Looking for a new hunting bullet... Which one!??!

[OCHO505]

So I have a 300 WSM I love but last few animals I have shot I am not seeing the results I want on animals and I actually lost a buck in Colorado this weekend. So I am looking to try and switch things up. Currently shooting the 190 ABLR. Recently scored some 200 grain ELDX before this all happened just to try them out. I just hear good and bad about every kind of bullet so looking for some insight. A buddy of mine says for smaller game like deer or antelope I need a softer bullet or possibly the speed of the gun and bullets are too much. I forgot to add... Seams like the closer the shot the less I see great results but the further shots seam to do better. 200 yards and in are not great but 300 out seam much better and my AR10 stones most things so I am trying to figure out how to solve the situation. Thoughts??

 

[Korhil78]

How far out do you plan on taking game? The ABLR and ELDX are made for longer range shots as they are a softer bullet.

 

[OCHO505]

I have shot up to 450 -500 dont plan on shooting further.

 

[adam32+P]

It's not the bullets fault that you lost the buck.

 

[OCHO505]

It's not the bullets fault that you lost the buck.

I'm not blaming the bullet you didn't read it very well. I am not getting the performance out of 190 grain bullet even when I'm killing animals with perfect shots.

 

[Varmint Hunter]

The plain-jane Accubond bullet should fill the bill. Very easy to find an accurate load for IME. Stout enough to withstand close range shots and soft enough to expand at 400-500yds. I've shot many whitetails with the 160 Accubond with good results at your stated outer limit.

Just my 2 cents

 

[OCHO505]

That also what I was thinking of just going to a regular AB.

 

[Reelamin]

Simple....PARTITION

 

[westernmontanahunter]

Are you recovering bullets?

 

[OCHO505]

On the deer I just shot no zipped him but it was a small buck. On the oryx in Avitar no pretty much disintegrated. On previous oryx stopped in the hide on the other side of the animal. The ones I find and in good standing are on the further shots like 350 - 500.

 

[Tiny Tim]

At those ranges, a Hammer Bullet would be a good choice. Nosler Accubond is good too. Both easy to tune.

 

[FEENIX]

I propel the 215 Berger out of my .300 WSM at 2850 FPS; .5-.75 MOA @ 966Y if I do my part.

 

[Creedmoor shooter]

Personally for whitetail and black bear here in New England I have really good luck with the eld-match line of bullets. Run heavy for caliber in the 2800-2900 range and you'll be very happy with the performance. I dont have any experience with the 30 cals but I have extensive experience with the 140 eld-m in 6.5 and 162/180eld-m in 7mm. Even the 162 at 3150 from my 7mm rem mag did very well.

 

[coop2564]

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