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308 subsonic hunting bullet
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<blockquote data-quote="Murtfree" data-source="post: 2385581" data-attributes="member: 111090"><p>I've shot and harvested at least 3 deer with a subsonic 308. I was using 210 Bergers at around 975 FPS at under 50 yards. No bullets exited the deer and were usually found near the offside skin. All deer expired within about a minute. I stopped hunting with the 308 because to me it just didn't have enough energy to complete the job efficiently. Since the rifle was suppressed it made little to no noise and the deer never seemed to realize they were shot. They were feeding and would just look up and then go back to feeding after being hit. Within 30 seconds to a minute they would wobble and eventually fall over within a few yards of where they were hit. If they would have decided to run they could have covered a lot of ground before they expired. When shooting subsonic, velocity is a constant so the only way to increase energy is to increase mass. I did buy some 240 grain Sierra's but never had time to work up a load. I since went to a suppressed 458 socom or 45-70 with 500 grain bullets and all deer shot expired within seconds…..larger hole with an exit wound seemed to get the job done.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Murtfree, post: 2385581, member: 111090"] I’ve shot and harvested at least 3 deer with a subsonic 308. I was using 210 Bergers at around 975 FPS at under 50 yards. No bullets exited the deer and were usually found near the offside skin. All deer expired within about a minute. I stopped hunting with the 308 because to me it just didn’t have enough energy to complete the job efficiently. Since the rifle was suppressed it made little to no noise and the deer never seemed to realize they were shot. They were feeding and would just look up and then go back to feeding after being hit. Within 30 seconds to a minute they would wobble and eventually fall over within a few yards of where they were hit. If they would have decided to run they could have covered a lot of ground before they expired. When shooting subsonic, velocity is a constant so the only way to increase energy is to increase mass. I did buy some 240 grain Sierra’s but never had time to work up a load. I since went to a suppressed 458 socom or 45-70 with 500 grain bullets and all deer shot expired within seconds…..larger hole with an exit wound seemed to get the job done. [/QUOTE]
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