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But it won't kill a dink at point blank.

Sometimes we just whittle bullets for plinkers like the 300 mag from bull rushes down in the swamp. Be careful of them gators if you try this. But if we step up to 'em heavy hitters like the thutty thutty or the aught 6 you need a real bullet like the Core Locked. They hit hard.

imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.

Satire isn't necessarily flattery...

Pretty funny...

U got a point there jeff, ive decided to keep the 300 a lil more meat friendly im gonna got w/ a 180 grain bullet, either nab/nbt(for practice and deer) or the hornady interlock...gonna see which one the ruger likes and go from there..but im not counting out the 200 grain nab just yet, bc it def would hit like a mack truck and anchor about anything..just for an idea of what kinda load for the 200 grain nab, what do you run for yours jeff? Powder/amount,coal,and what rifle/barrel length is it comin out of? After lookin at the 200 grain accubonds yesterday in person they def have my attention

Jeff,

I follow your logic and your ideas are sound. The 200's would be superior at very long range and with bigger game. Where I hunt, the 180 is plenty and with my rifle shooting the 180 B.T.'s quite well, I'm hanging there. Also the very similar handling 180 Accubonds makes a potent one-two punch. I can set up a ballistic turret for those bullets and never look back. That combo will handle about anything I'm going to shoot. Besides, it take too much work to start over with another bullet weight and go thru what it takes to find the optimal load, perfect jump, etc.

KISS sounds better than admitting I'm too lazy to develop another load...

DF

I thought that tidbit was from your dissertation on the 7mm-08. This thread is about the .300 Win Mag. Different round. Are you now saying that the .300 Win Mag, like the 7mm-08, won't kill a deer?

Maybe it's not the ctgs, but your golf cart front gun turret. May need tightening up a bit...

Looking at your many posts, for sure, something needs tightening up...

This problem was the Nosler BT. It's bullets we are talkin' about.

Guessing they bounce off in the swamp...

Almost forgot. I would love to see a photo of the last trophy "dink" you harvested from your neck of the swamp...

Need all the details, how fast, how far, which Model 700 you used, which Core-Lokt. Would love to see close ups of dink tissue damage from that screaming Core-Lokt and the golf cart "gunship" set up...

�� This is a hot load so work up !!

73 gr RL22
Win brass
Fed 215 mag primer
2940 fps from a 26" barrel

COAL is over 3.6" and puts the bullet ogive right up at the lands (long throat) but that's something rifle-specific obviously. I'd expect 3.6"+ to be too long for many/most 300WM's.

The thing is, there's overkill then there's overkill. Overkill with velocity and especially velocity and a fragile bullet combined, can make a real mess. Overkill with more bullet weight and the resulting lower speeds is just overpenetration. With a bullet like the Accubond, which will fragment some, it's still going to kill fast. So in this particular case I see superior short-range performance AND superior long rang performance. Win-win.

I could make do with 180's <grin>; that's a great way to go too.

I was shooting my 300WM today in fairly blustery conditions; those 200 NAB's really drill the wind.

All just IMHO and hey- I'm no expert here, just chipping in with what's working for me and why.

That sounds like a really slick set up jeff!...i only got a 24 inch barrel, but still could prolly get close to 2900 fps out of mine(gonna have to work up a load first), but ill put the 200 grain accubonds on my list of bullets to try..can never kll something too dead right? Lol

Hello all,

My only issue with the "which is the best bullet" discussions is that the same bullet can perform very differently depending on many factors. I've had complete pass throughs with the same bullet that I've had explode inside of a deer the next time. Seems there is no ryhme or reason to it.

The one bullet that has performed very consistently for me is the Nosler Accubond. For deer I feel that the Accubond is a bad bullet. My experience is there is very little expansion. I confirmed this when I shot a very large elk with one and then entry and exit holes were nearly the same size. Even though it hit rib on both sides.

With all that said, I've never failed to find a deer shot with a bullet in the vitals. Some of them go a ways but they all end up on the ground.

I hate to say this but I agree with swampy, for more than just the average hunter, the core-lok is likely all that anyone needs. Accuracy for me has been fair to good too.

Tom

Interesting. The two times I shot deer with Accubonds they sure expanded. Yours might be the first report I've read of a NAB pencilling!

Steady there, Tom.

I understand what you're saying about the NAB's, but agreeing with Swampy is a slippery slope into the dark and murky deep...

BTW, Tom. Which Accubond bullet and how fast were you pushing it?

Agreed. If you place accuracy very far down the list, then any cheap bullet will work on whitetails.

accuracy is definately the reason i am going to start reloading exclusively for all my rifles...that and itll be a good hobby to get into..i have a 1000 yard range within an hour of where i just moved to so i plan to play a lil bit

I've had excelent accuracy with 180 Accubonds and the 168 gr Barnes TTSX shoot very well in both of my 300WM

looks like you found a winner w/ both bullets ackley!