Favorite bullet for supersonic hunting?

[alorton]

Could you expand on how they act "differently" at lower velocity?

I've been curious about this for some time, actually, and asked this question about the 110gr V-Max on ar15.com but didn't get much useful info. I know that Hornady uses the 110gr V-Max in their .308 TAP line but reports have indicated that it only penetrates 10" (not the 12" minimum recommended by the FBI).

I wondered if slowing it down to Whisper velocities would decrease the violence in the fragmentation and actually make it penetrate a few more inches yet still yield a good wound channel. Do you have any experience testing this bullet in the Whisper?

[Alleycat]

The light bullets are designed to expand violently in a velocity window. So for the 125 Nosler BT, 3000 fps will open it up quickly. At 2300 fps it acts like a premium controlled expansion bullet. There will be less frontal surface area so they out penetrate the bullets that are running 3000 to 3300 fps.

[Pitt300]

Sierra makes a 125g 30-30 bullet that they actually recommend for the 300W.
It has a flat nose & is designed to expand in this velocity range.
Accuracy is also pretty good w/in 125-150 yards

[alorton]

Alleycat, I've heard that the 125gr Nosler performs quite well at the lower velocity. I'm curious if anyone has done gel testing on the 110gr V-Max at lower velocity. I thought it would be a really good performer at the lower velocity. I've seen gel testing with it at .308 speeds and it just didn't penetrate quite enough but I've wondered for some time if it might be a great fit for the Whisper. I haven't found any testing and when I asked on AR15.com nobody else had either.

Pitt300, those Sierras have a pretty flat nose with alot of lead exposed. Will they function well in an AR?

[Pitt300]

They run fine thru my M1S
Not as accurate as some of others but I seem to recall they were around 1" @ 100 yds

[rsilvers]

Nosler is available now loaded:

http://www.300blktalk.com/forum/view...?f=156&t=78368

[Pitt300]

Ron
Glad to see you are still R&D at AAC
I have 7.62SD, M4-1000 & Aviator.
Is AAC still warranting the Aviator if I fill it up with lead?
Thx and keep up the good work.

[Bill G]

Any one tried the 160gn hornady FTX? I was looking at this, but unfortunately it shoots six inches high and six inches to the right of my 240gn SMK's. I'm after subsonic and supersonic loads that would shoot to the same POI or at least in a vertical line. I shoot red deer over here and they are a fairly big deer, they would be between your elk and mule deer, so the bigger the projie the better.

[Pitt300]

My 220g subs print exactly 12" under my 125g supers.
I've had good groups with 150g Winchester PSPs.
Would guess they're about 10" over the subs.
125 & 220 are perfectly vertical as I recall.
P