300 Blackout

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Originally Posted by Friwi

I don't think your 220 gr is going to expand at all to do the damage. They might just tumble a bit with a bit of luck if hitting a bone .
Extra weight is of no use as a150 gr cast hollow point goes through an animal quite easily.anymore weight is just waited energy and prone to some spectacular ricochets.
I have tried the 170 gr hornady flat base flat point and made the jig to hollow point the tip and barely saw a difference damagewise on goats compared to the same bullet left original.
The 150 gr cast lead hollow point definitely does the damage and kill animal more humanely and quickly.

And the Lehigh seem to be doing the trick as well.

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The 150gr cast do it a hell of alot cheaper too. WIsh they would cycle in the ar....

the lehigh's seem to work the best on game off everything I have tried subsonic in 300blk. pitty the cost of them makes practice etc overly expensive

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Originally Posted by res

the lehigh's seem to work the best on game off everything I have tried subsonic in 300blk. pitty the cost of them makes practice etc overly expensive

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Same here the lehigh's are the best killers I have used and very expensive on target trajectory validation. It's a shame we don't have more hunting subsonic projectiles to choose from like the guys do in the USA.

i gave up on trying to get subsonic cast bullets to expand, they will but its erratic, better to go for a large flatpoint with carefull bullet placement . . . if i come across a must have animal, a soft lead bullet at 1600fps absolutely nails them.

as far as bullet weight goes i have found the lighter 150-170s bullets do about as well in my tests for penetration as the heavier 200s . . . but that was at or inside 100yds . . once the range moves out i prefer the longer heavier for calibre bullets for the longer shots out to +200yd on animals, the further you go out the more pronounced the advantage to the heavy weights, at these lower power levels any advantage is worth having, i want over penetration, a thru n thru shot taking out the clockwork is my ideal . . . for range work i have found with my 2 sub rifles the heavys are a little more consistant / accurate ( wind permitting ) out to 300-400yds on steel plates at around 1.5MOA shooting over my day bag . . your rifles mybe different

i have no experience with the exotic and expensive varietys especially made for subs . . but they sure look the business

This was recovered from a sheep shot at 40 metres .308 8.0 grains Trail Boss 151HP recovered weight 112.4 Grains,
Have another one recovered from a Sika hind at 50 metres recovered weight 143.0 grains looks the same, expansion .430"

Right. Found a new ruger 300aac for 850, thinking I might throw this vx3i 1-5 on it.

Any other recommendations for a bush pig rifle wise?

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Originally Posted by Timmay

Right. Found a new ruger 300aac for 850, thinking I might throw this vx3i 1-5 on it.

Any other recommendations for a bush pig rifle wise?

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for the scope - put one of those CDS type elevation dials on . . .. back to custom shop for a mildot reticle.