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Old 12-08-2008 | 12:36 PM
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Default Why I Like 300 Grain Bullets

My hunting bullet of choice is the 300 grain Speer Gold Dot Hollow Point. I'm shooting it over 120 grains of Triple 7 FFG with
an average velocity of around 1800 fps (chrono 15 ft. from muzzle). Sighted in an inch and a half high at 100 yards, I'm dead
on at 125 yards and two and a half inches low at 150. The longest possible shot on the food plots I hunt is 170 yards. Even
if I have to shoot to the very back of that plot, my POI will be only six inches below point of aim - just aim at the spine.

The first chart below shows the 250 grain Gold Dot at 1900 fps. The second chart shows the 300 grain Gold Dotat 1800 fps.

Notice that the lighter bullet does not gain much in trajectory, while the heavier oneyields a LOT more energy.



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