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optics planet says they have seven boxes of 264 caliber 160 grain hornady roundnoses

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Hornady 150gr 30cal RN Interloc worked a bit too well on this buck in 2017. He walked up to me on the ground at 15 yards and I shot for his shoulder. His head sweep at the shot put his eye socket in the way and that hardly slowed down the 300 Savage. It stopped after going all the way down his neck and behind the far side shoulder. Problem was it didn't stop him from running in an 8 yard circle right at me whereupon I let the second round fly thinking he was a miss and was running away. Next thing I know he's down at my feet and his antler is missing. Way over penetrated on Antler. Hard to show your buck to the guys when you have to hold the horn together. Did not effect the meat including the bulk of the neck roast. Lucky November Rut all the way around. Example of one.

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I need to try those round nose in the 300 Sav. How fast are you pushing them Bob?


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Originally Posted by bbassi
I need to try those round nose in the 300 Sav. How fast are you pushing them Bob?

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Not very fast. Our thick woods are more suited to bow hunting distance so I don’t need more than 30-30 speed in a 30cal bullet to get the job done.
I looked back in my reloading notes and see that I tried 4895. (I only have a Chrony, but it says in my notes around 2295fps). I’m sure 3031 or 4895 would get the job done. The H powder data center says you can get a bit more speed than I did if you need it.


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bbassi, I used this bullet in my Savage 99 and it did a great job. I don't know the velocity but it wasn't a max load.


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I have a box of Sierra 150 grain RN I'll be using this fall in my 300 Savage also. My shots are inside 100 yards.

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I’m pretty sure it was an older copy of Handloader or Rifle with a Brian Pierce article that sparked the “Round Nose sounds good this Fall,” thinking that year.
Most of the 30 cal bullets I keep are flat base spitzers like the Hot Core or Partition.
But at the short ranges we see here in the North East for deer and the thick brush we hunt pigs in E Texas I’m pretty certain just about any bullet out of a rifle will work.


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Killed my first deer long ago with a 30-06 with a 180 gr. Round nose core-lokt. A shot from about 25 yards looked like you pushed the deer sideways then stumbled off another 20-ish yards and fell over dead.

Didn't realize what a good thing that big round bullet was for deer or any big game till shooting a few other animals with pointy bullets. I noticed how most the time the critter would manage to travel just a little further or did not react at the shot like that first deer did.

In my .280 the 165 gr. Soft point core lokt is a favorite load. This load just slaps deer down fast consistently complete with nice large exit every time.

Shot a 200 lb black bear with that load broadside around 50 yards, it simply just fell over dead, not a twitch. Only bone hit was a rib in and two rib on the exit. Yet to have another bear done in that fast with the same hit, that's including A 338 win mag and a 45-70 on other bears.

To bad the round nose seems to be vanishing....


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I'm a fan of RN bullets. I can see why those who hunt wide open spaces with long shots choose spitzers, but RNs work well in excess of the range woods and thick area hunting requires in the right cartridges.

Using RN bullet's you have to learn to shoot and hunt. Using spitzer's you only have to learn to shoot! :-)

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Craig Boddington did an article a few years back on round nose bullets stating that with the big frontal area makes them hit harder & might explain why the 30-30, 32 Special, & 35 Remington are such great deer cartridges due to the bullets used.

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When I was hunting northern MN and WI I was a big fan of the RNs but always heavy for the caliber, just for the fact that they usually plowed all the way through flesh from any direction.. 150s in the 270, 175s in the 7x57and 7 Rem Mag, 180s in the 300 Sav and 308, 220s in the 06, and 250s in the 35 Whelen. The only deviation is the 100gr Partition in the various 257s.


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The round nosed 150 grain .270 ammo from Federal has been hard to find lately. I happened on a site today and picked up 4 boxes @ 26.00 each which ain’t to bad. I don’t handload never had a reason to, and the 150 grain core locks or Federal 150s have never failed to drop deer or hogs at my hunting ranges of 80 yards at most with most closer to 40. I have a few boxes of the core locks and with these 4 boxes I should be good

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But "the deadliest mushroom in the woods".

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I have loved RN bullets for many years.

We think of them as close range bullets and so they may be, but one thing I have found to be true several times is that in MANY cases for shooting out to 300 yards or so, they are often extremely accurate too. It's not all that uncommon to find a rifle that shoots it's best groups from 50 to 300 yards with RN bullets.

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I shoot them in .257 (Roberts at 117 grains and 250 Savage with a small stash of old 100 grain RN), 6.5 (6.5X55 and 6.5X53r 160 grain), 7mm (154 grain mostly in 7X57 and 7mm-08), 30 (.30-30, 300 savage, 30-40 Krag and 30-06 150-220s), .311 (.303 British), .318-.323 (8X57J and JS 170-200 grain), .358 (200-250s .35 Remington, 358 Winchester and .358 Norma, and above that flat nose or round nose in .375, .408, .410, 429, and .458. They do a great job in the areas I hunt but no better on game than corresponding pointy bullets - they do however typically shoot very well with less load development (in my experience and others with way more experience than I have offered reasons as to why). For the majority of guys in the majority of hunting situations they work very well and I like to hunt with guys that aren’t always spewing BC this and BC that and I “lasered” the range at 714.6789 yards 🤔😄!

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Just found some old Remington 375 cal 270gr RN bullets. Heavier than what I typically use in my 375/350, but can't help but think they'll knock the snot out of anything shot with them!


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I’ve also found the RN bullets heavy for caliber to be the most accurate in my 1927 Winchester model 54 with the factory Lyman peep site at 100 yards it’s extremely accurate.

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I have found RN bullets to be great performers, particularly in 4 of my current rifles. The 200gr Hornady RN have been extremely accurate in my BLR-81 chambered in 358Winchester often shooting groups of less than 3/4" at 100 yards when the barrel is allowed to cool between shots. I have to agree that round nose bullets do seem to hit hard in the woods ranges where I do roughly 90% of my hunting. I have nothing against spitzer bullets, they too have their place. But when the average of all the deer I've killed is less than 70 yards I really could hunt without them. My longest shot ever was just under 150yards so I certainly haven't had to have them. But I do occasionally hunt thinned timber and clear cuts where shots can range 250 - 300 yards. It's because of the odd chance that I hunt the open spots that I have three bolt guns set up with spitzers(25/06, 7mm-08, 30/06). I do hope to use those spitzers someday but until then ill keep killing deer with round nose and flat point bullets!


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Who knew that a bullet with a BC of less than . 6 could kill anything ??

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And one can actually develop the skill of stalking. Do wonders ever cease?


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never used any thing but r n on white tail

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