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I couldn't agree more Tex

Never used it on game, but I've found the 180 Sierra Pro Hunter shoots quite accurately in just about any .30 caliber rifle from the .308 to the magnums.

I've had a 30 cal 180gr Sierra Pro Hunter pancake on a moose. It was the older Federal Classic 300 Win Mag load. They shot well but I won't trust them again.

Indeed.


Always the same couple people on this forum trying to bring others down down to their level.

Others have been banned for less. It's also why so many posters have left.

150’s kill anything I’m apt to shoot

180 partition, 56-57 grains H4350. Play with the oal until the groups are tight. Kill anything you want in NA. They always just work. One of the best killing bullets ever designed.

180 NBT was good for me in .308; probably better in -06.

180gr Sierra Gameking SBT over 72grs of IMR4831 for my 300WM. Great combo.

30-06,180 Pro-Hunter, 60 grain H4831.
Kills deer, all I ever shot with it.

When I had a .30-06 I loaded 150 grain Hornady Spire points for deer and 180 grain Sierra GameKings for elk However an elk or two fell to the 150s while hunting deer, and a few deer fell to a 180 Sierra while I was hunting elk. I guess it was more about bullet placement than bullet weight.

When I re-chambered my .30-06 to .30 Gibbs it liked 180 grain Nosler Partitions for elk, moose, and anything else that I shot with it.

About 8 years ago I got a .300 Weatherby Vanguard. My first loads for it were Barnes 168 and 180 grain TSX bullets. They both shot sub moa, but I opted for the 168s for slightly more velocity. They worked great on Texas Exotics, elk, and South African plains game up to a Sable bull.

I also get good accuracy for practice with 168 grain Hornady HPBT Match bullets.

When I was planning my New Zealand trip I switched to 168 grain Barnes TTSX bullets because I thought they might expand better than the TSX bullets, although I never had any complaints with the expansion of the TSX bullets. These bullets worked very well on New Zealand animals, Montana elk, and on a variety of African plains game up to Sable and Leopard.

This past year I switched to the 180 grain Barnes TTSX bullets, mainly just to get a little more bullet weight downrange. These bullets also shoot sub moa in my rifle and although I have only shot one bullet at an animal with them (a Dagestan Tur at 328 yards), I think that I will probably stick with them for my hunting bullets in my .300 Weatherby.

I've used a lot of those in my 308 760 carbine. Everything died.

Gonna try some Hornady 180gr RN this year in the same rifle.

I'm surprised no one has suggested a quick trip to the SPS website. Pick the 180 that sounds cool to you, do the same with the 4350, and load up some ammo. Maybe hold off on the range day until it's a bit warmer, though.

I've never used RN bullets because of their low ballistic coefficients.

However most of my hunting is in Montana or in countries where longer shots are possible.

Most our shots here are well under 200yds so the olde RN still is a good choice esp in the 308 carbine.

I have 400pcs of the old 175gr RN here for my 275Rigby as well for the full-route old school load.

No doubt, minus 10 this morning.

I'll be leaving the house today only to go see The Darkest Hour at the theater.

SPS?

Happy New Year Kenneth.

SPS is Nosler's Shooters Pro Shop. You can buy Nosler blems and overruns at really good prices. Just google Shooters Pro Shop and it comes up top of the list.

Shooters pro shop. They carry blem and over-run Nosler bullets and brass. The deals can be pretty impressive. My old place over by the Richmond St Taco Johns may have sunk a few inches from the weight of the components I bought from them over the years. The new places basement is made of sterner stuff, thankfully.

trplem,

WISHING that I had 500 of those "blems".

yours, tex

shootersproshop.com

they sell Nosler 2nds for a discount.