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Bullet testing: 308 Nosler Ballistic Tip (Hunting)
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<blockquote data-quote="el matador" data-source="post: 1144973" data-attributes="member: 12193"><p>Interesting how the jacket always separates. I shot a deer this year with a .277 150 grain BT and the same thing happened. I found only the jacket of the bullet and it looked just like your reduced velocity bullets. Deer was shot at 563 yards. This was my follow-up shot which entered the chest and ended up just forward of the hind quarter. Great penetration (no bones hit), good expansion. Even though the jacket separated I was pleased with the performance. My first shot hit a little high on the shoulder and passed through. I feel like these bullets are great for short to moderate range but might be a little hard for good expansion beyond 800 yards. They are very accurate in my rifle with average groups coming in around 3/8 moa.</p><p></p><p>All of the above is with the coated Ballistic Silvertips. I tried regular 150 grain Ballistic Tips and got worse grouping and higher pressure when using the load. Just today I tried some regular Ballistic Tips coated with HBN and was very surprised with the results. Using 68.0 grains Retumbo I was getting 2975 fps from the Silvertips. With HBN coated bullets and the same load I was getting 3100. Accuracy was around 1/2 moa but I didn't allow much cooling between shots. Definitely going to play around with the HBN coated bullets a little more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="el matador, post: 1144973, member: 12193"] Interesting how the jacket always separates. I shot a deer this year with a .277 150 grain BT and the same thing happened. I found only the jacket of the bullet and it looked just like your reduced velocity bullets. Deer was shot at 563 yards. This was my follow-up shot which entered the chest and ended up just forward of the hind quarter. Great penetration (no bones hit), good expansion. Even though the jacket separated I was pleased with the performance. My first shot hit a little high on the shoulder and passed through. I feel like these bullets are great for short to moderate range but might be a little hard for good expansion beyond 800 yards. They are very accurate in my rifle with average groups coming in around 3/8 moa. All of the above is with the coated Ballistic Silvertips. I tried regular 150 grain Ballistic Tips and got worse grouping and higher pressure when using the load. Just today I tried some regular Ballistic Tips coated with HBN and was very surprised with the results. Using 68.0 grains Retumbo I was getting 2975 fps from the Silvertips. With HBN coated bullets and the same load I was getting 3100. Accuracy was around 1/2 moa but I didn't allow much cooling between shots. Definitely going to play around with the HBN coated bullets a little more. [/QUOTE]
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