Thread: Loading for .300BLK

Hi ,
I had mixed results with the 240 SMk
, with not immediate kills on preys from rabbit and hare to goats. The tumbling is not consistent on goats ,sometime penciling through and having to finish them with a second round.
And they make massive ricochets if hitting a hard surface at the proper angle even after going through an animal.
I then switched to hornady 170 gr fbfp . Which I modified with an hollow point as per an old article from Greg Duley.
They were killing a bit better but still not very conclusive with a few animal to finish off.
As soon as I switched to the 151gr hp cast from Robert, that was a different story, way better expansion, quicker kills and less dangerous ricochets. Three times now I have witnessed two goats standing next to each other being killed by 1 bullet ( twice by a mate at 30 m and 90 meters and once by me at 150 m).
I have started to used the 190 gr sub x from hornady, but their load is a little bit inconsistent and I have only tried it on one goat so far.

My conclusion from my limited experience is that any weight above 150 gr produces energy which is wasted once the bullet passes through the animal, the noise is more important and so are the ricochets.

@ Friwi I totally agree mate, goats are very light bodied and I have had many pass throughs with even high velocity rounds.. if you dont hit bone results can be disappointing.
I stopped body shots many years ago as the head is no smaller kill zone as the chest vitals.
The 300gr .338 whisper I had was a different story.. I saw many goats body shot and their legs just went out from under them and that was it. A lot more energy dumped with that one I suspect and the longer bullet was less likely to pass through even on lightly built goats.

I have shot many of the lighter HPs including Roberts 150gr HP and some of my own custom mould lighter 85gr and 105gr HPs with great results on rabbits/hares but have not put them on goats as Im favouring the .223AI at the mo with longer range work.