Did anyone use or try Sierra RN bullets at hunt? I plan to use the 220 g. with my BAR .300 Win. They are very accurate on target.... Thanks.

Used a sierra 220 rn out of a 30-06 on an elk at 150 yards. perfect performance and it exited (broadside).

They don't have the B.C. of a spire point, but at reasonable range they provide excellant expansion. I have read that out to 200 yards they work fine, but after that they shed too much velocity, and expansion gets a little dicey. I use them in my 30-30, 303 british, and 7.62x54r.

Good luck and good shooting

My Father and I tried 220s' when I was first starting to hunt.( not sure of make) We were using '06s and my Dad shot several holes through a good size bull elk with them. The results were the worst! They passed through without causing enough damage. They apparently didn't expand and the result was having a hole in the snow with hair and pink blood around it but the bull didn't bleed out,and walked off with a bunch of other elk and his tracks were indistinquishable from the others. He was found days later and his head had been taken off. Apparently the layer of fat under the skin sealed off the small hole, preventing a good blood trail.
This unfortunate story is to real and because of it I don't really recommend them unless they are pushed at a higher velocity. In your case they may be perfect. I would say you should find out what velocity range they are designed for and consider this as the deciding factor. Why not a 200gr. that will yield a high velocity and open up for sure? My Dad actually has gone to the 190gr. almost exclusivly in the '06 for deer and elk. He recently got a 300 WM and then won a .338 WM at a RMEF dinner. Wonder what he'll choose now?

I shot a big wild boar running away from me, the distance was 120/130 metres aprox.
I was using sierra round noses 150 grains at 2.700 fps (aprox.) from a 308 winchester.
After the shot the pig run 10 metres more and went down.
The bullet went from behind the stomach all the way trough the animal body and ended in the chest near the opposite front leg.
For that kind of distances use it with confidence.
LG

Agreeing with BigNate...ever since 200-grain bullets became available in .308", there has really been no reason for the 220-grainer in the .30-06. It's just a bit too heavy for the old -06, I think.

RSY

Strange, but RN bullets of any design seldom fail, they are sure killers in the heavy for caliber weights and at velocities that don't test the integrity of bullets..

I have always liked big round nose bullets.

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Ray Atkinson

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Gentlemen, I use round nose bullets for close range hunting, 180s rather that 220s though. 180s at medium speed are better than 150s because they hold together better (don't use or need premiums), and round nose because they allow shorter overall length (they have to fit into a short magazine). Accuracy with Hornady bullets is very good.

Depends on what your shooting at I guess, but 220s seem excessive.