125gr or 150gr for whitetail deer?

[300whisper_newbie]

MGP Wrote :

The rifle is a rem 700 20 inch barrel 1-10 twist my 150gr load is going 2036 fps and im using hornady interbond bullets i just dont know how well these bullets will perform. Has anyone shot deer with a 150gr bullet and how well did the bullet perform or with 125gr Thanks

[300whisper_newbie]

JF Wrote :

The 125gr sierra bullets are designed to come apart at high velocity. But when you push them to a relatively mild 2300-2400fps out of the 300 Whisper they expand great on game. I made a chest shot on an 8 point whitetail last year with this 125gr load in my 300Whisper. It left a nice 1.5 inch exit hole on the off side and the deer didn't run more than 20 feet before dropping. This was a 140 yard shot as per my rangefinder.

I have not shot the 150s and don't intend to after seeing the results of the 125 sierra bullets. The 125s are plenty accurate in my gun too.