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.308 = 150gr Hornady 7mm/08 = 140gr Sierra 25-06 = 117gr Sierra 358/35 Whelen = 200 gr Hornady RN
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If it's a "buck of a lifetime" situation that implies the angle is so diagonally steep that you wouldn't ordinarily take the shot, why not just crack his pelvis and be done with it? I might,but I still want to know I have as much penetration capability as possible.I have been known to miss my spot a few inches either way,and in such a case I want to know I can do as much tissue damage as possible. I shot a mature buck a couple years ago,not a great trophy but a big bodied buck. This one was facing me straight on. I missed a little high and to the left and only took out a small part of the top of a lung. I've tracked deer a long way shot like that before and it was a hard job with little blood, but this time my bonded bullet came out the bottom of his gut and gave me a great blood trail plus enough internal damage to drop blood pressure so that he only went about 150 yards.
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9 out the last 10 bucks...
270 Winchester and 140 Accubonds
300 WSM and 180 Partitions
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The most fired in the last 2-3 years, Lehigh 194 max expansion at 900 fps from the 300/221.
And a few here and there from the 308 and 185 old bergers.
Other than that I dont' recall much of anything in rifle that isn't loaded with Barnes of some flavor.
Most anything else has left me irritated at some point or another.
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Starched and gunner, to me that's incredible, not saying I don't believe you I'm just amazed. Captdavid Well, You are the Captain, and You did have an inquiry. ![grin grin](/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/default/grin.gif) Full disclosure, I've only killed an armadillo with the 577, and have killed with all except maybe three or four on the list, but have carried all on deer hunts.
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This season I used a 280 REM with 150g Partitions and high shoulder shots. Shot 6 deer with that combo, all 6 were 1 shot kills, the shortest being 30 yards and longest 200 yards give or take. All but the 200 yard shot (which was also the biggest deer) went down where they stood and he only went 30 or 40 yards.
But I'm thinking of trying the Barnes VOR-TX TTSX in the 280 next year and see how it likes those.
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223: Nosler 64 BSB and 65 SGK 243: 100 Sierra GMK, 85 TSX, 85 NPT, and 95NBTs 260 Rem: 120 NPT and 130 NAB 270: 130 Hornady ILK, 130 NBT, 140 NAB, 150 NBT 7mm-08: 140 NAB 308: 150 NAB. 155 Scenar 30-06: 165 Horn ILK, 165 Horn IB
Most deer by far with the 270 130 NBT. I've not found a bullet that wont work on deer with placement...
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223, 64 gr PowerPoint, 55 gr gmx, 50 gr tsx 223 AI 45 gr tsx 223 AI 53 gr tsx, 55gr tsx, 62 tsx, 75 amax 243 AI 105 amax 7/08 139 sst, 140' tsx 280AI 150 ttsx 162 amax
That's just the stuff loaded up from this year, used from my place by myself or immediate family.
Why pack all that messy meat out of the bush when we can just go to the grocery store where meat is made? Hell,if they sold antlers I would save so much money I could afford to go Dolphin fishing. Maybe even a baby seal safari.
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Accubonds Partitions or Ballistic tips
One exception is my 358 Win. That one is fed with the 200 gr SGK's
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Depends on the Deer.
Utah Mulies? Alaska Black tail Arizona Coues Iowa White tail
Utah - 30.06 - 150 gr NBT Alaska - .338 Win Mag - 225 gr partitions (for the bears) Arizona- .22-250 55gr soft point, or 7mm Rem mag 140 gr Ballistic Silvertip Iowa - Muzzle loader- 45gr Hornady XTP in a sabot - Shotgun, Remington Hyper Sonic slugs
Just depends....
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120 gr Hornady ILHP in a 257AI. Recently discontinued
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Deer, near or far, big or little, good angle or bad, the answer is for me always the Nosler Partition. Notice, I said for me because that's the way the question was framed. And right behind the great Partition is the Nosler BT.
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I reload everything with Accubonds, love um...
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I hunt fairly close distances in heavy brush most of the time.
I sold off several guns that I'd used for a long time so my specific bullets have changed a bit though the theme is the same.
In handgun, I am shooting 250 grain home cast SWCs in my .44 magnums. I currently have my .454 sighted in for the magnum version of the Hornady XTP.
(With a previous .44 with an oversized bore I shot .433" LBT 300 grain WLNGC to avoid leading. In .41 mag I used RCBS 210 grain SWCs. I'm still ramping up to shoot deer with a .38-40 Buckeye Special. I may use Beartooth .402" 200s or I may order my own mold for slightly heavier bullets.)
In muzzleloader, I used a 245 grain .45 cal TC maxi ball from a Lyman mold last fall.
(In the past I shot mostly PRB from a TC .58, but I sold that. I may try PRB in the .45 "soon" ... next time I draw a tag, about 3 years from now.)
In centerfire rifle, which is probably what you were really asking about, I like partitions. Most of my shooting is at relatively short range and I often have a black bear tag in my pocket since our seasons for both overlap. I just picked up 500 .25 caliber 120 grain partitions for my .257 Roberts. It kills the crap out of stuff without the blowup I got from the 110 grain accubonds.
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I use a variety of calibers/cartridges and I hand-load. I generally prefer a bullet with a sectional density above .250 or as close to that as I can get. I believe many hunters are overly influenced by BC and premium ammo/bullets. Generally speaking high BC and premium or controlled expansion bullets are not of value for killing any deer size game within normal ranges and conditions. Accuracy, expansion and penetration at 2500 to 2900 fps will suffice for 99% of all hunting opportunities and yet be manageable in a hunting weight rifle. The selection of this powder and that bullet and such and such fps is an exercise some require and it can be fun but hardly must for the 99%. Controlling the 1% is way more than I care to deal with in the field.
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For years it was the 270 with 130 Interlocks, that's all I had. For the last 10 years or so I've been using more 100 gr Interlocks in the 257 Roberts and 250-3000. A few with the 87 Hot Core in a M99 250-3000. A couple with 95BT 243. This year I got a doe with a home cast bullet in a 38-55. They all work.
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170 Power Point in my .30-30
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Usually just standard cup and core bullets, mostly Sierras or Hornadys, with a few Partitions here and there.
They just work for me.
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55 TBBC 60 Nosler Partition 62 TBBC 63 Sierra 64 Gold Dot 64 Nosler 64 Power Point 65 Sierra Gameking
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