Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Savage Collectors 300 Savage 180gr. Silvertips, How do they perform on deer?

This is not a direct answer to your question, but once I shot a huge buck through the chest with a 180 grain and the darn thing didn't expand. Small hole in, small hole out. Deer ran almost half a mile before expiring. I never had that problem with the 150 grains I normally use. I'm no expert so it may have just been a coincidence and nothing to do with bullet weight.

I also must admit that this is with factory ammo so, as I said, not directly relevant to your question about silver tips.

Wayne