ballistic silver tips for hunting?

[sundance1972]

was wondering if anyone has used the 180 gr c/t ballistic silver tips for mule deer/moose hunting. looks good on paper with my 300 weatherby (1" 3 shot group @ 100yrd ) but have heard a few complaints about jacket separation and serious fragmenting. any info would be greatly appreciated, thanks

 

[PerversPépère]

Winchester SilverTips sure are good bullets with moderate speed rounds but you'll need extra stiffness bullets for use in high-stepping magnums such as the 300 Weatherby.
Maybe one of the Accubond or Interbond bullets would do?
PP.

 

[b72471]

180 Bal Tips in 300 WHBY

In the 300 WHBY the 180 Bal Tip, regardless of which tip you use will cause a lot of meat damage as they tend to come apart, but they are accurate and good for punching paper. I have found the 200gr Nosler Partition to be a better choice. In this caliber you can load easily to 2900 MV. Bill

 

[Northman999]

Ballistic silvertips are fine for hunting overall, but you're going to have to watch your impact velocity with the 300 wby; you should check any bullet you use for it's rated impact velocity with fast shooters like yours. If you're going to be shooting medium to long range, they'll be fine, if you jump your moose at 50 yards, maybe not.

 

[BCboy]

In the 300 WHBY the 180 Bal Tip, regardless of which tip you use will cause a lot of meat damage

I dont get what you mean when you say "regardless of witch tip you use" are you refuring to all plastic tip bullets?

Nosler Balistic tips are different in construction from accubonds, horandy sst, swift etc ....... even barnes is adding the "Plastic Tip"

 

[todbartell]

if you were just hunting deer, I would say they'd be ok. Throw moose into the equation and the 180 grain Accubond would be the better choice. Less fragmentation and deeper penetration. Probably just as accurate too and price isn't a whole lot more

 

[King]

Hi.

Pics of 180g CT Ball. Silvertip .308 jacket recovered just under left shoulder skin of a 190pnd. W.tail deer. The shot went through both shoulders and the core of the bullet exited. The deer died instantly. Meat was OK.





300 Win Mag, 65g H4350. App. 2750fps.

 

[Joel]

They're one of my favourite bullets, I've shot them in 180 grain flavour from a 30-06 and 300 WM. They come apart inside the animal. Like King says, most of the lead slug seems to exit, almost all of the jacket stays in.

For moose I would prefer something better. I like Remmy Core Lokt just fine, but if I want to get spendy I shot one with Accubond, and it did a great job.

Photo perfect mushroom, woulda looked good on a magazine article. I have a pic around here somewhere.

 

[.338 Lapua]

I've used the 200 gr.BST in my .338 Lapua at 3300 fps. Ballistic Silver tips kill stuff dead ! My buddy uses the Winchester Supreme's in his 300 win mag and they dropped his bull in it's tracks. Yes the jacket might separate at magnum velocities at close range , but when the well placed shot of an accurate bullet has that moose dead on the ground, the bottom line is that the bullet worked ! Nothing against the bonded, and TSX bullets, Use them and like them too, But I think bullet contruction is more critical in smaller calibers than the large ones, and a 300 wby will put a moose to sleep with almost anything you push out the pipe. When a bullet gets a complete pass though, the energy it still retains is a complete waste. As for meat damage, I get as much or more meat damage from my 25-06 with a 117 gr. hornady, as I do with the .338 Lapua with the 200 gr. BST. To avoid any meat damage I guess your only options are to Hit Em In The Head............or become a Bowhunter.

Good Luck Hunting

 

[King]

Oups heres the pics.

Sorry.

 

[Mighty Peace]

Step up to the Accubonds in 180gr for you 300WBY. A far superior bullet for larger big game.

 

[Eagleye]

Step up to the Accubonds in 180gr for you 300WBY. A far superior bullet for larger big game.

Accubonds or Partitions are better choices in the 300 Weatherby. Eagleye.

 

[Republic of Alberta]

I heard the jacket makes up about 60% of the weight on those bullets. Even with the core gone you still have a fair bit of bullet left.

Still mabey not the very BEST choice out there for a 300WBy but I would use it if I had to.

 

[COREY]

Coworker of mine used the BST in 7mm Rem Mag on deer. He said that they dropped like the hand of God reached down and snuffed the life from them with a shot to the vitals; the vitals were torn up real bad. He did a shoulder shot that needed to be followed up a few years ago; the bullets broke the front shoulder and then blew up, but did not do enough damage for a quick kill.

I have a 150 grain load in my 30-06 that shoots well under 1/2" if I do my part, but i am not sure if I trust the bullet now; I switched to the Accubond now, but I am having some problems with accuracy (`2").

 

[sundance1972]

thanks for the help!!going to buy some 180 accubonds nxt week and start loading up some test rounds. been using 84gr rl22 with the silver tips and speer btsp and recently started testing imr7828. might just be me, but rl22 seems to group a little tighter with the 180gr bullets. now a friend says to try h4831.....gonna be broke before i'm happy with a load!!!anyone like to share some recipes for the 300wby??