bleedinblu05
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Hi guys,
I've been reading this forum for a while and decided to post finally as I had a weird occurrence and could use some insight. Shot a buck Friday afternoon at 275 yards with my .308. I don't reload, so I've been shooting 165 Accubond Nosler Custom Ammo. I was more than happy with the result of the shot. The buck walked around a bit, never bucked so I shot again, and he continued walking around, then laid down within 10 yards of where I shot him.
Here en-lies my quandary. They were lung shots, I was certain after gutting him, but there was no exit hole and I did not find the bullets. I'm not complaining, because the bullet did what it was supposed to do (kill the deer), but it got me thinking. Is the 165 grain accubond to much bullet to expand properly at those distances at .308 velocities (roughly 2850 at the muzzle according to nossler). Would I be better off shooting the 150 grain? Or mabye would I be better of with ballistic tips or sst's (never been a fan because of the "blow up" reputation that they have but reading on here recently I've starting second guessing if that is really the case). Or was this just an instance that the accubond didn't exit but ultimately got the job done anyway. For what its worth if it helps my gun is a Winchester Model 70 featherweight, free floated, glass bedded witha 1:12 twist.
Thanks for any insight and sorry about the long post.
I've been reading this forum for a while and decided to post finally as I had a weird occurrence and could use some insight. Shot a buck Friday afternoon at 275 yards with my .308. I don't reload, so I've been shooting 165 Accubond Nosler Custom Ammo. I was more than happy with the result of the shot. The buck walked around a bit, never bucked so I shot again, and he continued walking around, then laid down within 10 yards of where I shot him.
Here en-lies my quandary. They were lung shots, I was certain after gutting him, but there was no exit hole and I did not find the bullets. I'm not complaining, because the bullet did what it was supposed to do (kill the deer), but it got me thinking. Is the 165 grain accubond to much bullet to expand properly at those distances at .308 velocities (roughly 2850 at the muzzle according to nossler). Would I be better off shooting the 150 grain? Or mabye would I be better of with ballistic tips or sst's (never been a fan because of the "blow up" reputation that they have but reading on here recently I've starting second guessing if that is really the case). Or was this just an instance that the accubond didn't exit but ultimately got the job done anyway. For what its worth if it helps my gun is a Winchester Model 70 featherweight, free floated, glass bedded witha 1:12 twist.
Thanks for any insight and sorry about the long post.