Why pay $20-$40 for a 50 round box of 25 caliber premium bullets when you can buy 100-30 caliber bullets for $20??
Premium bullets are simply not required for deer.Where I live,I can buy 100 Hornady .257" interlock bullets for less than a 100 Hornady interlocks in .308".
and the 30 caliber hunting bullet in 165 or 180 grain will do a better job??
The 100gr interlocks will kill deer just as dead as 165gr or 180gr .308" bullets.Dead is dead.
And are you guys saying that a 100 grain 25-06 bullet is as effective at 400 yards as a 165 grain 30 caliber Siera Gamer King??
The thread is dealing with deer hunting.I have killed deer at well over 400 yards with .257" bullets,and they do a great job.
If .308" bullets can provide clean kills on elk and moose at 400 yards,the .257" bullets are plenty for much smaller bodied deer.
Just how many deer have you personally killed with .257" bullets to make such statements?