Thread: Hunting with subs in 300BLK

Any real world experience out there? Projectile choice? Performance? Probably absolute max 50yd shots on fallow

not with blackout...but played lots with the x39mm Roberts cast 151s are great....BUT you will be much better with nearly subsonic..eg 1200-1500fps the difference in terminal preformance is huge,the difference in volume is not.....a quiet efficient killing load is so much better than a silent not efficient one. dont get me wrong,I would happily shoulder/chest shoot fallow hind/yearling in semi open country when have dog...they will go down,just maybe 50-100 yards away unless you hit spine/neck/head...but if you go for the smaller area with instant kill and miss by tiny bit...Bo will have work to do as its like poking a target point through...ZERO shock power.

I've found them to work quite well on wallabies. Maybe a little inconsistent though.

Have shot one side on thru the shoulders (heard the shoulders crunching from the impact) which ran stumbling for about 50m. Damn rear wheel drive.

Have texas heartshot one as it bounced away and it dropped on the spot. Bullet didn't exit. Should have autopsied it to examine the bullet but had no time.

Majority have been bang flops with good placement so they're obviously getting reasonable expansion and doing quite a bit of wounding... most of the time. Some inexplicable runner from what felt like identical shots.

Wouldn't hesitate to shoot a fallow with one. I think hilar or shoulder would be fine. Neck shoot if feeling clever. Be prepared to track and understand they don't deliver the shock of high velocity rounds.

I dont use my rossi 44 much. You can borrow it for a couple of months to have a play Ryan. 300 grn subs smoke fallow

I bought a 300BLK rifle with the intention of using it suppressed with subs for goats in dense bush. I don't reload, so have been using Hornady Sub-X rounds which are supposed to be designed for hunting and expand at subsonic speeds. First goat I shot was a classic chest shot. Animal didn't seem to know it was hit and required a follow-up shot which paralysed it (neck shot), but didn't kill it. Ugly situation in my book. I have shot a few goats since then, but all have been head/neck shots. All fell over dead as you would expect, but I'm not overwhelmed with the Sub-X rounds. There are better projectiles available if you reload.

head and neck shots, unless you are very good at locating the heart or maybe try these if you can find them.

https://www.gunworks.co.nz/shop/item...ehigh-subsonic

eye watering $3.50 a projectile.

SuperSonics no worries. Subs….yeah nah.


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@Joe_90

I know a few people down these neck of the woods who use the single shot bergara's for bail up pig guns. They run the subsonic American eagle load or the Hornady sub X and they seem pretty happy with the results.

@tikka is probably the expert on here for 300blackout and subs. Here is one of his threads

https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....-update-36313/

Originally Posted by stug

@tikka is probably the expert on here for 300blackout and subs. Here is one of his threads

https://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co....-update-36313/

Yeah, I thought he might have chimed in on this topic considering the number of animals he reckons he's decked with the 300 Blackout.
From a personal point of view I hve been using a load of 8.5 gr Trail Boss and Roberts 151gr cast projectiles in a .308 on goats around residential areas, 28 animals only. Keeps residents happy with lack of noise. I have found them to be effective out to 50'ish yards but I haven't tried any further. Would use on deer/pig if opportunity presented itself.This load just happens to be spot on at 50 yards in this rifle without altering scope from full power loads so thats a happy coincidence.
Have also played around with reduced loads in .223. They work but then so do 40gr round-nose solid and hollow-point standard velocity .22. Just not meant to use .22 on DOC ground bordering residential areas.
Just my 2 cents worth.

Originally Posted by woods223

Yeah, I thought he might have chimed in on this topic considering the number of animals he reckons he's decked with the 300 Blackout.
From a personal point of view I hve been using a load of 8.5 gr Trail Boss and Roberts 151gr cast projectiles in a .308 on goats around residential areas, 28 animals only. Keeps residents happy with lack of noise. I have found them to be effective out to 50'ish yards but I haven't tried any further. Would use on deer/pig if opportunity presented itself.This load just happens to be spot on at 50 yards in this rifle without altering scope from full power loads so thats a happy coincidence.
Have also played around with reduced loads in .223. They work but then so do 40gr round-nose solid and hollow-point standard velocity .22. Just not meant to use .22 on DOC ground bordering residential areas.
Just my 2 cents worth.

@woods223 what rifle are you using ? what sort of twist rate?

Winchester Model 70. 1:10 twist from memory.

Treat subs like bowhunting if not taking cns shots.

I use the 190 Sub-X and find them very accurate in my rifle out to 60 yards but as others have said, perfect shot placement is required.
I only head shoot with them now and I have to be very certain of the shot. As VC said, it takes you into bow hunting territory. The best thing about my load is that all I have to do is dial up 6moa from my supersonic load and I am ready to roll.