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Long range shot. Should I and should I not?
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<blockquote data-quote="RT2506" data-source="post: 1347308" data-attributes="member: 10178"><p>I have killed hundreds of white tail deer doing crop damage control over a 15 year period as well as hunting deer for the past 47 years. I am speaking from lots of experience. Forget the 200 gr Accubond out of your 308 if you want a quick kill on a white tail deer. It is too heavily constructed especially with the velocity that a 308 Win will propel it to expand quickly on a deer. Load up a 125 gr Nosler ballistic tip , work up to it, with 46 grs IMR 4895. Depending on barrel length muzzle velocity will be between 3000 and 3100 fps. The 125 BT is a deer hunting bullet not a varmint bullet. Set you zero for 300 yards and shoot the deer in the front shoulder. BANG FLOP no tracking. Done this many times. If you want to use the 6.5 load up a 120 gr Nosler ballistic tip zero at 300 and do the above. BANG FLOP no tracking. Or if you want the excuse to get a new rifle get you a 25-06 and shoot most any 100 to 117 gr bullet and there will be no tracking 99% of the time. Deer killing-est round I have ever pulled the trigger on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RT2506, post: 1347308, member: 10178"] I have killed hundreds of white tail deer doing crop damage control over a 15 year period as well as hunting deer for the past 47 years. I am speaking from lots of experience. Forget the 200 gr Accubond out of your 308 if you want a quick kill on a white tail deer. It is too heavily constructed especially with the velocity that a 308 Win will propel it to expand quickly on a deer. Load up a 125 gr Nosler ballistic tip , work up to it, with 46 grs IMR 4895. Depending on barrel length muzzle velocity will be between 3000 and 3100 fps. The 125 BT is a deer hunting bullet not a varmint bullet. Set you zero for 300 yards and shoot the deer in the front shoulder. BANG FLOP no tracking. Done this many times. If you want to use the 6.5 load up a 120 gr Nosler ballistic tip zero at 300 and do the above. BANG FLOP no tracking. Or if you want the excuse to get a new rifle get you a 25-06 and shoot most any 100 to 117 gr bullet and there will be no tracking 99% of the time. Deer killing-est round I have ever pulled the trigger on. [/QUOTE]
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