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<blockquote data-quote="Ksmirk" data-source="post: 1422965" data-attributes="member: 880"><p>Out to say 300 yards about any bullet will work well in the hunting bullets you just have to remember that there are many more folks shooting deer at 50 to 150 yards than guys shooting them at 500 or more so the bullet manufactures are not going to build a hunting bullet just for the 10% of folks that hunt at long range.</p><p></p><p>I will agree that the target bullets at close range out to 300 or at least the A-Max bullets do tend to really cause heavy devistation to deer! my 284 Win is pushing the 162's HARD and you may as well figure that a 12" circle around where the bullet impacts is going to be ruined so NO neck shots! don't ask me how I know it wasn't pretty. I know what the books say about target bullets as I do quite a bit of research on bullets, powder, ballistics cause well I'm just anal but I have yet to have a A-Max OR SMK not pass thru a deer in Oklahoma and I'm not braggin' but this number is well over 30 deer harvested.</p><p></p><p>The target bullet debate is a sticky one to say the least but there are a handful of us guys that shoot deer at ranges that most find stupid or something that can't be done but we are the ones that shoot many rounds, practice our shots, know what we and our firearms can and can't do, I'm not saying it's a just cause I can do it and you can't thing cause with much practice anyone that wants to shoot LR can you just have to study and lots of trigger time out in the field. </p><p></p><p>I have been shooting LR since I built my first rifle in 1997 and a 600 yard shot is still on the edge of what I feel my abilities can perform, I don't have the time to practice near as much as I feel I need to make these shots 100% of the time so right now I have made this my max range, hopefully this summer if things go well I can get back out and get more practice so I can get out to 800 yards but if I can't keep em' in that 6" plate then I'll not take that shot.</p><p></p><p>Mo, glad that made sense and can see where my use of target bullets is coming from. D&T is right about the tech at Hornady stating the A-Max is becoming one of the most used bullets in LR hunting, as much as I shoot and my income just doesn't allow me to purchase and shoot the volume of Berger bullets. Later,</p><p></p><p>Kirk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ksmirk, post: 1422965, member: 880"] Out to say 300 yards about any bullet will work well in the hunting bullets you just have to remember that there are many more folks shooting deer at 50 to 150 yards than guys shooting them at 500 or more so the bullet manufactures are not going to build a hunting bullet just for the 10% of folks that hunt at long range. I will agree that the target bullets at close range out to 300 or at least the A-Max bullets do tend to really cause heavy devistation to deer! my 284 Win is pushing the 162's HARD and you may as well figure that a 12" circle around where the bullet impacts is going to be ruined so NO neck shots! don't ask me how I know it wasn't pretty. I know what the books say about target bullets as I do quite a bit of research on bullets, powder, ballistics cause well I'm just anal but I have yet to have a A-Max OR SMK not pass thru a deer in Oklahoma and I'm not braggin' but this number is well over 30 deer harvested. The target bullet debate is a sticky one to say the least but there are a handful of us guys that shoot deer at ranges that most find stupid or something that can't be done but we are the ones that shoot many rounds, practice our shots, know what we and our firearms can and can't do, I'm not saying it's a just cause I can do it and you can't thing cause with much practice anyone that wants to shoot LR can you just have to study and lots of trigger time out in the field. I have been shooting LR since I built my first rifle in 1997 and a 600 yard shot is still on the edge of what I feel my abilities can perform, I don't have the time to practice near as much as I feel I need to make these shots 100% of the time so right now I have made this my max range, hopefully this summer if things go well I can get back out and get more practice so I can get out to 800 yards but if I can't keep em' in that 6" plate then I'll not take that shot. Mo, glad that made sense and can see where my use of target bullets is coming from. D&T is right about the tech at Hornady stating the A-Max is becoming one of the most used bullets in LR hunting, as much as I shoot and my income just doesn't allow me to purchase and shoot the volume of Berger bullets. Later, Kirk [/QUOTE]
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