I used full power loads. I called Barnes to see if their bullets would expand reliably at subsonic speeds, around 1030, and they said no. I wasn't confident about shooting an animal, especially a deer, with subsonic ammo anyway.
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Lehigh defense. They are expensive, but their maximum expansion subsonic .300blk opens to about two inches. Its about $2.00 a round, but that's really not bad for hunting ammo.Comment
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300blk lee mold neck or shoulder shots and ya let me upload my phone pics, no exits on any of them but drt.
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Pure lead? Concerned with lead inside your can? Getting any expansion from the bullet?Originally posted by GTXHUNTER88 View Post
Ive got a H&R 357 cut to 16". Loading with 5.0 grains of titegroup and a 180 grn XTP. Through an Osprey9. Its accurate and Hollywood quiet but nervous about taking body shots with it.
They don't take a step. Only take good shots and its like cutting the head off a chicken.
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"Hear's" an interesting sound test, pun intended.
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I wonder if they recovered that hog? [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]
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When hunting I use supers with my suppressor.
I shot a hog on Tuesday, had deer that didn't even lift their head when shooting on the opposite sendero and within 2-3 minutes had some new deer walk out within 25-50 yards of where the hog was shot.
Subs are fun to play with, but in a hunting situation supers make the most sense to me.Comment
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^^^^ this exactly! Subsonic ammo is fun to plink with but using supersonic ammo while hunting is really the only option for me. Not interested in chasing after a wounded animal due to lack of bullet expansion. I've shot many deer with supersonic rounds only to have many of the animals barely lift their heads to check out what happened or some might scatter off a little but come back in shortly after the shot. I'm sure there are a few who have had success with subsonic ammo on animals but there's just no real good reason for me to hunt with it in my opinion.Originally posted by stxhunter View PostComment
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In the neck with subsonic ammo drops them in their tracksComment
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I've shot a bunch of deer with 168 grain A-Max subs in 308. They have punched through every deer and hog, but do not expand at all. Small entry and exit holes. Internal damage is the same as any other bullet. I have kept shots to 125 yards or less, and range every shot before it's taken. (There IS a difference between a 75 yard and a 95 yard shot when it comes to trajectory.) All shots have been shoulder or behind shoulder. No neck or head shots.
That being said, most of the time I shoot regular ammo so I don't have to worry about range.Comment
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I use sub-sonic for my finishing gun.
In the day light I use a 10" Ruger ranch rifle with either 170 or 194 grain Leghigh defense .300AAC
In the night I use a internally suppressed .44 mag with a 280 grain swift a frame bullet.
I have shot 50 or 70 animals with these two guns in the last 5 years and never lost one that I hit with either.
If I was going to go hunting I would not pick a sub sonic over a super sonic but there is no doubt in my mind that any animal I shoot in the lungs with either gun is done for.
I killed a couple of dozen with a .45 LC revolver before my eyes got bad.
The was a 225 bullet leaving the gun at 800 fps
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