Is the 150gr bullet the ultimate weight for a hunting bullet out of a 308win

[vpsalin]

130gr TTSX, good for deer or moose.

I believe you, just wondering if you have first hand experience with the moose part? I also shoot this load for deer.

 

[emerson]

For dropping deer in their tracks I've had the best luck using the 06 with 150 gr Remington core lokts. After getting this rifle I only shot 3 deer using the core lokts before I started reloading. They were about 125 yds, 150 yds and a little over 200 yds and not one took a step after hitting them. When starting to reload I used 165 gr Hornady SST's. I shot 1 buck with him at a distance of 15 yds (double lung shot) and he dropped right there,although it was a small exit hole. I put it off at being so close as to why the bullet didn't open. I then went to 150 gr ssts. I hit 2 bucks with them. First was about 150 yds and body wise the biggest buck I had ever shot. We trailed him for 500-600 yds with next to no blood trail on to neighbors property and did find although so had the neighbor and he claimed he had shot him. Looking at the buck before letting the neighbor take him (decided not to argue over a tough old buck) the sst never opened at all and pencil holed through. The next year I shot another buck about 100 yds and tracked another sparse blood trail for about 400 yds before finding him with another pencil hole entry and exit hole.
After that I pulled the SST's from 3 boxes of loaded ammo and will never use again. Don't know if I just got a bad batch or what but my experience with Hornady SST's was very bad. I've now went to a 150 gr soft point lead. Unfortunately due to medical problems I haven't been able to hunt the last 2 years so can't give any comments on them.

I'm trying to remember if I've used 150SST out of my '06 for any lung shots. I hit a medium black bear with one on the shoulder; explosion.

 

[Gatehouse]

I believe you, just wondering if you have first hand experience with the moose part? I also shoot this load for deer.

No, I don't hunt with a .308, actually. But I've killed big black bears and deer with 130gr TTSX from a 300WSM. PGK uses them in his 300 Savage for moose, caribou etc and he's posted lots of pics on here. 130 gr bullets from the .270 have killed lots of moose. And when I've done penetration tests with the 130gr TTSX they peform similarly to 180gr Nosler Partitions. So I would feel just fine pointing a 130gr TTSX at a moose.

 

[vpsalin]

That's confidence inspiring for my handloads. Thanks

 

[BigUglyMan]

Of course it is.

Next questch...

 

[legi0n]

what's noisier from a 16" barrel: a heavier bullet or a lighter one?

 

[Gatehouse]

what's noisier from a 16" barrel: a heavier bullet or a lighter one?

Guns are loud

 

[legi0n]

 

[emerson]

what's noisier from a 16" barrel: a heavier bullet or a lighter one?

What does the colour green taste like? Well it depends, green beer? Green lettuce? Green icing? Is it a 16" barreled 38 special shooting 120gr lead? Or a 16" barrelled 338LM shooting a 285gr AMAX? Generally more power means louder, although any centerfire shot without hearing protection leads to a quiet life.

 

[Brian46]

Is the 150gr bullet the ultimate weight for a hunting bullet out of a 308win

no.

 

[legi0n]

What does the colour green taste like? Well it depends, green beer? Green lettuce? Green icing? Is it a 16" barreled 38 special shooting 120gr lead? Or a 16" barrelled 338LM shooting a 285gr AMAX? Generally more power means louder, although any centerfire shot without hearing protection leads to a quiet life.

we're talking about 308Win in this thread aren't we mr. lettuce drinker?

 

[emerson]

we're talking about 308Win in this thread aren't we mr. lettuce drinker?

Well, you are right. Factory ammo? Brand name?Reloads? Powder? Like I said already, more power is generally louder. Your question is non specific. If you want a useful result how about you buy some ammo, shoot it tomorrow, and tell us the results of your scientific testing.

 

[legi0n]

When using the same powder, primer and case, the lighter bullet requires more powder and therefore there's more gas to vent.
But the heavier bullet has more inertia so it "holds" a higher pressure behind.
I'd like to know which makes more noise.
I don't have the equipment to measure loudness so I ask here, perhaps someone knows the answer.

 

[Gatehouse]

I would think that a lighter, faster moving bullet with more powder behind it would be louder, but I'll go back to my original answer- guns are loud.

The reason for that answer is that regardless of which one is louder, they are both loud enough to damage your ears and you probably can't tell the diference without real decibel measuring gear. Bit you might try a decibel meter app on your phone, it might be interesting.