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I havent bought any for a couple years since I still have about a hundred so I'm unsure if they are still somewhat cheap.But I'm a big fan of the Hornady SST. The 180's shoot really good out of my rem 700 in .30-06
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Hornady and Speer 30 cal 150 gr are both available right now on Gunbroker for $30 per 100 or less. Looks like lots of each for sale. Take your pick. Deer die easily when shot in vital places. At those prices, bullets will never be a significant portion of your hunting/shooting budget.
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Thanks for the suggestions fellas. Sounds like can't go wrong with the Speer or the Hornady. The Hornady seems a lot easier to find, maybe I'll start with them.
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I don't shoot .308 but I shoot .270. The Speer gold-dot's are great bullets at a very affordable price. They are the same bullets used in Federal Fusion ammunition. The soft lead core has the jacket plated on & then die formed. Nothing to come apart or separate. Weight retention is very high if you can ever recover one to check. If you can't get the GD's go for the Speer Hot-Core flat-base (the boat-tails version are softer).
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There isn't a deer alive that can survive a 150 gr Hornady in the lungs. They don't cost a lot and they work.
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Put me in the 150g Hornady Interlock camp too. Not only do they work, they also tend to be very accurate.
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I would also recommend the Hornady 3031 for your criteria.....Good hunting ..Hb
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My favorite C&C bullet is the Ballistic Tip with the Hornady Interlock running a close second!
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Don't think you'd go wrong with any of the name brand cup and core bullets in 150-180 gr weight for whitetail. I lean hard toward the Hornady #3031 myself but have also had good luck with all the others I've tried. The key, as always, is to put the bullet where it's supposed to go! If we had larger game in Alabama, I would look into the premium bullets, but they just aren't necessary for deer.
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With the same thought as the op, I picked up 5 boxes of Hornady #3035 150 grain round nose. If velocities are kept reansonable. They are usable in many 30 caliber cartridges, 30-30,308,30-06 and such. Not my first choice for moose. But they will do.
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5 boxes of Hornady #3031 150 grain round nose. I. For clarification the 150 RNs are #3035. Great bullets, too!
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Why in the fink would you ever consider using a CHEAP bullet.....what is there to gain not one thing.....the only time to use a CHEAP bullet is to punch holes in paper or shoot non-living targets..... You want to use a bullet to shoot and KILL use Cutting Edge Bullets......they may cost more than cheap junk bullets using old technology and are nothing but JUNK.... https://cuttingedgebullets.com
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Cheap bullets be good for hogs.
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Why in the fink would you ever consider using a CHEAP bullet.....what is there to gain not one thing.....the only time to use a CHEAP bullet is to punch holes in paper or shoot non-living targets..... You want to use a bullet to shoot and KILL use Cutting Edge Bullets......they may cost more than cheap junk bullets using old technology and are nothing but JUNK.... https://cuttingedgebullets.comFunny, when I punch holes in paper I want premium, match bullets. Here's some of those "cheap ole interlocks"
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Why in the fink would you ever consider using a CHEAP bullet.....what is there to gain not one thing.....the only time to use a CHEAP bullet is to punch holes in paper or shoot non-living targets..... You want to use a bullet to shoot and KILL use Cutting Edge Bullets......they may cost more than cheap junk bullets using old technology and are nothing but JUNK.... https://cuttingedgebullets.com I haven't used all the Cutting edge bullets; but have shot a lot of cull buffalo and smaller ferals with the Safari Raptors in the 458. For buffalo they are total junk, if you so much as touch a twig they break into 7 pieces before they get there, if they get there which they seldom do. I often saw little shaving nicks, occasionally with CEB tinsel stuck to them. Used them in the 375 a bit, the joke ones that you can load backwards. (ESPs?) Just for deer and bear. You wouldn't think that an animal could bleed so much; but if they killed any faster I sure couldn't tell. If anything they kill slower than cup and cores. Higher price is a poor indicator of performance. You can double the price by buying your bullets in a different country, but they don't work better because of it.
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Why in the fink would you ever consider using a CHEAP bullet.....what is there to gain not one thing.....the only time to use a CHEAP bullet is to punch holes in paper or shoot non-living targets..... You want to use a bullet to shoot and KILL use Cutting Edge Bullets......they may cost more than cheap junk bullets using old technology and are nothing but JUNK.... https://cuttingedgebullets.comFunny, when I punch holes in paper I want premium, match bullets. Here's some of those "cheap ole interlocks" Yeah…The ‘fire is right! Those ‘cheap’ bullets don’t work at all 😜 (Great pics!)
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Why in the fink would you ever consider using a CHEAP bullet.....what is there to gain not one thing.....the only time to use a CHEAP bullet is to punch holes in paper or shoot non-living targets..... You want to use a bullet to shoot and KILL use Cutting Edge Bullets......they may cost more than cheap junk bullets using old technology and are nothing but JUNK.... https://cuttingedgebullets.comCan you name any 30cal 150-165 grain soft points that will not do a good job on deer in the 308? Me neither. I’ve been in on the kills of at least a hundred deer in your state. They just aren’t that hard to kill.
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Why in the fink would you ever consider using a CHEAP bullet.....what is there to gain not one thing.....the only time to use a CHEAP bullet is to punch holes in paper or shoot non-living targets..... You want to use a bullet to shoot and KILL use Cutting Edge Bullets......they may cost more than cheap junk bullets using old technology and are nothing but JUNK.... https://cuttingedgebullets.comFunny, when I punch holes in paper I want premium, match bullets. Here's some of those "cheap ole interlocks" Yeah…The ‘fire is right! Those ‘cheap’ bullets don’t work at all 😜 (Great pics!) You gotta love the stuff you read on the fire.
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