If you had to choose between these 3 bullets which would it be? It will be a hunting bullet, but with the most accuracy you can get and reputable. The choices are: 1. Speer Spitzer SP (flat base), 2. Sierra Spitzer (flat base) 3. Hornady SP. (flat base). There you go, let me know which you would choose and what kind of experience you have had with these.

Hunting what,`yotes`, deer, elk, bear??

I like Hornadies for deer, but I`ve have good luck with the others on them also.

Sierras have been more accurate for me at .230 but they separate too bad in the deer. I switched to Barnes TSX and and shoot .375 but they kill better don't leave pieces of bullet in the meat.
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Making the assumtion that you're after deer and at least a.277 caliber I would choose the hornady first, sierra second and speer last.I have shot far more deer with hornady than sierra and only one with a speer. They all worked on deer.

I'm a die hard Hornady fan for lighter big game...deer size animals.

My loading bench is surprisingly lacking in green boxes....but a few Speer bullets are there and I'd say that between speer and Hornady about 95% of the bullets are theirs.

Others usually are A-Frames, Northforks, Woodleighs.....

What's a Sierra???

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Originally posted by Pathfinder:
Making the assumtion that you're after deer and at least a.277 caliber I would choose the hornady first, sierra second and speer last.I have shot far more deer with hornady than sierra and only one with a speer. They all worked on deer.

Some may have a preference but kinda like Pathfinder says "They all worked on deer". I If your hunting deer and using a 270 or bigger, I doubt you'll be able to tell the difference. About the only thing I can add is that in my 270 I prefer to use the 150 Sierra over the 130s.

I've loaded and tested the 140 Grn Sierra's, 140 Grn Hdy's, and 145 Grn Speer's and they all shoot sub MOA in my 7mm-08 out to 200 Yds; however, the 145 Grn Speer (HotCor) spire points are going to the woods with me this Saturday!

I kind of like the little additional weight of the Speers and I think (hope) the HotCor's will hold together a little better than the Sierra's or Hdy's. Also, the trajectory of the 145 grn Speers matched the closest to my Burris Ballistic Plex reticle aim point trajectories.

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I have killed deer with all 3 brands of those bullets. As far as terminal performance I have not seen a great deal of difference between them. They all work great.

Whatever shoots best in your rifle, I dought you'll see a signifigant difference in performance between them. If you're using enough bullet for the task at hand that is, and not driving them too fast. Me thinks conventional cup/core bullets are at their best when muzzle velocities do not exceed 2700 fps

Totally depends on caliber, weight and velocity.

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Originally posted by ricciardelli:
Totally depends on caliber, weight and velocity.

...and the animal hunted.

I have never shot the Hornady flat based spitzers so I cannot say. They sure are popular though here. I've had better accuracy with the speer. Sierra would be my last choice.

Bearbuck,

Hornady is my de facto choice for hunting, but I would like to ask what caliber you are shooting and what you are shooting.

jim

Shooting a 308win. in 22 inch barrel and 1 in 10" twist. Bolt action. Thanks

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What's a Sierra???

Vapodog,

You got to have green boxes if your into target shooting, those and a liberal does of Nosler Match bullets, but the Nosler's are Johnny come lately so to speak. I admit they aren't my favorite medium and big game bullets but I wouldn't pass on a deer if I only had gamekings loaded. ( Isn't going to happen, I haven't actually bought a box of gamekings in years). Three of my alltime favorite match bullets 168 gr and 190 Matchkings in 30 cal, and the 300 gr 338 matchking this are awesome bullets, crap to hunt with but boy they ring the dong on a target range. The other Sierra bullet that is awesome is my old stash of 87 gr boatails in 25 cal ( discontinued ).

Bearbuck,

I shoot Hornady's they are good range bullets and keep my ammo costs down, I prefer better bullets for hunting though. I am particulaly lukewarm on 30 cal Hornady bullets. Of your choices I would pick the Sierra Gameking flat base. Second would be the Speer, and last would be the Hornady. Before I would use any of the I would first try Nosler Partion 165 gr, and if the cost of these is too high use the try the ballistic tip Noslers these are equal accuracy to the Sierra's.

The Hornady spitzer hands down! Every deer me, my father, and brother have taken in the last 7-8 years are with a Hornady (including mine this week!!). Never any problem with accuracy or performance at all.

The .308 operates at a velocity that doesn't screw up bullet performance.....your good old standard bullets will work fine...choose the most accurate....but I am a hornady fan when it comes to standard bullets.....they usually shoot great for me.

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Originally posted by ricciardelli:
Totally depends on caliber, weight and velocity.

Absolutely correct!

A good bullet for the 3006 is the Brenneke TOG because it works very good on deer and is very accurate.

But it is extremly expensive!

I have used Hornady, Sierra, Speer, Lapua, RWS, Remington, Winchester, MHG Bullet and a few others and in relative terms, as long as a suitable bullet/cartridge/gun combination in relation to the animal being hunted is used the animal in question will never know the difference.

I would see what shoots best in your particular rifle and as long as it's suitable for the purpose you intend to use it for, run with it.

Take three deer and shoot them with a 150 grain .30 caliber bullet loaded to the same velocity, fired from the same gun, with the only difference being the make of bullet and I doubt that anyone could tell you which bullet was which based upon the wound profile.