[300whisper_newbie]

JF Wrote :

I have shot several deer and turkeys with my 300Whisper and 220gr
subsonic ammo. No, you will not get expansion - especially from the match Sierra bullets. I even tried my own lead bullets with different hardnesses on wet phonebooks. The accuracy suffers with lead and the don't seem to like my fast 1:8 twist either. Expansion with lead was also dissapointing.

If you plan to hunt with subsonic ammo, go with the heaviest bullet that you can shoot accuratly, know your distances and what the drop will be at those ranges. Take head or neck shots or don't shoot at all. The 220 sub loads will cut a neat hole through a deer skull and they will drop dead on their feet before they fall down.

If you learn to switch back and forth between heavy subsonics loads and fast light bullets, you will have better luck hunting with the 300Whisper in my opinion. For the long shots, I will switch to a fast 125 Sierra bullet and it is surprising how well they kill with properly placed chest shots.

It takes a lot of range work and practice to make this work though. I use a single shot Contender rifle so I can switch between supersonic and subsonic loads quickly in the field.