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Old 02-15-2011 | 08:21 PM
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SJAdventures
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With hunting whitetail is there really enough benefit of a 300gr bullet over a 250gr bullet? I shot some 300gr Scorpion PT Gold with a black cr sabot and 120gr of BH and at 100yds it really stacked them on top of each other but that bullet and load just beat the fire out of me and honestly just was not that much fun to shoot at the range. I am not recoil shy and was able to still shoot moa with that load but it kicks considerably more than my 300wm or my Rem 700 saum did. I realize when shooting at a deer I would never feel the recoil but since the 250 gr Barnes TMZ with 110gr of BH shoots so good (sub moa) out of my gun is there a need for me to shoot the bigger bullet for whitetail hunting? I feel pretty confident that a 250gr bullet on 110gr of BH has plenty of knockdown left out to 200yds.
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