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120 gr 7mm-08 hollow point
Will 120 gr hollow points for a 7mm-08 consistently kill whitetails or is it a risky bullet to use for such purposes?
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RE: 120 gr 7mm-08 hollow point
Absolutely nothing consistantly kills whitetails......
For your 7-08 I'd suggest you use 139 grain and larger bullets for best results. |
RE: 120 gr 7mm-08 hollow point
I have had excellent luck with 140 grain Sierra GameKings.
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RE: 120 gr 7mm-08 hollow point
The only hollow point I would use is a 140 gr. or 150 gr. Barnes XBT. Good luck.
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RE: 120 gr 7mm-08 hollow point
I'm not a big hollow point fan on whitetails. I'd opt for something that'll stay together a little better personally. The bullet Frizz suggested is excellent.
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RE: 120 gr 7mm-08 hollow point
I prefer 140 grain and would not use any hollow point for deer hunting
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RE: 120 gr 7mm-08 hollow point
Thanks, I have been using 140 gr Winchester power points but I heard a guy say he used the hollow points and it kinda threw me because I didn't think they were designed for deer.
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RE: 120 gr 7mm-08 hollow point
I don't know which hollow pt you are refering to. Some hollow point bullets are desighned for hunting. Such as the 120 grain Hollow point by Hornady for the 25-06. Read up on what the manual for your bullet has to say about it.
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RE: 120 gr 7mm-08 hollow point
I used 7mm-08 Remington 120 gr. Hollow Points on deer for 9 years without losing a single deer. Most of them dropped dead in there tracks. Exit wounds most of the time were about the size of a golf ball, some bigger. I used Hornady 139 gr. sst's this year and now I'm thinking about going back to the 120's. Every deer I shot this year ran at least 50 yards with little blood trails. I've never had to track a deer the way I did this year. This is just my opinion.
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RE: 120 gr 7mm-08 hollow point
Rack Buck,
Im assuming you are talking about the Remington 120 grn hp factory ammo. With the correct shot placement it will definetly do the trick. I however love the hornady 139 light magnum with the sst or soft point bullet. Very accurate and deadly. I am not a fan of remington ammunition in general (just my opinion, doesnt shoot well out of any of my guns), but a good 120 grn bullet from some big bullet manufatures like sierra, hornady or nosler will kill the biggest whitetail on the planet. Use whatever shoots well out of your gun. Shot placement is everything. |
RE: 120 gr 7mm-08 hollow point
My favorite bullet for the 7mm-08 is Hornady 139gr SST's. The only time I used a 120gr on a deer was with my 15" Encore and that buck only ran 30 to 40 yards before droping...;)
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They work perfectly
Don’t let anyone else tell you differently I have been shooting hollow point bullets for deer since I was 12 I will never shoot anything but for any animal ever all these people who tell you pointed soft points is put others in danger I know I was sitting in my stand one day and heard the shot and heard the bullet hit the deer and I heard the bullet ricochet and hit the tree I was in most people are under the impression that you need a 220 psp bullet from a 30-06 rifle moving around 2500 FPS at the muzzle to kill a whitetail deer that weighs an average 150 pounds guess what wrong I have killed deer with a 22 hornet and a 35 grain bullet the deer went 20 yards and fell dead is all the hunters in the woods would start using a hollow point for deer they would have less get away so don’t listen to anyone tell you don’t use them you go ahead and use them anyway most good hollow point bullet never make the other side of your animal and most likely drop with in feet of shooting it and to all you other guys who want to shoot drill bits at deer just wait one day it might happen that your bullet exits a deer and hits someone I bet you’ll listen then |
That was one hell of a sentence, Bob.
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The 220gr soft point of sentences.
-Jake |
each of us has learned from experience,
higher velocity fast-expanding projectiles don,t tend to penetrate nearly as well as the heavier jacketed soft point or hard cast bullets personally I prefer hard cast bullets at moderate velocities, mostly I use a 44 mag revolver, but I certainly see nothing wrong in use of a rifle in any caliber you prefer, the skill required assumes you both understand the games anatomy and your weapon of choices limitations, I used a 375 H&H, 45/70, 30/06 , 358 win, and 340 wby to hunt elk for 4 decades, I also use a 44 mag revolver and a bow on several dozen out of state hunts provided you master the skills required a 44 mag revolver like a lee 310 grain in my 44 mag, that will leave exit wound in most cases, that does not make it an inferior choice. you should not be shooting if theres anything potentially in danger beyond your intended target know your games anatomy and master your weapon of choice.  https://leeprecision.com/mold-6-cav-c430-310-rf.html  |
And here I was thinking one of the big 4 rules of shooting was "know your target and what is beyond it". Kind of negates Bobs needed use of hollow point bullets for hunting. Makes one wonder why he pulled up a 15 year old thread for a nonsense, and non punctuated, statement.
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When I used a 7mm TCU for deer I used Hornady 120 gr SSP (single Shot Pistol) bullets. They performed well. The only hollow point bullets I use on big game are Hornady 300 gr HP .458" bullets in my .45-70 Guide Gun.
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I clicked on ONE thread here today... read 15yr old silliness from an ex-member about “nothing consistently killing whitetails,” then a blabbering grammarless necropost, and was finally treated to a CGI of a cast 44cal bullet in a thread about 120grn 7-08 bullets... Got my fill of HNI for the evening... Maybe the sun will shine tomorrow... |
Originally Posted by Nomercy448
(Post 4365718)
I clicked on ONE thread here today... read 15yr old silliness from an ex-member about “nothing consistently killing whitetails,” then a blabbering grammarless necropost, and was finally treated to a CGI of a cast 44cal bullet in a thread about 120grn 7-08 bullets... Got my fill of HNI for the evening... Maybe the sun will shine tomorrow... |
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