Thread: How fast/effective?

Originally Posted by Tentman

Hmmm - I recently shot a big bodied red stag (on the local golf course of all places) at 40 metres just behind the shoulder with a 30 cal 125gn Hornardy SST that started at 2100 fps from a 300 BLK. Hit a rib on the way in and completely jellied that shoulder, the core (still 66 gns) lodged in the far shoulder, which was fine to eat. Very disappointing as I thought that I'd be eating right up to the bullet hole at that sort of velocity. Its also a mystery as to where the jacket went, couldn't find it or any trace (I did gut it out in the dark).

Use cast bullets at 1800-1900fps and you will get pass through with no mess eat right you to the hole, any bullet going 2000fps plus on impact will make a mess.

Originally Posted by shooternz

Use cast bullets at 1800-1900fps and you will get pass through with no mess eat right you to the hole, any bullet going 2000fps plus on impact will make a mess.

you could drop the speed lower with cast to 15-1600fps and still get good results
when i was running cast 190grn FP subs in a .30/30 my other load when i wanted some serious smack was the same bullet at 1500fps, it would flatten Deer, Goats with a good chest shot.

when i down loaded my .308 for my son i used the 150grn ProHunter at 2345fps, longest kill on Deer 300 yards, soft recoil, accurate, just a pleasure to use.

i am a fan of low velocity loads for beginners and those who don't like Big recoil

The 170g cast Bullets I have are a pointed profile,not hollow or flat nose,will they still expand or punch right on through?i know the 151g hollow points I had expanded but they don’t feed well in my gun being so short.

[QUOTE=The bomb;792098]The 170g cast Bullets I have are a pointed profile,not hollow or flat nose,will they still expand or punch right on through?i know the 151g hollow points I had expanded but they don’t feed well in my gun being so short.[/QUOTE

wouldnt be my choice, maybe if you could smash the shoulder they may work . . . i did use round nose cast boolits ( 212 & 170grn. bullets ) when i first started casting for my .308 back in the day . . . changing to 170 & 197grn flat points definitely improved performance on animals.

the LEE 170grn. .308 mold would be a good place to start & cast your own

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Originally Posted by The bomb

The 170g cast Bullets I have are a pointed profile,not hollow or flat nose,will they still expand or punch right on through?i know the 151g hollow points I had expanded but they don’t feed well in my gun being so short.[/QUOTE

wouldnt be my choice, maybe if you could smash the shoulder they may work . . . i did use round nose cast boolits ( 212 & 170grn. bullets ) when i first started casting for my .308 back in the day . . . changing to 170 & 197grn flat points definitely improved performance on animals.

the LEE 170grn. .308 mold would be a good place to start & cast your own

It depends on the lead mix used straight wheel weights is far to hard to give decent expansion, The lead I use is as soft as will cast properly it will still handle velocities up to 1900fps.