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<blockquote data-quote="Kingfish01" data-source="post: 1837160" data-attributes="member: 100203"><p>I can give my limited experience. 308, 168 gr Nosler LRAB :</p><p>1st: medium buck at about 60 yds, enter through front left chest, exit through right rib cage. Exit hole big enough to drop a baseball into. Deer fell over instantly, dead</p><p>after this incident, I decided to switch ammo, but we went hunting before the new ammo arrived so I continued hunting with this same ammo</p><p>2nd: large doe at about 7 yds. Downward shot, from stand, In through right chest, out through left chest Ran about 40 yds. Exit hole was about the size of a quarter</p><p>3rd: med-large buck, about 80 yds. In behind left shoulder, out the other side, quarter sized exit</p><p></p><p>in conclusion, the first seemed like a fluke or maybe a heavy bone was hit initially, but I couldn't find much damage other than the giant exit hole. The 7 yard shot held together fine as did the 80 yd shot. So I'll keep using this ammo</p><p>another ammo I'd like to try is the Federal terminal ascent. It's 175 gr for the 308 and 30-06. Maybe next season I'll take that with me</p><p></p><p>edited to add, previous year I took 2 deer with the Hornady SST, I think it was 16ish grain, I don't remember exactly. Both shots fragmented like grenades without hitting heavy bone. I managed to recover one bullet and it was nothing but a chunk of mangled copper jacket. No lead at all. I feel if I'd hit a shoulder, penetration might have been a problem. I switched to the above Nosler LRAB, which are also very accurate</p><p></p><p>below photo is baseball sized hole from the LRAB, and the other is the recovered SST, last is the doe shot at 7 yds, exit hole shown</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kingfish01, post: 1837160, member: 100203"] I can give my limited experience. 308, 168 gr Nosler LRAB : 1st: medium buck at about 60 yds, enter through front left chest, exit through right rib cage. Exit hole big enough to drop a baseball into. Deer fell over instantly, dead after this incident, I decided to switch ammo, but we went hunting before the new ammo arrived so I continued hunting with this same ammo 2nd: large doe at about 7 yds. Downward shot, from stand, In through right chest, out through left chest Ran about 40 yds. Exit hole was about the size of a quarter 3rd: med-large buck, about 80 yds. In behind left shoulder, out the other side, quarter sized exit in conclusion, the first seemed like a fluke or maybe a heavy bone was hit initially, but I couldn’t find much damage other than the giant exit hole. The 7 yard shot held together fine as did the 80 yd shot. So I’ll keep using this ammo another ammo I’d like to try is the Federal terminal ascent. It’s 175 gr for the 308 and 30-06. Maybe next season I’ll take that with me edited to add, previous year I took 2 deer with the Hornady SST, I think it was 16ish grain, I don’t remember exactly. Both shots fragmented like grenades without hitting heavy bone. I managed to recover one bullet and it was nothing but a chunk of mangled copper jacket. No lead at all. I feel if I’d hit a shoulder, penetration might have been a problem. I switched to the above Nosler LRAB, which are also very accurate below photo is baseball sized hole from the LRAB, and the other is the recovered SST, last is the doe shot at 7 yds, exit hole shown [/QUOTE]
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