Nosler 30 cal 165 Ballistic Tip

[GlenGill]

Is anyone using these for deer out of a 300 wsm or any other 30 cal. Just interested in performance on deer size game.

Thanks,

 

[inthehizzy]

Bang. Dead.

 

[dead meat]

No complaints using them in a 30-06 for deer.

 

[Warden70]

Explosive performance! Accurate out of most guns. DRT!!!

 

[156821]

I used 180grn out of my 300 win on a moose, deer, and mountain goat last fall. I didnt recover any of the bullets as they stayed together as they mushroomed and punched right through the far side. I was very pleased.

 

[Dunno]

I have loaded a 308 with them. Successfully taken 2 elk and several whitetail and a loooooong shot on a mule deer. The deer fell over right where they were hit. The elk both ran 50 yards then fell over. Can't ask for much better than that. I have not shot them in my 300 WSM at game, I use Partitions for it.

 

[WeakKnee]

I used some of the early B-tip .30 cal 180gr on whitetails at close range and found them too explosive, but I understand that Nosler has thickened the jacket since then to make them more controlled expanding. Would be worth a try again now. WK

 

[rral22]

With a .300 WSM I would use heavier bullets for long range. Trajectory is not everything, and can be easily "compensated" if you know your stuff. Actual delivered energy cannot be changed by the shooter, only by ballistics, and there is far more to ballistics than muzzle velocity. Paying too much attention to muzzle velocity is a beginner's mistake for long range hunting.

 

[Dogleg]

I loaded some for my 300 Wsm awhile back. The slightly higher velocity and slightly lower BC combines to give exactly the same trajectory as the 180s out to 500. In mine they shot about the same, and even had the same POI with the same sight setting. I was sort of marvelling how two bullets weights could shoot together so closely, then realized that I couldn't think of a single advantage. Just went to the 180s for everything and left it at that.