30-06 125g Balistic Tip

Shot out of a 30-06 with 55.5g of Varget at an estimated 3200fps penetrated 4 jugs at 20 yds. The 125g 30 cal bullet weighed 62.1g and measured .678". It retained 49.6% of its original weight.

Very nice! That is pretty danged tough. Might have to give them a whirl. Scotty

That is pretty good for a BT.

Looks like a tough little bullet!

JD338

JD338":1n6kgewm said:

Looks like a tough little bullet!

JD338

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I am pretty sure the wifes 308 will get the 125gr BT's this year. They look like they came out much better than the 125gr Sierra PH did when I put them into jugs. Scotty

I have been using the 125 BT for a number of years on deer. Out of a 308 Win @ 3000 fps and 30X47 HBR @ 2850 fps rifles and @ 2670 fps in a 30-30AI T/C Contender 14" barrel pistol. They are fantastic. I do not have any pictures of a recovered bullet but they look pretty much like the one shot into your water jugs. When I slow them down to 2670 fps out of my pistol even as close as 44 yards they exit even when shot through both shoulders of a deer. At 2850 fps and up they don't exit until you start getting out to 200 yards when shot through the shoulders. It does not matter because there is no blood trail needed. Out of 30 some deer only 2 have even moved out of their tracks and they did not go over 3 jumps.

Thats a surprisingly tough little bullet, never would have thought it would have done so well.

Am glad to see that good performance, and to read the success stories.

Loaded fifty of those in a .308 Win for a friend to use this season. Hopefully they'll work well for her!

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Looks like a tough little bullet!

JD338

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Ya, I was very pleased with what I saw when I pulled it out of the 4th water jug. I can't wait to poke a deer with one this fall.

I killed two deer with these last year out of an '06. One ran about 50 yards leaving a blood trail like a paint roller. The other, a button buck, dropped in his tracks. Wound cavities/organ damage were impressive.

A friend used some several years ago out of 308 and shot a button buck about 80 yads. He said it entered behind the right shoulder and exited the other side pulling lung tissue out with it. The deer ran 30-40 yds and fell over.

Accuracy from both calibers was very good and recoil was noticeably light.

Ron

rjm158":1adn4s1q said:

I killed two deer with these last year out of an '06. One ran about 50 yards leaving a blood trail like a paint roller. The other, a button buck, dropped in his tracks. Wound cavities/organ damage were impressive.

A friend used some several years ago out of 308 and shot a button buck about 80 yads. He said it entered behind the right shoulder and exited the other side pulling lung tissue out with it. The deer ran 30-40 yds and fell over.

Accuracy from both calibers was very good and recoil was noticeably light.

Ron

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I'm pretty sure I'm going to load them for my wife's rifle this year. Right around 2900 will put any deer walking in a heap. Scotty

Going for whitetail later this month. Still have a box of those 125's on my loading bench and I keep looking at them like I'd really like to load and shoot them from my .308 on this upcoming deer hunt. Unlikely to get a shot beyond 300 yards...

I shot 3 more deer this season with my T/C Contender with 14" SS MGM 30-30AI barrel with 33 grs IMR 4196, WW case, Wolf LR primer, and the wonderful 125 gr Nosler Ballistic Tip at 2670 fps. All shots were between 80 and 83 yards broad side. Two doe dropped in their tracks and a 3 point fully mature rutting buck made a 30 yards heart shot mad dash before he decided that he was dead. All bullets entered and edited both shoulders.

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I am pretty sure the wifes 308 will get the 125gr BT's this year. They look like they came out much better than the 125gr Sierra PH did when I put them into jugs. Scotty

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This is my favorite bullet for deer out of my .308. With a very stiff load of w748 they shoot lights out and hit like a school bus.

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jd338":2pf94q23 said:

I am pretty sure the wifes 308 will get the 125gr BT's this year. They look like they came out much better than the 125gr Sierra PH did when I put them into jugs. Scotty

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This is my favorite bullet for deer out of my .308. With a very stiff load of w748 they shoot lights out and hit like a school bus.

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No doubt in my mind.

JD338

Looks good to me.

I know this is an old thread but this is the first time I have seen it.

While the pictures look to have moved the 4 jugs combined with the amount of expansion and retained weight are impressive figures.

And the little 125 BT isn't too shabby in the BC department either for such a light 30 cal bullet. Certainly slippery enough for usable trajectory out to 400y at 30-06 or 308 speeds for a good shot.

Anyone tested the 125g AccuBond yet? It would need to be good to justify using over this bullet.

I haven't tested the AccuBond version yet, but I suspect that at .308 Win velocity, it will have little advantage over the Ballistic Tip. If any.

Am hoping to have an on-game performance eval in November - if our whitetail hunt is successful. Taking a new hunter out, and she's using the 125's - which have proven to be Very Accurate from her SAKO.

Guy

HMMMM!
I always considered anything under 150grs. in .30 cal. a varmint bullet. But with these new designs I seem to be wrong and might give them a chance in my savage 99 308 for my 12yr old grandson on this falls youth hunt.
What are some good loads for this bullet cartridge combo?

Truck Driver I think H4895 is the bees knees for light bullets in the 308. Its called AR2206H here and around 44 grains or so is a very mild and nice load for a young or new shooter with 125 to 130g bullets.