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A-Max Performance on Deer
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<blockquote data-quote="Jon Bischof" data-source="post: 63087" data-attributes="member: 879"><p>All of you fellows are making good sense with your replies. I am afraid the .300 Win Mag pushes the 155 grain A-Max a little too fast for reliable penetration on close shots on deer. This is reloaded ammo and I don't have a chrony but I assume that the MV is a little over 3,000 ft/sec.</p><p></p><p>I don't want to discourage Varmint Hunter from using them on antelope, though. Pronghorn are not big-boned and you will probably not get any close shots anyway. At 400 yards, or even at 300; you don't want a bullet that is too tough to expand at lower velocities. So a soft bullet like the 162 grain A-Max is probably going to perform well on pronghorns beyond 200 yards. And I think the A-Max would have enough penetration to kill them at any distance with a broadside shot. But I would shy away from any quartering shots with the A-Max if you are under 150 yards--especially with the 7mmSTW--your A-Max is probably hauling *** faster than my lighter bullet out of the .300 Win Mag!</p><p></p><p>I will probably use the rest of these A-Max's on paper and just use 150 Barnes X on the deer. But the accuracy of both of these bullets is soooooo good in my rifle--one hole. I may have to try one on a doe just to see for myself. But then I may find myself crawling around for miles on my hands and knees looking for blood /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jon Bischof, post: 63087, member: 879"] All of you fellows are making good sense with your replies. I am afraid the .300 Win Mag pushes the 155 grain A-Max a little too fast for reliable penetration on close shots on deer. This is reloaded ammo and I don't have a chrony but I assume that the MV is a little over 3,000 ft/sec. I don't want to discourage Varmint Hunter from using them on antelope, though. Pronghorn are not big-boned and you will probably not get any close shots anyway. At 400 yards, or even at 300; you don't want a bullet that is too tough to expand at lower velocities. So a soft bullet like the 162 grain A-Max is probably going to perform well on pronghorns beyond 200 yards. And I think the A-Max would have enough penetration to kill them at any distance with a broadside shot. But I would shy away from any quartering shots with the A-Max if you are under 150 yards--especially with the 7mmSTW--your A-Max is probably hauling *** faster than my lighter bullet out of the .300 Win Mag! I will probably use the rest of these A-Max's on paper and just use 150 Barnes X on the deer. But the accuracy of both of these bullets is soooooo good in my rifle--one hole. I may have to try one on a doe just to see for myself. But then I may find myself crawling around for miles on my hands and knees looking for blood [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]. [/QUOTE]
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