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<blockquote data-quote="emp1953" data-source="post: 2615659" data-attributes="member: 71817"><p>I invested heavily in .30cal Speer Grand Slams (180gr) back in the EARLY 70's, I bought 800. This was for a Remington 700 in 30-06. Someone I trusted sold me on them and I constructed a really accurate load using 3031. I was at 2750fps according to the available chronographs available at the time. Went on a black bear hunt in Pennsylvania. A bear came by and I put 4 rounds in the chest resulting in the bear running down to the next hunter in our group who killed it with a depression era Winchester 30-30 using 150gr SilverTip ammo with the year 1950 stamped on the box. When we cleaned the bear we found my 4 holes, in the chest, missing ribs each round, pencil size entry wound and slightly larger exit wounds. No spent bullets to examine. I had this loading anchor deer and elk, but my bear hunt of a lifetime was a failure because of these bullets not performing on the bear. He weighed a few pounds over 480lbs so had plenty of bulk for the bullets to work on. I had over 800 Grand Slams that I just wanted to throw out. I ended up swapping them for 300 Swift A-frames(165gr) and 200 Nosler Partitions (165gr) and I have never looked back. I have hunting buddies that swear by the Grand Slams and they have the results to support that. Loss of that bear just soured me on them for 45 years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="emp1953, post: 2615659, member: 71817"] I invested heavily in .30cal Speer Grand Slams (180gr) back in the EARLY 70's, I bought 800. This was for a Remington 700 in 30-06. Someone I trusted sold me on them and I constructed a really accurate load using 3031. I was at 2750fps according to the available chronographs available at the time. Went on a black bear hunt in Pennsylvania. A bear came by and I put 4 rounds in the chest resulting in the bear running down to the next hunter in our group who killed it with a depression era Winchester 30-30 using 150gr SilverTip ammo with the year 1950 stamped on the box. When we cleaned the bear we found my 4 holes, in the chest, missing ribs each round, pencil size entry wound and slightly larger exit wounds. No spent bullets to examine. I had this loading anchor deer and elk, but my bear hunt of a lifetime was a failure because of these bullets not performing on the bear. He weighed a few pounds over 480lbs so had plenty of bulk for the bullets to work on. I had over 800 Grand Slams that I just wanted to throw out. I ended up swapping them for 300 Swift A-frames(165gr) and 200 Nosler Partitions (165gr) and I have never looked back. I have hunting buddies that swear by the Grand Slams and they have the results to support that. Loss of that bear just soured me on them for 45 years. [/QUOTE]
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