sierra gamekings for deer?
 

I have a 30.06. Would 165 grain gameking boattails be good for deer?:eek:

RE: sierra gamekings for deer?
 

Yes, that will do quite nicely. That is an excellent bullet. You can also use a 150gr bullet as well, you'll get a little more speed out of it. Of course it's all bullet placement, if you put it through his heart and lungs it really doesnt matter what you shoot him with but I would say you are definately good to go. good luck.

RE: sierra gamekings for deer?
 

yes!! i shoot the same thing there great i use them alot they make very good long range bullets to well good luck -davidbwilliams

RE: sierra gamekings for deer?
 

thats exactly what I used and recommend to people lookin for a good long range factory loading, Now I hand load 165 gr BTHP Gamekings for my .308. Honestly any 30 cal. expanding style bullet will work great on deer size game. you really dont have to worry about bullet designs untill you start getting into larger game like elk and moose.

RE: sierra gamekings for deer?
 

they suck in my opinion, i shot them out of a 270 and the bullet didnt expand at all, if you dont hit bone with it then forget it, the bullet will go in the size of a dime and out the size of a dime, my 2 cent

RE: sierra gamekings for deer?
 

I killed a lot of deer with these, I loaded 59 grains of IMR 4831 behind the gameking boattail 150 grain. They worked great for me.

RE: sierra gamekings for deer?
 

I'm with HighDW on this one. I've loaded thousands of the 165 HPBT Gamekings over the years and they are outstanding! Don't worry about a few extra fps with the 150's, go for the accuracy. These 165's hit hard and anchor whatever it is you hit.

RE: sierra gamekings for deer?
 

I use the Sierra Pro-Hunter. They expand a little better than the Game King in my expierence. I shoot the 120 in the 6.5x55 and the 280. I shoot the 150 Pro-hunters in the 308 and 30-06.

RE: sierra gamekings for deer?
 

So you mean to tell us every gameking you shot a deer with that didnt hit a solid bone or the shoulder which more then likely passed all the way through the animal, you went and recovered the slug from the tree 150 yards on the other side of the deer????

RE: sierra gamekings for deer?
 

Every gameking I ever shot at a deer I never was able to recover a bullet, Frankly I never really cared too. every deer i shot never had run further then 40 yards and they were all dead with one shot. DEAD IS DEAD no matter how you put it. If you are judging a bullets expansion by the entrance and exit wound on a deer. Im sorry to say that is highly ignorant and is an entirely inaccurate way to judge a bullets expansion capabilities. I have a feeling you are just passing on some He said she said BS, that you over heard your alcoholic Hill Billy uncle say.

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Desert Wolf

Dont be so damn ignorant on this board, first of all i dont shoot deer in the shoulder i put it behind the shoulder or a neck, Let me explain something ill shoot a deer behind the shoulder hang it up and skin it out and gut it and show you the entrance hole and exit hole and the insides, so no you dont have to go dig a bullett out of the tree. I dont like the bullett so dont try to give me any of your crap, you want to shoot a real bullett shoot the Hornady innerbond

RE: sierra gamekings for deer?
 

Jeez that struck a nerve, are you the Alcoholic Hill billy uncle?? an entrance and exit hole really is not a good way to determine how a bullet expands. On a trophy buck I will shoot them square in the shoulder puts them on the ground quicker. yea it destroys meat but buck meat isnt the greatest and ill usually have the whole thing turned into summer sausage anyway.

I give you that the hornady Interbond is good bullet, I would probably use them too just I dont see the point in shooting a deer with that expensive of a bullet my game kings are 16 dollars per 100 the interbonds are over 30 dollars per 100. Remington core lokts do great on a deer too but they just dont shoot as good from my rifle as the sierra BTHP gamekings do.

The only time I feel it is neccisary to spend alot of money on bullets is when you step up to larger game like elk for elk I use my 30-06 loaded with speer 180 gr trophy bonded bear claws. Im not trying to preach to you about the gamekings I really dont care if you like them or not, I happen to like them and I was just voicing my opinion, I will be the first one to tell you I can be an A$$. Sorry if I pissed ya off

RE: sierra gamekings for deer?
 

if you can get the Hornady Inner Bond 100 for 30$ i need that phone # because they are 24$ for 20 here in Ga.