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125 to 130 grain bullets for 308 win
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<blockquote data-quote="jarnold37" data-source="post: 2067905" data-attributes="member: 29241"><p>I suppose there should be a happy medium between a slow moving projectile that pokes a hole in and pokes a hole out both in and out the diameter of the bullet, which let's a lot of energy go out the other side and damage a limb or make hole in the ground. As opposed to a very fast projectile that starts dissentigrating on impact and continues with meat and bone blowing ahead of the blowing bullet which almost always drops the deer where it stands. I have shot deer with many different combinations and have had best lethal results when all of energy is released all at once and no pass through. Have used different brands of 125 grn in 308 diameter at 4050 fps from 100 yards to 488 yards with the same result. Have used 180 grain in 308 at 3500 fps and with a pass through have had some run some distance. It seems the low ballistic coefficient of the 125 grn creates massive blood shock which one gun writer said "when the deer has massive blood shock, it usually drops where it is standing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jarnold37, post: 2067905, member: 29241"] I suppose there should be a happy medium between a slow moving projectile that pokes a hole in and pokes a hole out both in and out the diameter of the bullet, which let's a lot of energy go out the other side and damage a limb or make hole in the ground. As opposed to a very fast projectile that starts dissentigrating on impact and continues with meat and bone blowing ahead of the blowing bullet which almost always drops the deer where it stands. I have shot deer with many different combinations and have had best lethal results when all of energy is released all at once and no pass through. Have used different brands of 125 grn in 308 diameter at 4050 fps from 100 yards to 488 yards with the same result. Have used 180 grain in 308 at 3500 fps and with a pass through have had some run some distance. It seems the low ballistic coefficient of the 125 grn creates massive blood shock which one gun writer said "when the deer has massive blood shock, it usually drops where it is standing. [/QUOTE]
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