First post, but been reading the forum for a few months now (shortly after I put together my 7.5" 300 pistol). Been reloading for about 20yrs now. All loads worked up and verified safe in my gun, as always start low.
I wanted a light, short range in the woods whitetail gun. My primary bolt gun is way too long and heavy for walking around. The following are three loads I've worked up, and wanted opinions on what you would go with. Max range 100yds, deer size 200lbs dressed.
Sig brass and rem 7.5 for all.
Barnes 110 black tip at 2060fps
19.8gr H110
2.25oal
Hornady 125sst at 1982fps
19gr H110
2.125oal
Speer 150 gold dot at 1875fps
23.2gr CFE BLK
2.24oal
All have grouped very well, and the gold dot load is close to half MOA. I'm just running a Sig Romeo red dot and am keeping everything under 100yds so pinpoint accuracy isn't required.
So, which load would you run for whitetail?
Which handload would you pick?
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Re: Which handload would you pick?
The 110 black tip and the 125 SST have both been proven to work very well in field testing. If I had to choose, I would go with the 110 black tip because of the extra velocity. Not sure but the 110 probably has a little better expansion as well.
Re: Which handload would you pick?
I have killed 5 deer and a bunch of hogs with the 125 gr SST. all but one were one shot kills. my load is 18.3 grs of H-110/W-296. it is my go to bullet for Black Out hunting. they chrono around 2170 fps in 16" bbl.
recently I have my Mini 14 sighted in for the 150 gr. Gold Dot. my load for the 150 is 17.7 gr of H-110.they chrono around 1950 fps. they shoot real tight out of the Mini but I haven't killed anything with them yet.
recently I have my Mini 14 sighted in for the 150 gr. Gold Dot. my load for the 150 is 17.7 gr of H-110.they chrono around 1950 fps. they shoot real tight out of the Mini but I haven't killed anything with them yet.
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Re: Which handload would you pick?
I know the black tips are the tried and true, but the 150's look promising from what I've seen from dellet.
Re: Which handload would you pick?
Yes they will ethically kill a paper target but how do they perform on a live animal? Don't think I would be shooting 200# deer until I saw expansion testing and use on smaller game first.Gordo wrote:I know the black tips are the tried and true, but the 150's look promising from what I've seen from dellet.
Re: Which handload would you pick?
dellet did it smus. You may not have seen it but it worked just like a gold dot should have. The problem the OP has to figure out is that with a MV of 1875 and a short barrel, range is limited. Stated 100 yard limit and that's where I would stay under. Can't exactly remember what dellet downloaded that to for his expansion test , not enough coffee in me yet.smustian wrote:Yes they will ethically kill a paper target but how do they perform on a live animal? Don't think I would be shooting 200# deer until I saw expansion testing and use on smaller game first.Gordo wrote:I know the black tips are the tried and true, but the 150's look promising from what I've seen from dellet.
It's a great bullet. You are pistol hunting basically so treat it as such.
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Re: Which handload would you pick?
Barnes 110gr black tip
Re: Which handload would you pick?
He had double diameter expansion at 1700fps. 100yds would be about impossible where I plan on hunting with this. It'll all be under that. I know the cartridge, along with the platform I'm using it in has its restrictions. The field is what the win mag is for, not the blackout pistol.rebel wrote:dellet did it smus. You may not have seen it but it worked just like a gold dot should have. The problem the OP has to figure out is that with a MV of 1875 and a short barrel, range is limited. Stated 100 yard limit and that's where I would stay under. Can't exactly remember what dellet downloaded that to for his expansion test , not enough coffee in me yet.smustian wrote:Yes they will ethically kill a paper target but how do they perform on a live animal? Don't think I would be shooting 200# deer until I saw expansion testing and use on smaller game first.Gordo wrote:I know the black tips are the tried and true, but the 150's look promising from what I've seen from dellet.
It's a great bullet. You are pistol hunting basically so treat it as such.
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Re: Which handload would you pick?
cross the SST off the list. at 1982 fps, your 100 yd impact velocity is going to be at or below minimum expansion velocity for the bullet so performance could be limited or even end up acting like a FMJ and just icepick thru
if you can find a powder that gets you a little more velocity they should work just fine for you, but i'd suggest looking for something in the 2100 fps range to reach 100 yds with them.
HTH
if you can find a powder that gets you a little more velocity they should work just fine for you, but i'd suggest looking for something in the 2100 fps range to reach 100 yds with them.
HTH
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