If you make the question 125 yds, I'd vote for the 44 Mag. Past that range I'd want a bottleneck cartridge and with one of them I'd want a longer tube. I've never owned or even shot one, but I'd say the 30 Herret was designed to meet your criteria.
Posts: 1230 | Location: Saugerties, New York | Registered: 12 March 2002
For that criteria, the .30 Herrett it about as perfect as one can get, but then again, the .357 Max and 7mm TCU are right on its heels as far as deer-dropping performance is concerned.
I've used all 3 and like them a lot, but if I were going to be getting a 10" today for the situation you describe, I'd go with the 7mm Bullberry, which has just a tad more capacity than the TCU. It's basically a 7mm Int'l rimmed cut back to 1.75", blown out to minimum body taper and given a sharper shoulder. But you don't have to form/trim brass the old-fashioned way. Just buy 7US brass from Eben Brown, and fireform to blow the shoulder forward.
I have a 7Bullberry in a 20" tube, and it does 2500+ with both 120s and 130s and is amazingly accurate.
Posts: 9454 | Location: Shiner TX USA | Registered: 19 March 2002
I must conclude with Greg K that the 44mag is excellent and hard to surpass for this purpose. Scoped properly, with a good rest and steady shot, it is good for quite a ways, even to 150 with the right loads and a knowledge of it's trajectory: 125 yards is no trouble!
With open sights, 100 yards (80 more often) is not undoable
Posts: 830 | Location: Virginia, USA | Registered: 08 March 2002
The 300 Whisper has worked well for me. So far I have taken 1 Deer & 1 Boar with it. The two animals dropped in thier tracks.
The boar was about a 40-45 yard shot. The deer was at about 15 yards. I would like to try it a little further out & see it's results. The claim is the 300 whisper is good out to 200 Yards. I'd like to see it's results first hand beyond 75 for myself. Rich Jake
Posts: 1213 | Location: Middletown NY USA | Registered: 11 March 2002
quote:Originally posted by Sean HHI #7364: I must conclude with Greg K that the 44mag is excellent and hard to surpass for this purpose. Scoped properly, with a good rest and steady shot, it is good for quite a ways, even to 150 with the right loads and a knowledge of it's trajectory: 125 yards is no trouble!
With open sights, 100 yards (80 more often) is not undoable
It is when ya can't see the front sight. My eyes are gettin worse every day. I only had my shorty out one time when I had the fiber optic sights on it. I have since installed a 2x Leupold on it, but haven't tried it out. I'm waiting on a little cooler then a 100 degree weekend to start working up loads for it and the DVH 358x444.
Because of the terrain I hunt none of the deer have been over 100yds but I'd not be the least hesitant to fling lead at one at 150yds. or so "with a dead solid rest" if the oportunity presented itself....I'm using Hornady 120gr SSP's over a stout charge of IMR4895.
I also picked up a new unfired blue ten inch TC factory Contender barrel in 300 Whisper late last fall, that I've yet found time to fire, that will be my next ten inch deer barrel.
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