308Win ammo for deer?
12-05-2014, 04:15 PM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Eastern wv
Posts: 3,646
well, unless mandated by law, premium bullets, or solid copper bullets at 308 velocities are a waste of money, under 3000 fps impacts are the perfect medium for cup/core bullets. especialy for light thin skinned game such as deer.
RR
RR
12-06-2014, 05:23 AM
#13
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Oct 2013
Posts: 9,230
Deer aren't bullet proof. Just about any of the popular brands of ammo in .308 will cleanly take them. Get several different brands and shoot them to see which your rifle prefers and then buy several boxes of them. Or start to handload.
Al
12-07-2014, 01:32 PM
#16
Spike
Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 77
I've been using Hornady 150 grain SP in 30/06 that my uncle reloaded for me. VERY impressed with these bullets. Every deer I've shot has dropped on the spot. All were chest shots with lots of internal damage to lungs and heart and no exit hole even at 50 yards.
12-08-2014, 08:56 AM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Virginia / West Virginia
Posts: 4,906
I've killed a ton with Hornady SP/BTSP. They work very well and are my go to bullets.
My son uses Rem CoreLock's 100gr in his .243, they have worked perfectly every time and he's killed 12-15 with it. My daughter killed her only deer with it. I have found two bullets just under the skin on the off side over the years, they mushroomed perfectly. Can't complain about them Corelocks, though I know plenty of folks seem to not like em.
I took my 7x57 out a couple weeks ago with Rem CoreLock 140's, shot a doe that was bedded in deep snow. All I could see was the face and white patch. Aimed for the middle of the white patch, and she was done in the bed. Blew a real nice hole out the back of her neck. Can't complain about performance like that out of any factory bullet.
Many moons ago - like close to 30yrs ago when I first started hunting, I had a bad experience with CoreLocks blowing up on a deer's shoulder that was hit broadside. That was when I switched to Hornady handloads. I'm guessing in all that time they have improved them. ?? They seem to work for us as designed now...at least on whitetail anyhow.
My son uses Rem CoreLock's 100gr in his .243, they have worked perfectly every time and he's killed 12-15 with it. My daughter killed her only deer with it. I have found two bullets just under the skin on the off side over the years, they mushroomed perfectly. Can't complain about them Corelocks, though I know plenty of folks seem to not like em.
I took my 7x57 out a couple weeks ago with Rem CoreLock 140's, shot a doe that was bedded in deep snow. All I could see was the face and white patch. Aimed for the middle of the white patch, and she was done in the bed. Blew a real nice hole out the back of her neck. Can't complain about performance like that out of any factory bullet.
Many moons ago - like close to 30yrs ago when I first started hunting, I had a bad experience with CoreLocks blowing up on a deer's shoulder that was hit broadside. That was when I switched to Hornady handloads. I'm guessing in all that time they have improved them. ?? They seem to work for us as designed now...at least on whitetail anyhow.
12-08-2014, 02:56 PM
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Eastern wv
Posts: 3,646
I've killed a ton with Hornady SP/BTSP. They work very well and are my go to bullets.
My son uses Rem CoreLock's 100gr in his .243, they have worked perfectly every time and he's killed 12-15 with it. My daughter killed her only deer with it. I have found two bullets just under the skin on the off side over the years, they mushroomed perfectly. Can't complain about them Corelocks, though I know plenty of folks seem to not like em.
I took my 7x57 out a couple weeks ago with Rem CoreLock 140's, shot a doe that was bedded in deep snow. All I could see was the face and white patch. Aimed for the middle of the white patch, and she was done in the bed. Blew a real nice hole out the back of her neck. Can't complain about performance like that out of any factory bullet.
Many moons ago - like close to 30yrs ago when I first started hunting, I had a bad experience with CoreLocks blowing up on a deer's shoulder that was hit broadside. That was when I switched to Hornady handloads. I'm guessing in all that time they have improved them. ?? They seem to work for us as designed now...at least on whitetail anyhow.
My son uses Rem CoreLock's 100gr in his .243, they have worked perfectly every time and he's killed 12-15 with it. My daughter killed her only deer with it. I have found two bullets just under the skin on the off side over the years, they mushroomed perfectly. Can't complain about them Corelocks, though I know plenty of folks seem to not like em.
I took my 7x57 out a couple weeks ago with Rem CoreLock 140's, shot a doe that was bedded in deep snow. All I could see was the face and white patch. Aimed for the middle of the white patch, and she was done in the bed. Blew a real nice hole out the back of her neck. Can't complain about performance like that out of any factory bullet.
Many moons ago - like close to 30yrs ago when I first started hunting, I had a bad experience with CoreLocks blowing up on a deer's shoulder that was hit broadside. That was when I switched to Hornady handloads. I'm guessing in all that time they have improved them. ?? They seem to work for us as designed now...at least on whitetail anyhow.
RR