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.308 / 165 grn Sierra Game Changer at 3,200 FPS on Deer?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Matteson" data-source="post: 1989238" data-attributes="member: 101791"><p>Now I use 165gr Nosler Accubonds or there same type before that. Put down 6 elk and several deer with the round. My velocity is 3300 fps at muzzle chronograph with my 308 Norma Mag, which is the forerunner of the 300 Win Mag, and I feel the 300 W.M is a better round than the 308 Norma Mag. The range were from 50 yds to 350 yds. I haven't used any heaver bullets. I feel that the 165gr Nosler is a good bullet. I don't shoot heaver and I keep my range under or close to 500 yds. My late friend had a Ruger No. 1 in 300 Win Mag, and we got 3400 fps with it. Most of my shots were 1 shot kills heart, lung area including game killed in Africa. I did change to a 338 Win Mag with this last Africa hunt with 200gr Nosler Accubonds, and the performance was good. Some drop in there tracks and nothing move more than 40 yds. I can see the heaver bullets for shooting long range, and the why and what for reasons. I am beginning to look closer at the all copper bullets now. When I first tried them in early 2000 I wasn't very happy about how they grouped and couldn't get the velocity out of them either. So I stayed away from them. My concern has always been groups, velocity and how the bullets held up and damage to the animal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Matteson, post: 1989238, member: 101791"] Now I use 165gr Nosler Accubonds or there same type before that. Put down 6 elk and several deer with the round. My velocity is 3300 fps at muzzle chronograph with my 308 Norma Mag, which is the forerunner of the 300 Win Mag, and I feel the 300 W.M is a better round than the 308 Norma Mag. The range were from 50 yds to 350 yds. I haven't used any heaver bullets. I feel that the 165gr Nosler is a good bullet. I don't shoot heaver and I keep my range under or close to 500 yds. My late friend had a Ruger No. 1 in 300 Win Mag, and we got 3400 fps with it. Most of my shots were 1 shot kills heart, lung area including game killed in Africa. I did change to a 338 Win Mag with this last Africa hunt with 200gr Nosler Accubonds, and the performance was good. Some drop in there tracks and nothing move more than 40 yds. I can see the heaver bullets for shooting long range, and the why and what for reasons. I am beginning to look closer at the all copper bullets now. When I first tried them in early 2000 I wasn't very happy about how they grouped and couldn't get the velocity out of them either. So I stayed away from them. My concern has always been groups, velocity and how the bullets held up and damage to the animal. [/QUOTE]
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