Hunting & Fishing BEST 308 round for hunting...

[T2CH]

Re: BEST 308 round for hunting...

150 Ballistic Tip in the bolt gun and 168 Ballstic Tip in the GAP-10. Never had a problem with expansion being to early and drops whitetails like bricks. Plus the 168's shoot like match bullets.

 

[Nitro83]

Re: BEST 308 round for hunting...

Federal Vital shok Sierra Gamekings...165gr BTSP. Gets it done every time.

 

[B Man]

Re: BEST 308 round for hunting...

178 gr A max

Only load I shoot through it hunting/match's

It has been deadly medicine so far.

 

[Powermac]

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Using 150 gr Barnes TTSX, lapua brass, 46 grs VV N150, CCI BR2 primers.
Works flawless on anything i have shot.

 

[JHenckel]

Re: BEST 308 round for hunting...

I use Hornady TAPS. I like to keep the same rounds in the gun while at the house as well as when I go out to drop pigs. Very appropriate for both if youre like me and use the same gun for everything

 

[Outlaw1]

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It's always interesting to read these sort of debates. Growing up in the middle of nowhere I saw literally hundreds of deer die due to a .22LR wound to the neck.

The expanding bullet definitely helps if you're worried about shot placement. Personally, I don't mind walking another 100-200 yards to retrieve an animal due to a bullet that passed through without taking a shoulder with it. That just means there's more meat to take home.

 

[coast2coast]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Meat Hunter</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Barnes Vor-Tx 150 gr TTSX. </div></div>

x2 for the Barnes Vor-Tx 150s. I switched to them last year and everything I shot at fell where it stood.

 

[Rhinomax]

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ANYONE HAVE ANY PICS?

 

[tye270]

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i am a huge fan of nosler partitions i have recovered about 6 bullets from game from antelope to elk and they are perfect mushrooms i have never shot an animal that didnt need a second round only one time i put two in an animal was an elk with a .270 when i was young and both bullets hit lungs and heart he died in 20 yards the rest all droped i have always and will always use nosler partitions