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sorry I did not read all the post.
then it sounds like and operater problem.

i used that bullet in a 270 wsm with a max charge magpro i shot 8 deer with them the farthest a deer went out of the 8 went maybe 1o to 20 yards very little meat damage i shoot alot of hornady spire points and never had a problem

How fast is that load?

i think it was in 3050fps range it is out of a 23 inch barrel browning a bolt

That's good out of a 23� barrel.
I'm getting 3200 fps out of my .270 Weatherby with a max load of Viht N560.

Loose nut behind the trigger.

thats pretty fast for 150 gr bullet that got to be a flatshooting load

It is. It is my long range prairie rifle.

it would work for that have u tryed any of the 140 gr seirra hpbt gameking u could really push them fast

I use Horn. SPs in my 6.5 x 55 Maus. The 140 grain. I launch these at 2630 fps. Get great accuracy and really good performance on deer. They have expanded well on the four deer I've killed with this bullet.

No, I have not.

i dont think i have ever had a bullet that preformed as well as consistantly as the 308 165 BTSP hornady. from 12 yards to 180 yards.

IME, the Hornady SP 165 gr work very well from a .308 Win and a .30-06 at moderate speeds.

what powder are you using behind them 165gr hornady in 30-06

Scar22 - were all those from the same box of ammo??? I load 140 grain Hornadys' in my 270 Win and have nice exit wounds- about the size of a quarter. My loads are very middle of the road speed wise. I am finding that as far as velocity goes, for my hunting situations, less is more.

OULUFINN- how you doing Bruce?

I like the 150 gr. Hornady spire points for everything here in Texas. I have found them to be excellent killers of hogs, deer and elk. I am however the finest rifle shot in North America. They expand and exit in a proper fashion along with being very accurate. I push them to a bit more than 2800 from my 270. I agree that if you did not recover the animal then you can't tell where you hit the deer if you hit it at all.

Doing well. PM sent.

Are you doing the shooting?????
I know some fellows who have rifles that a capable of .5" groups
but they can't hit the side of a barn because of flinching......ymmv

I've killed about 20 critters with em out of a 25-284....one deer went 25 yds....the rest of the critters were DRT....within a step.....

George

Not cole k, but I use 57Gr of IMR4350 behind my 165 Gr Hornadys. They worked very well on whitetails.

GB