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"Match" bullets for hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="seanfoster13f" data-source="post: 931963" data-attributes="member: 78661"><p>I used 168gr SMK for my deer hunt last Oct. I ranged my deer at 340 yrds. I held on his lungs and fired. I thought I missed. He looked around and walked 15 yards or so. I put a shot in the side of his neck. I thought I missed. He trotted over the hill. When I came over the hill there was no deer in sight. No blood. I tracked him a few yards before I heard him kicking in the brush. A minute or two later he was dead. Both rounds hit their mark. Entry and exit wounds were the same size. Inside the deer there was hardly any blood in the body cavity at all. The round in the neck did nothing in my opinion, a clean pass. The round in the lungs did no more than collapse them and he simply ran out of air. I feel confident with this round and the accuracy of my weapon and I. However, the failure of the round to effectively knock down the animal leads to follow up shots and uncertainty. You just don't know. That being said, the 168 gr SMK .308 gives me sub .25moa and I have yet to find a round as accurate through my platform. Do any of you have a suggestion for a comparable round?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="seanfoster13f, post: 931963, member: 78661"] I used 168gr SMK for my deer hunt last Oct. I ranged my deer at 340 yrds. I held on his lungs and fired. I thought I missed. He looked around and walked 15 yards or so. I put a shot in the side of his neck. I thought I missed. He trotted over the hill. When I came over the hill there was no deer in sight. No blood. I tracked him a few yards before I heard him kicking in the brush. A minute or two later he was dead. Both rounds hit their mark. Entry and exit wounds were the same size. Inside the deer there was hardly any blood in the body cavity at all. The round in the neck did nothing in my opinion, a clean pass. The round in the lungs did no more than collapse them and he simply ran out of air. I feel confident with this round and the accuracy of my weapon and I. However, the failure of the round to effectively knock down the animal leads to follow up shots and uncertainty. You just don't know. That being said, the 168 gr SMK .308 gives me sub .25moa and I have yet to find a round as accurate through my platform. Do any of you have a suggestion for a comparable round? [/QUOTE]
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