Gentlemen:

Has anyone tried 125 gr .308 loads for deer sized game? I purchased a box of CorBons in the aforementioned size and am curious if anyone else has tried them. The bullets are JHP @ 3150 fps.

Thanks,

Bob

Bob.

l don't use the .308...but....A good pal' uses one as part of his job to cull roughly 200 Roe deer a year for the Forestry Commision. l think his rounds are 123grn Sako SP, and he says they shoot like a .100grn .243 out to 300yrds and have about the same effect on impact.

As you chaps say...Yotes,Goats and anything reasonable should be ok...

Regards.

Dave.
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My gunsmith uses them on crop permits. Drops the deer quickly but you'll lose some shoulder meat. He hasn't lost a deer while shooting this bullet yet.

I have used the Sierra 125 with a stiff dose of W-748. Works really well. They start running out of gas at around 350 yds. Wind also has more influence on accuracy.

I would suggest to use whatever bullet is most accurate in your rifle.

Accuracy kills. High velocity numbers influence friend and forums.

Thanks guys.

I played with round the other day, and it shoots about 1" in my W'by.

Best,

Bob

my sister in law and her two daughters shoot a Savage 99 in 300 Savage with 125 Nosler Ballistic Tips. Every year since 1990 three deer and two or three elk and a couple of antelope get killed with this load/rifle. No recoil to speak of, and they lung them to death. Hard to run when you are suffocating in your own blood.

Rich

Have used the 125gr. Nosler BT.in the 30-06 for Antelope and Deer,Haven't had A problem so far, that is with H-Varget for powder, and A fed 210 primer, load worked out to around 3100 FPS. in 22 in. BBL.

Use somewhere between 51.0 and 51.5 gr of WW 748 in Winchester brass. Use a Federal 210 primer. Velocity sould run around 3100 fps or a little better. I have yet to see a 308 that wouldn't shoot that load. I have tried it with the Sierra/Nosler/Speer 125 gr. bullets they all like it.

I have shot 5 deer with the Nosler 125 gr. Ballistic Tip. Three of them dropped in their tracks, the other two went about 15 yards and went down. The shots were from a close of 47 paces to a lasered 239 yards. Supriseingly all bullets exited. Even the close shot. All were double lung shots. I don't think I would try to drive any of the 125 gr. bullets through both shoulders of a big whitetail.

Having said that I prefer 150/165 gr class of bullets.

PaPa 260

I had a buddy who bought an '06 and found out he was recoil sensitive. I was using the .30 cal 125 Sierra for rapid fire in conventioal highpower and thought the bullet would work for deer with low recoil. I called Sierra and they said to keep the valocity below 2700fps and it would work fine. He's still shooting them, it's a bang-flop load with lung hits.

Been using that bullet weight for years in '06, .308win, and .30-30win to reduce recoil for youngsters and recoil sensitive shooters. The .30-30s have been T/C Contender Carbines. As others have said...Bang...Flop!

Thanks guys. I'm convinced.

Bob