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Your favorite Deer Bullet for your Favorite Deer Rifle
This subject has been covered in other ways, but this is for no certain cartridge. But this time what is your favorite bullet for your favorite deer rifle and cartridge that you will be using this year?
Mine will most likely be for my .270 a 130 grain SGK over 56.7 grains IMR 4831. I do have other powders that I have thougth about trying such as Reloader 19 and Reloader 22 for it. But the bullet is a dead issue. I have tried others and nothing does it on deer quite like the 130 SGK. I wouldn't mind trying some form of 140 grain bullet, but it's hard to get motivated to go to the trouble of working up a load since the 130 works so well.
If I use one of my 30-06s I will probably use either Remington 150 Core Lokt factory ammo, or hand load some 150 Grain Sierra GK. I have some 180 grains but I won't use them on deer.
If I use one of my smaller quarterbores, the .250 Savage or the .257 AI I will use the 117 grain SGK or the Hornady interlock 117. I haven't even shot the .257 AI yet but I'm thinking about so form of 115 grain bullet in it.
For my .22 centerfires, I will use the Speer 70 Grain in the .223 and 60 grain Sierra in the
22-250 because of the 1-14 twist in it.
Mine will most likely be for my .270 a 130 grain SGK over 56.7 grains IMR 4831. I do have other powders that I have thougth about trying such as Reloader 19 and Reloader 22 for it. But the bullet is a dead issue. I have tried others and nothing does it on deer quite like the 130 SGK. I wouldn't mind trying some form of 140 grain bullet, but it's hard to get motivated to go to the trouble of working up a load since the 130 works so well.
If I use one of my 30-06s I will probably use either Remington 150 Core Lokt factory ammo, or hand load some 150 Grain Sierra GK. I have some 180 grains but I won't use them on deer.
If I use one of my smaller quarterbores, the .250 Savage or the .257 AI I will use the 117 grain SGK or the Hornady interlock 117. I haven't even shot the .257 AI yet but I'm thinking about so form of 115 grain bullet in it.
For my .22 centerfires, I will use the Speer 70 Grain in the .223 and 60 grain Sierra in the
22-250 because of the 1-14 twist in it.
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Remington copper solid 2 3/4" 1 oz. sabot in my Mossberg 835 rifled barrel. (This is kind of a rifle, since it has a rifled barrel)
Ohio - no rifles for deer hunting.
This year, though, I'm doing something a bit different. Since I'm hunting deer and elk concurrently, I'll be loaded with 160 grain Partitions over RL22. I've never shot a deer with a Partition, but I figure it'll work.
Mike
N454casull
260 Rem = 6 in a row
7mm-08 = 10 in a row
30-06 = 38 in a row
300Win Mag = 7 in a row
358Win = 4 in a row
35 Whelen = 2 in a row.
By the way in all cases above, the number of deer shot in a row was the number of deer I shot using these bullets. These bullets in the following cartridges are exceptional deer killing bullets as their use in the field has demonstrated.
260 Rem - 120gr Ballistic tip
7mm-08 - 145gr Speer SBT
30-06 & 300Win Mag - 165gr Sierra G/K HPBT
358Win & 35 Whelen - 225gr Sierra G/K SBT
8x57JS (8mm Mauser) 150g 0r 175g Spitzer or BT HP, depending on size of deer either Sierra or Nosler 98 Mauser
44mag 240g Hornady XTP Ruger
139 grain Hornady SST in 7mm-08 and 7mm Rem. Mag.
165 grain SST in .308
208 grain A-Max in .300 Win. Mag.
For instance, if I were hunting deer with my .243, it would be a 95 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip.
My current choice for my .284 is the 139 grain Hornady Interbond.
If I'm hunting with my 7 mag, it would be the 175 grain Speer Grand Slam. That is not so much because I like that bullet for deer, but because I'd probably be hunting elk at the same time, and would be loaded for the bigger animal. FWIW, I've taken pronghorn, deer and elk with this bullet/load, and it has worked well on all three.
The same applies for my 338x284. For that, I'd go with the Speer 225 grain Grand Slam.
Ask this same question next year, and my answers may be different.
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.44 mag = Hornady 240 gr. XTP or 225 gr LeveRevolution
.45-70 = Hornady 325gr LeveRevolution
Luis
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Here are some that I have recovered. Two on left were from hogs and the one on the right is from a deer. There not pretty but they get the job done.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Luis
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
Wow, 67 deer shot DRT. That's gotta be some kinda record.
How many have run away?
The likes of NBT or Nosler Partition or Accubond. Of course I realize the Ballistic tip and the Partition have both been around a number of years now. I have shot some Ballisitic tips in my 280 Rem. but about all I've killed with them is paper. I mainly use SGK which I believe used to be known simply as Sierra Spitzer Boat Tails. These and factory Remington and Winchester stuff is as modern as I'ver used mostly, but they get the job done.
Son that's somebody with nothing to do with his time but keep me in trouble with mom.
.30-06.
DPRMD
AKA: Former Founding Member
I'm a big "if it aint broke, don't fix it" follower and these work so well I see no need to buy pricy stuff
That's impressive, indeed, but I doubt it's a record. I don't consider myself a die-hard deer hunter, but I've had ~ 30 consecutive 1-shot DRT whitetail (no travel at all....unless you count a couple feet gained by flopping) ((I take that back, I did have one travel about 50 feet)). Shots ranged from 70 yards to 376, with the average being ~125. All were taken, believe it or not, with an A-Bolt in .270 Win, loaded with Federal Premium 130 grain NBT's, except for three, which were shot with H'Day Light Mags in 130 grain SST's. I know.....crappy platform, crappy chambering, and crappy bullets. For the deer, that is.:guns:
Mike
N454casull