Why use a target bullet when this very company, Nosler, makes the excellent Partition bullet? That being said, I could see using a target bullet of 308 cal on small creatures such as headshots on prarie dogs if one wanted to practice their "sniping" skills. The projectile size to target specie...
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A good shot? Yes. A responsible shot? No. If that elk had taken one step he would have clipped it in the guts. With a wounded animal a near 1/2 mile away he would have been hard pressed to find it. He is a great marksman, but a poor hunter in my opinion. I don't offer that opinion...
On opening day I drilled a buck with my Swede Mauser with an offhand shot at about 130 yds and he dropped right there. I used a 140 grain partition pushed by a healthy dose of IMR 4831. The load chronos at 2584. The terminal effect on the deer was phenomenal. This was the first animal I have...
I've developed a load in my 8mm Turkish Mauser that I guess may be getting 2500 fps (I don't have a chronograph). Is this fast enough for this bullet to properly expand on whitetail deer at ranges less than 100 yds?