or other pointy bullets. If the bullet has a blunt tip then shorter OAL may be needed to assure feeding.

In my opinion the 300BO just makes more sense out of a short barrel than 5.56 out of a short barrel, it makes about 2100 FPS with a 110 in a 9.5 inch pistol barrel. Making a 9.5 inch Sig brace 300BO pistol loses about 200 FPS IIRC from a 16 inch 300 BO rifle barrel and that right there is a pretty good trade.

Having actually shot a deer with a Sig brace BO pistol/110 barnes I can confirm the deer is reliably dead with a 25 cent sized hole thru both shoulders from 55 yards, please excuse me for stating facts if they differ from anyones suppositions.

I would have no use for the BO cartridge in a 16 inch barrel, nor would I have any use for a 308win or 6.8SPC in a short barrel.

The blacktip 110 grain Barnes Vor-TX is designed to expand down to 1300FPS, that is a fact and its a very good bullet, I would not try to hit anything past 200 with the pistol set up on the other hand the Sig brace pistol is pretty handy in a small ground blind. A suppresor to take the edge off of supersonic loads would interest me for hunting, I am looking into this for next year.

The 110 Vor-TX is a pretty good bullet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDTvbzExaPI

You pay for the SBR $200 on your lower if you do as I do and have a herd of different caliber uppers you like to run short. I like the way they handle with a suppressor attached. Now, If I had to do it over, I would have bought a titanium can and eliminated about a pound hanging off the end of my barrel.

Ditto on the 110 barnes TAC-TX. I started shooting 300 whispers with a contender single shot pistol and carbine in 2001. The 125 gr Nosler was my super bullet and I killed a pile of deer with it. I started shooting the 110 barnes bullet two years ago. I like it even better.