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First experience with match type bullet on game
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<blockquote data-quote="Spd522" data-source="post: 1763527" data-attributes="member: 107351"><p>I used the 168 SMK in a 16" barrel DPMS 308 once on a 10 pt at 50 yards. Hit right behind the shoulder broadside. The buck ran about 100 yards and fell over. The heart and lungs were scrambled and the exit hole looked like a quarter sized cookie cutter made it.</p><p></p><p>My father in law used 85 gr SMK bullets in his 243 for years and always dropped his deer. It wasn't the bullet I would have used but it always worked for him.</p><p></p><p>For the past several years, I have used loads with a 178 Gr A-Max in that same DPMS 308. I have taken about a dozen deer from 40 yards out to 438 yds. All but one dropped where it was shot. That one ran about 150 yards before rolling in the hayfield. Shot placement was perfect but as others have said, sometimes deer don't know they are dead. I know the A-Max is more of a target bullet but I have really been impressed by it's performance on deer and accuracy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spd522, post: 1763527, member: 107351"] I used the 168 SMK in a 16" barrel DPMS 308 once on a 10 pt at 50 yards. Hit right behind the shoulder broadside. The buck ran about 100 yards and fell over. The heart and lungs were scrambled and the exit hole looked like a quarter sized cookie cutter made it. My father in law used 85 gr SMK bullets in his 243 for years and always dropped his deer. It wasn't the bullet I would have used but it always worked for him. For the past several years, I have used loads with a 178 Gr A-Max in that same DPMS 308. I have taken about a dozen deer from 40 yards out to 438 yds. All but one dropped where it was shot. That one ran about 150 yards before rolling in the hayfield. Shot placement was perfect but as others have said, sometimes deer don't know they are dead. I know the A-Max is more of a target bullet but I have really been impressed by it's performance on deer and accuracy. [/QUOTE]
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