V-max for deer?

M

MailleMas

Regular
EE Expired
Rating - 100%
2   0   0
Location
Swift Current, SK
I have a bunch of 110gr V-max still loaded up for my .270 and was wondering what the common opinion would be for using them on whitetail. No shot over 150-200 yards.
I do have a .303 I could use, and I don't shoot it too badly (3" groups @ 100 yards over the truck box to a pizza box -- not the most precise measure but it'll do in a pinch).
This will be my first deer, so no hero shots. I was thinking the scope on the .270 might make it the better choice between the two.
 
I wouldn't. v-max bullets could make a rather large surface wound but the deer may still get away and live or die during a long period of agony and suffering leaving you with many sleepless nights asking yourself why? why? oh why did i use those v-max bullets.
 
maybe ok on a neck shot.....Id rather not try. why not pick up a box of vanilla 130's if dont' have any to load, if you can find a Canadian Tire you are ready to go. A scoped 270 would be miles ahead in my choices before I would look at an iron sighted 303 unless in the thick stuff (not that it cant do the job in open at reasonable distances).
 
broadside lung shot through the ribs would be lights out. Accidently hit the shoulder and you run a big risk of losing your buck
 
todbartell said:
broadside lung shot through the ribs would be lights out. Accidently hit the shoulder and you run a big risk of losing your buck
Click to expand...

Agreed.

BTW, MailleMas, What is your grandparent's last name? I was hunting around Bashaw a lot this year, hardly saw any deer. Kind of strange. Do your grandparent's know the Sandbergs, by any chance?
 
I read an article in one of the on-line magazines where the author did up some handloads with 95gr V-MAX bullets for his 6.5x55, spefically for hunting deer at long range. Apparently he absolutely loved the ballistics, which e described as similar to a 22-250 and found the worked great at long range. I believe his basic premise was that at 400+ yards, normal big game bullets would be moving to slow to expand, but these varmint bullets would expand in a manner much like a normal big game bullet at higher velocities. Apparently it all worked out as he thought it would.

I've been toying with the idea of using V-MAX;s on broadside shots for black bear and caribou as I've heard from fellows using similar bullets that on shots like that, using lightly constructed bullets going very fast drop game right in their tracks.

It would be interesting for anyone trying it to post results...
 
I've fired .22 and 6mm, 'delicate' bullets at high velocities and they are fantastic on gophers. If you miss, they pretty much self destruct. It doesn't take much to make them come apart and I certainly wouldn't want to see one splash on the hide of a deer. The thought alone of seeing one run off with such a horrible wound should be enough to convince anyone not to do it.
 
pharaoh2 said:
The thought alone of seeing one run off with such a horrible wound should be enough to convince anyone not to do it.
Click to expand...

This in itself should convince any ethical hunter to chose a better projectile.
V in V-Max is for varmint, keep it that way. I have had coyotes bugger off with a v max in em (20 gr in a 17 Rem.) they come apart like the liberal caucas in a free vote. Stay away from them in big game situations.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom