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Originally Posted by Rogo (Post 3783846)

Shooting 200 yards I would go with the 300gr. More energy left at 200 yards with the 300gr. Nice to see another senior citizen still doing it in the woods. LOL!
Try the 300 with 110gr BH209, it might work better for you at 200 yards especially on a mulie. Only have whitetail here in Vermont but I believe a muley is much bigger.

I was going to until I saw the specs at 200 yds. Check this out with T7 powder. BH 209 can only be better.

T7 powder 110 gr 260 gr PT Gold

Muzzle... 2025fps/2365 fpe
100yd....1680fps/1625fpe
200yd....1395fps/1125fpe

That's plenty for Muley's

To compare with 300gr

T7 powder 110gr 300gr PT Gold

Muzzle.........1995fps/2640fpe
100yd..........1670fps/1885fpe
200yd..........1400fps/1305fpe

No doubt the 300gr has more power, but I consider it an elk load, and a bit overkill for deer.

At 200yds the 260gr is shooting flatter. I'd prefer to have that over more fpe.

With that said. I'll try the 300gr and see if I like it.

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Originally Posted by Omega45 (Post 3783855)

I got a few Whitetails hanging on the wall that were wacked with a Rem 870 slug gun that had a Simmons Pro Diamond 4X riding on top of it. Its a good scope, I would just want a little more zoom out to 200yds but that's me....I like to zoom in.

I say 200 yds, but i'm certainly going to try to get closer. I'd rather not take a 200yd shot, and maybe i'm limiting my distance with the 4x scope to prevent a long shot. First thing to do is see how accurate i'll be with the setup.

T7 powder 110 gr 260 gr PT Gold

Muzzle... 2025fps/2365 fpe
100yd....1680fps/1625fpe
200yd....1395fps/1125fpe

That's plenty for Muley's

To compare with 300gr

T7 powder 110gr 300gr PT Gold

Muzzle.........1995fps/2640fpe
100yd..........1670fps/1885fpe
200yd..........1400fps/1305fpe

No doubt the 300gr has more power, but I consider it an elk load, and a bit overkill for deer.

At 200yds the 260gr is shooting flatter. I'd prefer to have that over more fpe.

With that said. I'll try the 300gr and see if I like it.[/QUOTE]

Muley Hunter,

I'd check those velosities with your gun and your load. I've shot the 300's with 100 of T7 and was in 1700 - 1750 range on the Chono.

My Z5 Omega loves the 300's with a Crushed Rib. While I don't have the pictures of the bullets terminal performance ( The bullet picture that is ) I can tell you they're 2 for 2 on deer. My groups tightend up when I went up to the heavier bullet.

I got those figures from Harvester, so they may be exaggerated.

In another thread I talked about switching to elk. I've always hunted both elk and deer in the past. I was going to hunt just deer, but I think hunting just elk will be better.

So, I will be using the 300gr PT Gold. Probably better in case I run into a grumpy bear too.

I guess I should increase the powder to 110 gr too. Good thing I installed a Simms Limbsaver recoil pad. The Omega pad was terrible.

edit..Just had a thought. They probably used T7 3F for the test. Is that what you're using? 2F will be slower.