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Darn allowers just dropped a C Note at SPS. They only had 150 accubonds and partitions but I figure the deer will only go about one step further with those at 3400 fps than with BTs.

Still going to try some of the others as I plan to fill out all my tags this year due to adding power to my meat grinder and a new freezer. Six deer, some hogs and maybe Javelinas will be a good start to the ballistic testing.

Thinking those 155 Scenars that my 308 Win shoots so well would be the cats meow at 3200 or so.

125 gr Nosler Ballistic Tips

Clark, I don't have my reading glasses on, but is that a Mosin Nagant in a sporter stock? Also, is the wound on the hip an entrance or an exit?

I paid $108 on Ebay in 2005 for the Rosewood tipped Mosin stock and got around to using it 10 years later.
The semi inletted stock was old when I got it 12 years ago.

That buck was running way when I shot him at 250 yards. I think the bullet went in the hip and and came out the neck/shoulder. He stopped running, stood on his hind legs like the lone ranger and tipped over.
The 300WM with 125 gr seems wimpy, but it shoots 5 shots into 1" @ 100y with the 22" Krieger barrel and does not kick enough to feel it.
This is a 300 win mag load you can let the ladies shoot.

Rolling with the 165 SST. Deer don't seem to complain too much.

165 Barnes

Same thing I used for everything else: my first .300 WM, a Ruger 77, liked the 180 grain PP partition and about 69, or maybe it was 69.5, grains of H4350. I don't see any benefit to dropping under 180 grains for deer unless you're downloading as well. I don't see any benefit to going heavier for elk. It just works.

Tom

180 partitions in a 300 mag are SOFT.... if using partitions in a mag 200 is my choice.

I ran 130TTSX at 3560fps(77g R17, R+P case, 215GMM) for a couple years in my T3 300WM. It was similar in trajectory to my 257Wbys with 100s at 3700ish. It's definitely a good whitetail load, but deer run quite a ways with sparse blood trails if you hit purely lung/ribs(My experience with TTSX in most carts). It's a good combo and bone is your friend if you don't mind wasting a little shoulder meat.

I stocked up on the 150 Accubonds and Partitions as SPS did not have the ballistic tips. Both of these should work well with maybe slightly less meat loss than the BT. The TTSX is a great bullet but for deer a softer bullet may be a faster killer. MD tests seem to confirm this where he went through his hunt diaries and averaged distance before dropping.

I will see what R26 will do with them hoping for about 3,300 fps or there about. R26 has done well with other lighter bullets so it is not a heavy bullet only powder I will see though if accuracy is there.

Going to try 180gr BT this year.

I haven't shot the 130/.308, but this has been my experience with the 80/.257. I think a Barnes is about the LAST bullet I'd choose if I wanted a short blood trail.

NBT or Accubond will be an excellent choice.

All the deer ive shot with a 300 mag were with factory 150gr Winchester Power Points. All Went straight down with no tracking needed and all had exit wounds. Shots ranged from 60yards-200 yards