It would be a short list to summarize .30cal bullets/ammo that do not work on deer. When you get to that diameter and are talking 150-200gr, it's really more about what shoots in your rifle and what type of trajectory/zero you are looking for than "will it be effective on deer". If a person is a 300yd and under deer hunter, Wallyworld has great deer ammo in the .308 / 30-06 / 300 Win Mag. I tend to prefer Fusions and Hornady American Whitetail ammo if hunting store-bought ammo for deer and hogs, although Federal Non-Typical and W-W Deer Season XP have also been good. All of it is sub-$23 in a .308.

I'm going to try out some W-W Copper Impact today in my AR10. Was $23 on sale in 150gr .308. We'll see how it does as a budget TTSX.


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