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Thinking of loading these in .300 WM for deer season. Anyone load these? How do they perform? Thanks.

I wouldn't load them for a 300 mag., I find them to be soft in a 308.

and a 30-06.

I load them in my 308s and have never had a problem.

I ran some last year in my .300Why. Sure don't want to screw up and "puttem in the meat". With 84.3gr of H-4831SC, running at 3300fps, anything but a neck shot got reeeeal messy. Loading TTSX this season.
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I uased themm a while back in a 308 and 30-06.They performed about like BTs. They open pretty quick, which I like, but didn't shoot quite as good groups as the BTs. On the other hand, they shot fine in my 7-08 and 7x57. capt david

At .300 mag velocity, I would most certainly pass on the SST and roll with the Accubond if you want a tipped bullet.

I ran 'em through my '06 for feral pigs a few years ago and they performed nicely. As suggested above, they really open up like the old NBTs. In my rifle, they also performed better than NBTs accuracy-wise.

I wouldn't run 'em in a 300 mag though... CLB gave good advice... interbond would be another good choice.

I shot 3 whitetail bucks with them from an 06, thought they were a bit soft. Do not think I would be interested in using them at mag velocities. Agree with previous poster on the Accubonds.

+1

Might alsso look at the GMX or INNERBOND from Hornady. In my new .300 wsm I plan on using the NAB 165 grn at about 3150 if the accuracy is there......lots of choices....... I find that the fun part of rolling your own.

I appreciate your responses and experience with them, thank you.

I shot a couple deer with these from a .30-06. On a braodside shot, the deer went down on the spot, but required a finisher. Bullet did not exit.

On a smaller deer quartering away, I was disappointed in the lack of penetration. I like Ballistic Tips and Accubonds better.