CWLONGSHOT
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Has anyone here traveled this road?
I bought a barrel four years back when I became disheartened with the 300 BO power past 100 yards hunting deer. I shot a fair sized buck walking slightly away @ a measured 160 yards with a 125 Sierra bullet launched at 2300 fps. The bullet struck right on the shoulder leg bone. The deers head was down. That durn bullet skipped off that bone!!!! Skidded forward exited then re entered the neck and thats where it stayed. Deer jumped and ran out of sight. I found a horrific blood trail about 60/75 yards and a very dead deer at its end. I assume the bullet had cut the jugular in the neck. But IT BOUNCED OFF the shoulder!!!!!!!! It DID NOT break that shoulder!!! Any how not pupuing the lil 300 its taken about 24 deer for three of us hunting with it since about 2011 ish. Its energy of sub 1500 muzzle really drove home (for me) the NEED for a minimum energy ON TARGET. I wanted to be able to make a 200 yard shot late season when the leaves are down in open timber. Largely hunting distances are closer to 50-75 many with times being half that. Under those conditions, The 300 has provided bang flops a dozen times. Im a fan of bullet diameter over speed. But wanted to hunt a MSR. Many calibers ta choose from but many that overlapped what I had in bolts and single shots. Surely I could just take a different gun but I wanted just a lol more then what the 300 could bring. This caught my eye and with just a barrel swap I had it.
IMHO, Factory ammo is too hot. They are possessed to do 3000 with a 87g because thats there claim ta fame. I tested all the bullets I had plus bought a few more for most of a year. EXCELLENT SUB MOA accuracy when it liked a combo! Took a deer with a 87 was not impressed. It surcomed fast enough, but shoulder shot didnt show much effect. A 90g Sierra HPBT proved faster but never exited on two more but one was bang flop and one didnt make a dozen steps. Then Hornady released the 110 FTX bullet for the 25/35. I was intrigued and quickly found that all powders I had used shot really well! AA2200 worked up to 2650 with that heavy!! It also shot touching groups @ 100 and right at 1-1.2 @ 200!
About a month later a 210# ten point walked a lil to close and I sent a FTX into the base of his neck. Devestating round. But it didnt make it out!! But he was beyond DRT. He was dead in mid air!!
oops wrong button
It might not of exited but it did hold together!! One more doe later on was lungs shot and a good quarter sized exit and fifty yard sprint was the result. Distance was about 140 yards.
I am re visiting this caliber as I bought a 6.5 Grendel that next summer and this has now become my go to.
Curious if anyone has shot owned and thoughts about it
CW
I bought a barrel four years back when I became disheartened with the 300 BO power past 100 yards hunting deer. I shot a fair sized buck walking slightly away @ a measured 160 yards with a 125 Sierra bullet launched at 2300 fps. The bullet struck right on the shoulder leg bone. The deers head was down. That durn bullet skipped off that bone!!!! Skidded forward exited then re entered the neck and thats where it stayed. Deer jumped and ran out of sight. I found a horrific blood trail about 60/75 yards and a very dead deer at its end. I assume the bullet had cut the jugular in the neck. But IT BOUNCED OFF the shoulder!!!!!!!! It DID NOT break that shoulder!!! Any how not pupuing the lil 300 its taken about 24 deer for three of us hunting with it since about 2011 ish. Its energy of sub 1500 muzzle really drove home (for me) the NEED for a minimum energy ON TARGET. I wanted to be able to make a 200 yard shot late season when the leaves are down in open timber. Largely hunting distances are closer to 50-75 many with times being half that. Under those conditions, The 300 has provided bang flops a dozen times. Im a fan of bullet diameter over speed. But wanted to hunt a MSR. Many calibers ta choose from but many that overlapped what I had in bolts and single shots. Surely I could just take a different gun but I wanted just a lol more then what the 300 could bring. This caught my eye and with just a barrel swap I had it.
IMHO, Factory ammo is too hot. They are possessed to do 3000 with a 87g because thats there claim ta fame. I tested all the bullets I had plus bought a few more for most of a year. EXCELLENT SUB MOA accuracy when it liked a combo! Took a deer with a 87 was not impressed. It surcomed fast enough, but shoulder shot didnt show much effect. A 90g Sierra HPBT proved faster but never exited on two more but one was bang flop and one didnt make a dozen steps. Then Hornady released the 110 FTX bullet for the 25/35. I was intrigued and quickly found that all powders I had used shot really well! AA2200 worked up to 2650 with that heavy!! It also shot touching groups @ 100 and right at 1-1.2 @ 200!
About a month later a 210# ten point walked a lil to close and I sent a FTX into the base of his neck. Devestating round. But it didnt make it out!! But he was beyond DRT. He was dead in mid air!!
oops wrong button
It might not of exited but it did hold together!! One more doe later on was lungs shot and a good quarter sized exit and fifty yard sprint was the result. Distance was about 140 yards.
I am re visiting this caliber as I bought a 6.5 Grendel that next summer and this has now become my go to.
Curious if anyone has shot owned and thoughts about it
CW
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