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.308 win LR deer hunting
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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Eichele" data-source="post: 876298" data-attributes="member: 1007"><p>IMHO, the amax's are one of the best deer size critter bullets available regardless of the 'type' they are labeled. In the edition of hornady's reloading manual that 1st featured the Amax, they recommended them for medium game such as deer. SMKs IMHO are unpredictable. Maybe they'll open maybe they won't....amax's are very predictable. They expand and at very low velocities which is great for a long range 308 win hunting load. Expansion is more important than mathematical energy. I would have no 2nd thought about taking a deer to a grand with a 308 fired 208 Amax. 1000'# of energy and expansion is attainable at 1k.</p><p></p><p>As far as the 168 VLD, that's the weak link here regarding longrange hunting. My comfort zone with this bullet at said velocity is 600 yards. I'd go 700 with the 168 amax and 800 with the 178 Amax.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael Eichele, post: 876298, member: 1007"] IMHO, the amax's are one of the best deer size critter bullets available regardless of the 'type' they are labeled. In the edition of hornady's reloading manual that 1st featured the Amax, they recommended them for medium game such as deer. SMKs IMHO are unpredictable. Maybe they'll open maybe they won't....amax's are very predictable. They expand and at very low velocities which is great for a long range 308 win hunting load. Expansion is more important than mathematical energy. I would have no 2nd thought about taking a deer to a grand with a 308 fired 208 Amax. 1000'# of energy and expansion is attainable at 1k. As far as the 168 VLD, that's the weak link here regarding longrange hunting. My comfort zone with this bullet at said velocity is 600 yards. I'd go 700 with the 168 amax and 800 with the 178 Amax. [/QUOTE]
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