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<blockquote data-quote="Troutslayer" data-source="post: 81249" data-attributes="member: 4354"><p>Robins, you ask about damage with a .300 and I can tell you my experiences with that round. I have taken two deer with it, shooting 180 grain Remington corelokt. The first I shot broadside at 200 yards, and my bullet blew right through, I don't think it expanded at all. Luckily it was a perfectly placed shot and despite no expansion the deer died instantly. There was hardly an exit hole at all which concerned me but I continued to use those corelokts.</p><p></p><p>The next one I shot was looking right at me and I shot it in the brisket from about 100 yards. I looked and looked for blood and finally found a few drops. That deer didn't go far and when I found him there again was a very small exit hole, the bullet miraculously missed the intestines exiting foreward of the pelvis. When I gutted that one I found the copper jacket which had been seperated from the core and no real signs of expansion, though there was some damage inside and he did die quickly. So I have had poor bullet performance but 0% meat damage.</p><p></p><p>One other one that my friend shot with a .300 and I think an accubond he shot from about 50 yards and blew a hole the size of a grapefruit out the other side. He hit rib on the entry and I think to get those things to perform well, you have to contact bone. For some reason that deer went farther than the other ones I'm taling about. Across a creek through some thick mess in the snow. What a pain in the butt. That was a well placed shot and it just about ruined all the meat from the ribs on the exit side, but I'd rather see that than see a pin hole on the other side. </p><p></p><p>I think that the .300 performs better on bigger game and I would rather see a big hole that lets the air out of them than see hardly any hole at all. I think the best round to do that with is .308, good size exit on deer sized things.</p><p></p><p>I am shure there are people out there who have had better luck than me, and this year I'll be hunting deer again with the .300, but I'm using Barnes X so maybe I'll post my performance results in about 1.5 months. I'll bring the digital camera.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Troutslayer, post: 81249, member: 4354"] Robins, you ask about damage with a .300 and I can tell you my experiences with that round. I have taken two deer with it, shooting 180 grain Remington corelokt. The first I shot broadside at 200 yards, and my bullet blew right through, I don't think it expanded at all. Luckily it was a perfectly placed shot and despite no expansion the deer died instantly. There was hardly an exit hole at all which concerned me but I continued to use those corelokts. The next one I shot was looking right at me and I shot it in the brisket from about 100 yards. I looked and looked for blood and finally found a few drops. That deer didn't go far and when I found him there again was a very small exit hole, the bullet miraculously missed the intestines exiting foreward of the pelvis. When I gutted that one I found the copper jacket which had been seperated from the core and no real signs of expansion, though there was some damage inside and he did die quickly. So I have had poor bullet performance but 0% meat damage. One other one that my friend shot with a .300 and I think an accubond he shot from about 50 yards and blew a hole the size of a grapefruit out the other side. He hit rib on the entry and I think to get those things to perform well, you have to contact bone. For some reason that deer went farther than the other ones I'm taling about. Across a creek through some thick mess in the snow. What a pain in the butt. That was a well placed shot and it just about ruined all the meat from the ribs on the exit side, but I'd rather see that than see a pin hole on the other side. I think that the .300 performs better on bigger game and I would rather see a big hole that lets the air out of them than see hardly any hole at all. I think the best round to do that with is .308, good size exit on deer sized things. I am shure there are people out there who have had better luck than me, and this year I'll be hunting deer again with the .300, but I'm using Barnes X so maybe I'll post my performance results in about 1.5 months. I'll bring the digital camera. [/QUOTE]
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