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300RUM with 180gr BTs?

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26 April 2003, 01:58
jethro
300RUM with 180gr BTs?
Are any of you guys using the 180gr Nosler BTs out of your 300RUM for hunting? I would like to try them, but I'm a little concerned about penetration on deer sized game at the 300-400 yd range. I'm using the Partitions now, but want to get a little better accuracy, which I hear the BTs might offer.
26 April 2003, 02:51
stubblejumper
I have taken four elk,two moose and one deer with the 180gr ballistic tip out of my 300ultramag.All bullets exited but one and that one was found under the skin on a large bull elk after it had passed through the chest and offside shoulder.Muzzle velocity in my rifle is 3375fps and ranges were from 80 to 377yards.
26 April 2003, 06:19
recoiljunky
I'm getting GREAT accuracy out of 180gn NBT with once fired brass and 82gn of IMR 4831. I don't have a chrony, and I haven't shot a critter with the load yet but I'm getting groups smaller than .5" at 100 meters.
26 April 2003, 13:18
sakofan
Nosler BT's, are the only bullet my 300RUM, wont shoot!!!
It shoots the Partition's much better....go figure.
Some people I know, have had problems w/ the BT'S on game, I dont know.
But, I would use the Partition anyway, and leave the BT alone......sakofan...