Thread: Thoughts on shooting possums with a 300BLK?

Building a 300BLK AR at the moment and I've been pretty keen on the idea of knocking down a few possums with it for a laugh. Just a bit concerned about travel distance of 300BLK subs vs. 22lr subs? Anyone got any experience with this? How about hand loading extra soft rounds purely for the purpose? Obviously I would only be taking shots which had a solid backdrop on a trunk/branch. Thoughts?

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Terrible idea

Shoot them on the ground maybe

haha ok, I'll can that idea!

Cant see any problems if they are on the ground or what about rabbits etc? Apply Normal firearm saftey and you should be sweet?

Yeah I'll definitely give the bunnies on the ground a bit of a stir up. I was just thinking that with a 220gr or maybe even something heavier with ~9gr of pistol powder the 300blks wouldn't go too far but seems like even then they can still be slung effectively up to 400+ yards, ergo, shooting upwards isn't going to be the best idea haha.

Using the 300 would worry me.

110 vmax makes a mess of them.

100 gr semi jacketed from Hornady go really well no:3005

Common sense and firearms rules apply....

lol i bet they do. I *definitely* would't be shooting supersonics though, even on the ground. Not around here at least.

what load powder are you using with the 110 vmax

Originally Posted by clavulanate

Yeah I'll definitely give the bunnies on the ground a bit of a stir up. I was just thinking that with a 220gr or maybe even something heavier with ~9gr of pistol powder the 300blks wouldn't go too far but seems like even then they can still be slung effectively up to 400+ yards, ergo, shooting upwards isn't going to be the best idea haha.

I use 208gr A max projectiles I found 220 gr too heavy. Good luck shooting out to 400m I have mine zeroed for 75m and at 200m it's dropped like a stone running subs. Still a fun caliber though

Antz

if normal shooting rules are applied, it should work for any caliber.

if your upper is capable of 1.0MOA which seems to be possible if others using this cal are to believed then i don't see why 200+ yards shots using a rangefinder, balistic app, good dialable scope and good techneque, shouldn't be a problem.

I have shot possums with a 200gn sub and they go through them and just keep on going. Be careful.

You could go a slightly larger calibre if you wantas long as it's safe. I love shooting them and rabbits with the 308 and I'm sure if I owned a 50cal I would love it more.

Now there`s an idea, was wondering what to have crack at when I get my Sharps up and running, mind a 420gr bullet at 1,300 fps mite be border line for Bugsy, tough little buggers, , Homebrew.357.