Hi there,
I was wondering what results people are getting with 208amax out of 308w rifles during hunting.
After hitting the search button i see a lot of remarks that the 208 amax has great accuracy and terminal ballistics, alot of talk about how dear and pigs drop dead in their tracks etc. etc.
However, i hardly find anything about the results of these heavies on the meat.
About 2 years ago i got interested in the 208 amax after reading about some very impressive results on this forum, started by montana marine.
I was looking for a one round that would be both ideal for long range precision shooting aswel as hunting al type of game, with exception of the biggest.
So i installed a 32 inch barrel on my trg 22 with a 1-10 twist and began experiencing with these heavies. The results were very impressive, even out to 1606m/ 1756 yards (see the 308 win, 208 amax, rl17 thread).
For a hunting rifle it has become both huge and heavy, but i don't mind, got used to carry heavy rifles on the job.
The last few weeks i finally got some round of during some hunts. Shot a goose (yup, a goose as in big looking duck) at 430m and another 2 at 230-235m. Except for one (it was pretty much destroyed) the other 2 left their breast intact, so the good meat was still ok.
Yesterday i got to shoot a roe deer buck, also at 230m. It indeed dropped like a rock, it just fel on the spot with al 4 legs stiff as can be.
The entrance hole at his right shoulder was nice and small as usually, it just went half an inch over its heart, but destroyed both lungs, however the exit hole was as big as the fist of the Rock.
It litterly destroyed the left shoulder and ribcage, leaving blunt trauma al over the place, even to such extent that much part of the neck was just as the left shoulder also useless for consumption.
The fact that i placed the bullit on the shoulder instead of just a tad behind it (where it should have been) will have taken part of the blame for this kind of effect. But in the past i shot with hornady sst and nosler ballistic tips in the 150gr range, and never had these kind of explosive results.
Are other hunters having the same devastating results with 208 amax out of 308w rifles? Or am i putting to much blame into just one occasion/ result?
Kind regards,
NK.
I was wondering what results people are getting with 208amax out of 308w rifles during hunting.
After hitting the search button i see a lot of remarks that the 208 amax has great accuracy and terminal ballistics, alot of talk about how dear and pigs drop dead in their tracks etc. etc.
However, i hardly find anything about the results of these heavies on the meat.
About 2 years ago i got interested in the 208 amax after reading about some very impressive results on this forum, started by montana marine.
I was looking for a one round that would be both ideal for long range precision shooting aswel as hunting al type of game, with exception of the biggest.
So i installed a 32 inch barrel on my trg 22 with a 1-10 twist and began experiencing with these heavies. The results were very impressive, even out to 1606m/ 1756 yards (see the 308 win, 208 amax, rl17 thread).
For a hunting rifle it has become both huge and heavy, but i don't mind, got used to carry heavy rifles on the job.
The last few weeks i finally got some round of during some hunts. Shot a goose (yup, a goose as in big looking duck) at 430m and another 2 at 230-235m. Except for one (it was pretty much destroyed) the other 2 left their breast intact, so the good meat was still ok.
Yesterday i got to shoot a roe deer buck, also at 230m. It indeed dropped like a rock, it just fel on the spot with al 4 legs stiff as can be.
The entrance hole at his right shoulder was nice and small as usually, it just went half an inch over its heart, but destroyed both lungs, however the exit hole was as big as the fist of the Rock.
It litterly destroyed the left shoulder and ribcage, leaving blunt trauma al over the place, even to such extent that much part of the neck was just as the left shoulder also useless for consumption.
The fact that i placed the bullit on the shoulder instead of just a tad behind it (where it should have been) will have taken part of the blame for this kind of effect. But in the past i shot with hornady sst and nosler ballistic tips in the 150gr range, and never had these kind of explosive results.
Are other hunters having the same devastating results with 208 amax out of 308w rifles? Or am i putting to much blame into just one occasion/ result?
Kind regards,
NK.
