Depends on velocity Im shooting, 3000 fps or less rounds get Sierra Prohunters or Gamekings depending on what the rifle likes. The 7mm Magnum gets 150 BT and 257 Wby gets 100 TTSX. But I am shooting only deer and hogs here in SC. GreggH
I want to limit this to your primary deer bullet. Let's not get sidetracked into deer/elk, deer/elephant or whatever. I hunt deer with a 7x57 using 150 Partitions @ 2700fps, a 280 using 150 Ballistic Tips @ 2900fps and a 30-06 with 165 Ballistic Tips @ 2850fps. My primary deer gun is the 7x57, my shots are seldom over 150yds. This year I'm going to use 175 round nose @ 2400fps. I use the 280 As backup or when shots might be over 200yds. The 06 is my backup, backup or loaner. I have not seen the need for bondeds or monos, but that's just me. What do you use and why if you choose to share. Captdavid
This thread and a bunch just like them are completely [bleep] retarted.........!
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Sooner or later our heritage of hunting is going to be a rich mans sport and the words "Outfitter" and "Hunt Industry" will be synonymous with cancer and A.I.D.S. among blue collar hunters like me and my family!(A.L. Williams - 2010)
I want to limit this to your primary deer bullet. Let's not get sidetracked into deer/elk, deer/elephant or whatever. I hunt deer with a 7x57 using 150 Partitions @ 2700fps, a 280 using 150 Ballistic Tips @ 2900fps and a 30-06 with 165 Ballistic Tips @ 2850fps. My primary deer gun is the 7x57, my shots are seldom over 150yds. This year I'm going to use 175 round nose @ 2400fps. I use the 280 As backup or when shots might be over 200yds. The 06 is my backup, backup or loaner. I have not seen the need for bondeds or monos, but that's just me. What do you use and why if you choose to share. Captdavid
This thread and a bunch just like them are completely [bleep] retarted.........!
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why do you say that, and if you think so, why do you bother to read them?
Sooner or later our heritage of hunting is going to be a rich mans sport and the words "Outfitter" and "Hunt Industry" will be synonymous with cancer and A.I.D.S. among blue collar hunters like me and my family!(A.L. Williams - 2010)
Every bullet ever made, from the first round ball ever formed by "John Blacksmith" to the highest tech VLD, all kill deer just fine, the rest is just a matter of semantics! Writers and internet boards make a living off of semantics, typo's not withstanding!!
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Sooner or later our heritage of hunting is going to be a rich mans sport and the words "Outfitter" and "Hunt Industry" will be synonymous with cancer and A.I.D.S. among blue collar hunters like me and my family!(A.L. Williams - 2010)
Says Varmint Grenade instead of Deer Grenade so deer must be immune, right? I know you better than that Steelie. Your just being facetious........
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Sooner or later our heritage of hunting is going to be a rich mans sport and the words "Outfitter" and "Hunt Industry" will be synonymous with cancer and A.I.D.S. among blue collar hunters like me and my family!(A.L. Williams - 2010)
Every bullet ever made, from the first round ball ever formed by "John Blacksmith" to the highest tech VLD, all kill deer just fine, the rest is just a matter of semantics! Writers and internet boards make a living off of semantics, typo's not withstanding!!
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So the question remains , if you find these discussions beneath your superior intellect, why do you waste your time reading these "retarted" threads, and making condescending comments?
seeing a pattern here....... have not seen a failure, nor have had any regrets since i switched to Partitions, but plenty of faliures and less than desirable performance prior to.......
I don't want to get far off topic, but one bullet that I do wish was still available, is a 10-cent or so same weight affordable practice bullet, Nosler partitions and fancy tipped ELD,SST,Extreme range this or thats, are awesome when actually hunting, and a lot of research and technology has been devoted to them. but I would love to have something I can goto the range and shoot without breaking the bank for an afternoon of practice with the rifle and bullet weight ammo I want to use on the hunt. A lot of guys buy into a lot of the high tech stuff, without doing a lot of the basic training-homework of shooting your rifle in a variety of ranges and positions to be proficent- mostly because a box of ammo (or loading components) cost so much.
Unless your deer rifle is a .22 or a .30 cal and you shoot the same weight as surplus FMJ bullets, pulling the trigger adds up fast.
desertshooter, For my 257 Roberts I practice with PRVI 100 grain psp during the off season just to keep my offhand halfway decent. Then I shoot some of my deer load, 100 grain Nosler Partition just before season to make sure I'm still sighted in. My reloads for each hit the same POI out to 200 yards. Otherwise, I just use Sierra's for everything except 9.3 and 180 AB in 8mm. Closest you might get to what you're asking for is Nosler Ballistic Tip or AB 2nds from Shooter's Pro Shop.
Thanks Delagrate, I do the same,bargain ammo when I can find it, and I cast a lot of my own too, but the velocities are so much different, the POI are way different. I keep a close watch on Shooter's pro shop alerts and deals, as well as a lot of other reloading suppliers- I just missed the days when I could just buy reloading components and shoot to my hearts content (well my shoulder's content)for a few bucks, instead of visualizing silver dollars, quarters, and dimes blowing out the barrel each shot
It would help too I I just stuck to one gun/caliber that I knew well, but what fun would that be?
Thanks Delagrate, I do the same,bargain ammo when I can find it, and I cast a lot of my own too, but the velocities are so much different, the POI are way different. I keep a close watch on Shooter's pro shop alerts and deals, as well as a lot of other reloading suppliers- I just missed the days when I could just buy reloading components and shoot to my hearts content (well my shoulder's content)for a few bucks, instead of visualizing silver dollars, quarters, and dimes blowing out the barrel each shot
It would help too I I just stuck to one gun/caliber that I knew well, but what fun would that be?
Registered: 03/14/17 Posts: 34 Loc: Gillette, Wy 6.5x55 140grn accubond at 2848fps muzzle, impact at 100yds into milk jugs filled with water, 18+ inches penetration into 4th milk jug which caught it....ended at 85 grn
I don't want to get far off topic, but one bullet that I do wish was still available, is a 10-cent or so same weight affordable practice bullet, Nosler partitions and fancy tipped ELD,SST,Extreme range this or thats, are awesome when actually hunting, and a lot of research and technology has been devoted to them. but I would love to have something I can goto the range and shoot without breaking the bank for an afternoon of practice with the rifle and bullet weight ammo I want to use on the hunt. A lot of guys buy into a lot of the high tech stuff, without doing a lot of the basic training-homework of shooting your rifle in a variety of ranges and positions to be proficent- mostly because a box of ammo (or loading components) cost so much.
Unless your deer rifle is a .22 or a .30 cal and you shoot the same weight as surplus FMJ bullets, pulling the trigger adds up fast.
Reference my earlier post. I can load a box of .30-06's with my hunting bullet for about $3.50- cartridges which give me .30-40 Krag performance. Plenty of moxie for killing deer, not to mention punching mere holes in paper. I know guys who spend darn near that much each time they pull the trigger with factory stuff.
Of course, cast bullets aren't as glamorous as state-of-the-art jacketed bullets when it comes BS sessions around a campfire or across the counter at a gunshop, especially when the discussion devolves into who has the bigger dick...
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