which .303 load would be best for deer hunting

[l.denison]

well i went to my local gun shop and was talking with the owner about .303 loads and he said he has access to five options that he could think of rate off hand, but im unsure which to go with, any advice would be appreciated, the options are:

Remington Core-Lokt 180G Soft Point
Federal Power-Shok 180G Speer Hot-Cor SP
Federal Power-Shok 150G Soft Point
Winchester Super-X 180G Power Point
Hornady 150G Interlock SP

If theres anything better thats not listed feel free to say so, I know you guys have more than likely had experince with one . . . or all of these!

 

[broncoo]

all will kill deer just as dead as the next one

 

[l.denison]

i also want to target shoot and use the same load for that

 

[Kernalvax]

Both the winchester super x and the federal 180s are good shooting rounds

if your into reloading, Hornady makes a nice 174g round nose bullet that shoots well too

 

[Baal]

if you want to target shoot, start loading your own.

 

[l.denison]

Re-loading is something i have looked at but at this time i'm not going to get into all that, i regularly take my .22's to the range for the day and before i leave take out the rifle for a half a dozen shots so im not going to be using a lot of shells for target shooting, jus want a accurate round that i can use for targets if i wanted to go for a day and shoot with the guys

 

[woolly]

i also want to target shoot and use the same load for that

Buy a box of each and see which shoots best in your rifle. Go with the most accurate.

 

[LeeEnfieldNo.4_mk1]

Buy a box of each and see which shoots best in your rifle. Go with the most accurate.

This. Every gun shoots different even if they are them same make, model and year.

 

[bigedp51]

For the short range deer hunting in central Pennsylvania you can't beat the Hornady Interlock bullets. The interlock really holds the bullet together even when fired into the dirt berm at our shooting range. And I also have never seen a core separation with the interlock in any caliber at the range or hunting.

The Hornady interlock works just as well as a Nosler partition bullet at half the price.

The Military Enfield rifle went through testing and trials periods and the rifle is tuned and regulated for the Mk.7 .303 cartridge. Once you switch from military ammunition to commercial ammunition you have no idea where the POI will be for the different brands of commercial ammo.

With the Mk.1 sight on the No.4 with Mk.7 ammo and with the sight in the down position (battle sight) the rifle is to shoot 6 inches high at 100 yards. And with the Mk.1 sight in the up position and set at 200 yards the rifle should be hitting 3 inches high at 100 yards with Mk.7 ammo.

So make sure your Enfield is bedded properly in the rear draws area and you have the proper "up pressure" at the fore end tip of the fore stock.

NOTE: The No.4 Enfield rifle has 2 to 7 pounds of up pressure required at the fore end tip and a stock Remington 700 has 3 to 9 pounds of up pressure at the fore end tip.