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<blockquote data-quote="osok-1k" data-source="post: 1903452" data-attributes="member: 106259"><p>Shot placement may have more to do with it than the bullet design, to a point. As an example, I would never shoot a deer sized or larger animal with a varmint bullet (I know we are talking about target vs. hunting bullets) but even a varmint bullet in the right spot will do the job. When I got my first 6.5 Creedmoor somewhere around 2009 the only ammo I could find was Hornady 129 SST Superformance. It was very accurate in my Browning and 25-30 deer later I only had one goes more that a few feet and that one was trotting after a doe where momentum carried him a little further. I have since loaded 140 A-Max in the same rifle to good success but it does tear up more meat than I like. I'm transitioning to the Berger 140 Hybrid but haven't shot anything yet. My 308 loves the Nosler RDF 175 and I would like to see what happens on a deer sized critter. All of which brings me back to my first statement which shot placement trumps most everything else. 35 years ago I knew a guy who poached deer whenever he ran out of meat, he would head shoot them with a 22LR, usually at night and to my knowledge never lost one. Shot placement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="osok-1k, post: 1903452, member: 106259"] Shot placement may have more to do with it than the bullet design, to a point. As an example, I would never shoot a deer sized or larger animal with a varmint bullet (I know we are talking about target vs. hunting bullets) but even a varmint bullet in the right spot will do the job. When I got my first 6.5 Creedmoor somewhere around 2009 the only ammo I could find was Hornady 129 SST Superformance. It was very accurate in my Browning and 25-30 deer later I only had one goes more that a few feet and that one was trotting after a doe where momentum carried him a little further. I have since loaded 140 A-Max in the same rifle to good success but it does tear up more meat than I like. I'm transitioning to the Berger 140 Hybrid but haven't shot anything yet. My 308 loves the Nosler RDF 175 and I would like to see what happens on a deer sized critter. All of which brings me back to my first statement which shot placement trumps most everything else. 35 years ago I knew a guy who poached deer whenever he ran out of meat, he would head shoot them with a 22LR, usually at night and to my knowledge never lost one. Shot placement. [/QUOTE]
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