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First Custom Rifle Build | Tips Appreciated
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<blockquote data-quote="VLD Pilot" data-source="post: 2056473" data-attributes="member: 103947"><p>I decided that the 115-130 grain bullets perform superbly on whitetail deer provided you can keep impact velocities around 2000 fps. Regardless of caliber. My experience is with 243/264/277 caliber bullets. Soon to find out how the .257 bullets in that weight range work. I'm certain based on all the threads I've read on guys shooting the 257 of some kind, that it will as well. I had great experiences with heavier also but seems like the animal takes the full energy dump in the lighter bullets with broadside hits as most bullets are found in the opposite side under the hide. Same hits with the .264/277/284 bullets weighing over 130 grains seem to exit on most hits. Frontal shots being the exception. Most of my instate hunting here is similar to yours and ranges are inside 200 yards with exceptions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="VLD Pilot, post: 2056473, member: 103947"] I decided that the 115-130 grain bullets perform superbly on whitetail deer provided you can keep impact velocities around 2000 fps. Regardless of caliber. My experience is with 243/264/277 caliber bullets. Soon to find out how the .257 bullets in that weight range work. I'm certain based on all the threads I've read on guys shooting the 257 of some kind, that it will as well. I had great experiences with heavier also but seems like the animal takes the full energy dump in the lighter bullets with broadside hits as most bullets are found in the opposite side under the hide. Same hits with the .264/277/284 bullets weighing over 130 grains seem to exit on most hits. Frontal shots being the exception. Most of my instate hunting here is similar to yours and ranges are inside 200 yards with exceptions. [/QUOTE]
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