davkrat
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We shot a buck each year the last 2 years with the 150 grain ETip out of my .308. Mine at 80 yards and the other at 280 yards. Bullets worked great at modest velocity of the .308. I only get about 2730 fps with 45.5 grains of Varget. Plan on trying the cfe223 see if I can get another 100 fps. I've had some trouble with my zero and groups but I think that had to do more with the *** scope I have than anything else particularly if I try to dial elevation and wind holds. It would fail a box test miserably. It's replacement should be here soon. Here's a few posts from another forum:
I'm more than happy with him though 20" wide 3X4. Once again the 150 grain Etips out of my .308 worked perfect. Bullet entered at base of neck scrambled the lungs busted up the large bone in the top of the front leg and came to rest under the offside hide. Other than the plastic tip the bullet lost no weight and mushroomed flawlessly. Backstrap tastes so much better than tag soup.
Buddy got his first ever California buck. I told him not to expect ones this nice on a regular basis. For anyone who's curious the lead free Nosler E-tips worked fantastic. He was shooting a load out of my .308 that launches the 150 grain E-tips at 2750fps, not exactly a magnum load :l At 280 yards it made absolute mush out of this deer's chest cavity. I'd say it's plenty of medicine for anything walking around California. The deer was somewhere in the 250 lbs. range, we each had 80-90lbs. packs on the way out. I'm beat but going to have some backstraps soon enough!
The key tactic: neither of us has shaved in 3 weeks :l
Decided to take the .308 out and do a water jug test with the 150 grain ETips. My el cheapo scope will not hold zero and I had to adjust the stupid thing AGAIN
A Nikon Monarch will be replacing this one soon. Shot the steel at 300 yards and the jugs at 200. Bullet starts at around 2750 fps. out of my .308 so in an '06 or 300 Win Mag you could add a few more yards. Impact velocity should have been right around 2400 fps and the bullet penetrated 4 jugs and came to rest in the 5th. Exact same load and rifle dumped last year's buck at 280 yards. Won't be doing any more dial ups for distance with the current scope, got her on at 200 and the first hashmark is just about perfect at 300. Wish the group was smaller but I'll take that at 300 yards laying in the dirt shooting off a bipod. A deer or pig won't know the difference.
First 3 jugs
Other than the poly tip it's 100% weight retention
I'm more than happy with him though 20" wide 3X4. Once again the 150 grain Etips out of my .308 worked perfect. Bullet entered at base of neck scrambled the lungs busted up the large bone in the top of the front leg and came to rest under the offside hide. Other than the plastic tip the bullet lost no weight and mushroomed flawlessly. Backstrap tastes so much better than tag soup.
Buddy got his first ever California buck. I told him not to expect ones this nice on a regular basis. For anyone who's curious the lead free Nosler E-tips worked fantastic. He was shooting a load out of my .308 that launches the 150 grain E-tips at 2750fps, not exactly a magnum load :l At 280 yards it made absolute mush out of this deer's chest cavity. I'd say it's plenty of medicine for anything walking around California. The deer was somewhere in the 250 lbs. range, we each had 80-90lbs. packs on the way out. I'm beat but going to have some backstraps soon enough!
The key tactic: neither of us has shaved in 3 weeks :l
Decided to take the .308 out and do a water jug test with the 150 grain ETips. My el cheapo scope will not hold zero and I had to adjust the stupid thing AGAIN
A Nikon Monarch will be replacing this one soon. Shot the steel at 300 yards and the jugs at 200. Bullet starts at around 2750 fps. out of my .308 so in an '06 or 300 Win Mag you could add a few more yards. Impact velocity should have been right around 2400 fps and the bullet penetrated 4 jugs and came to rest in the 5th. Exact same load and rifle dumped last year's buck at 280 yards. Won't be doing any more dial ups for distance with the current scope, got her on at 200 and the first hashmark is just about perfect at 300. Wish the group was smaller but I'll take that at 300 yards laying in the dirt shooting off a bipod. A deer or pig won't know the difference.
First 3 jugs
Other than the poly tip it's 100% weight retention
