308 Reload

[rimfire]

My 308 hunting load is 47.3g IMR4895 winchester primer and 150g Hornady Interlock .Puts the smack down on whitetails.

 

[strokin99]

Hornady 180 amax and 178 sst. Amax for target and sst for hunting. Under 1/2 groups with a 700 tactical AAC using 44g of varget.

 

[Remmy]

Hornady 180 amax and 178 sst. Amax for target and sst for hunting. Under 1/2 groups with a 700 tactical AAC using 44g of varget.

Just got a box of factory 168 A-Max to see if my gun like's that bullet.Hope to try them before the weekend.

 

[Russell0331]

I shot a doe with 42gr of IMR-4895 behind a 168 A-Max last week. I hit her at about 200yds, no exit, no blood trail. Found her like 60 yards away. Does anyone know if these rounds are meant to not over penetrate? I just bought a box of the 178's and I'm hoping to get some better results.

 

[Clearance_Clarence]

Amax is not designed as a hunting round .... they were designed as a target bullet and for the best ballistic coeffecient

 

[Russell0331]

I thought so too, I called Hornady in hopes of duplicating their TAP round and he told me that the A-Max was the round they used. He assured me that this round would be more than adequate to dispatch a deer.

 

[Chuckdog]

The Amax is a target bullet. It's designed to hit the target, nothing more. I know people do use them for hunting, but the SST is constructed as a game bullet. This from the Hornady website.

 

[Clearance_Clarence]

I thought so too, I called Hornady in hopes of duplicating their TAP round and he told me that the A-Max was the round they used. He assured me that this round would be more than adequate to dispatch a deer.

It killed the deer didnt it ? It did dispatch the deer with no problems .....

 

[Remmy]

I thought so too, I called Hornady in hopes of duplicating their TAP round and he told me that the A-Max was the round they used. He assured me that this round would be more than adequate to dispatch a deer.

If I am not mistaken I think the TAP round is seated with a A-MAX bullet.

 

[Constitution Hour]

I have been using the Hornady 168 gr sst's with IMR 4007 SSC with great results. Nice tight groups out of my Remy 700 heavy. As stated above use published data from more than one source and enjoy.