.300 AAC for a youth deer rifle?

[SuperNaut]

Newtosavage, not a bad choice considering ammo costs, cant even handload 300 blackout cheaper than you can buy 7.62x39

I'm @ 12¢ per round for .300 BLK.

 

[mshootnit]

MP10 with magpul collapsing stock and shooting stick. That way your young ones don't have one run off after the hit.

 

[eastbank]

i bought 500 300blk cases(6.94 cents apiece) made from .223 brass for 72.20 including postage. they were formed, cleaned,decapped and primer pockets reamed ready to reload as i don,t have dies yet i just seat the bullets with a 7.62x39 seat die. with 17.5 grs 296 and a 125gr nosler BT bullets it shoots into a inch or better at 100 yards. and that load shoots to with in i/2 inch of remingtom 120gr factory 300 blk ammo.if i reload them three times it adds 2.3 cents to the loaded round. and i,ll tell you that of the five 762x39 rifles i own and shoot, the most accurett is a ruger 77/762x39 that will not shoot close to a inch with surpluse ammo. i like my model 7 rem modified aac 300 blk. is the 300blk a elk rifle, a big NO, but as a light walk around rifle for a person who can place his shots on deer size animals it will do. eastbank.

 

[justin22885]

I'm @ 12¢ per round for .300 BLK.

clearly that is the exception and not the rule, where do you even find bullets that cheap.. let alone powder?

 

[plodder]

To answer the OP:
YES

I can attest to a very dead 7 pt. buck this year who succumbed to a 160g. FTX bullet propelled by 18.5 g. of 1680. +/- 100 yds.

 

[SuperNaut]

clearly that is the exception and not the rule, where do you even find bullets that cheap.. let alone powder?

Berry's seconds, A few years back I bought both .308 and 7.62x39 (re-size the 7.62x39 w/.308 die) for crazy good deals per 1000. I also found a local guy that will cast for cheap.

I use scrounged .223 and 5.56 brass and trim them, I haven't bought a single new piece of brass, for me that was the entire point of building a .300 BLK AR.

 

[justin22885]

believe it or not though, the right ammo in 5.56 probably has better wounding characteristics than 300 blackout and 7.62x39.. this may sound strange but the 154 grain JSP ammo i use for 7.62x39 has a wound channel that looks like an average 9mm pistol.. 300 blackout is probably about the same with 150+ grain ammo and possibly the lighter stuff as well

a 75 grain hornady HPBT with a muzzle velocity of 2700fps matches the ballistic coefficient and velocity of a .308 (so it will have the same flight path out to 600+) and has a more devastating wound channel than 7.62x39 soft points, with obviously a significantly further range and better accuracy.. i think if i get back into hunting i may have to use this on a deer and share my results, i believe 5.56 with the right ammo can be just as effective at hunting as 7.62x39, .300 blackout and all the other carbine calibers

at the end of the day, inside 200 yards, heck inside 400, either of these will do just fine on nearly anything youre going to hunt

 

[yugorpk]

125 grain cast bullets

$.07 each

Primers

$.02 each

14 grains of powder

$.05

14 cents is about the cheapest I can do for supersonics. Pulled 147's are a little more. Subsonic 200 grain lead runs in the 15 cent range. More like 30 cents with HPBT.


Packing up for moving and did a quick inventory. 9,000 loaded rounds and 3K worth of components at this time plus extra converted brass.

 

[SuperNaut]

125 grain cast bullets

$.07 each

Primers

$.02 each

14 grains of powder

$.05

14 cents is about the cheapest I can do for supersonics. Pulled 147's are a little more. Subsonic 200 grain lead runs in the 15 cent range. More like 30 cents with HPBT.


Packing up for moving and did a quick inventory. 9,000 loaded rounds and 3K worth of components at this time plus extra converted brass.

Yep, once you start using SMK BT's or Hornady, basically anything supersonic, then you are quickly double and triple the cost.

 

[justin22885]

how well does soft lead work in semi automatics?.. seems to me it would be easy to deform a bullet the way they generally get slammed into the chamber

 

[yugorpk]

Use hard cast lead and powder coat them. Just like shooting fmj

 

[justin22885]

Use hard cast lead and powder coat them. Just like shooting fmj

hmm, ever tried swaging bullets?.. ive considered giving that a try given the expense of decent 8mm bullets.. figured the swaging dies to make some 196 grain polymer tipped jacketed bullets could be a fun endeavor

 

[cfullgraf]

Ever priced the cost of bullet swaging equipment?

It might change your mind.

See here...

http://www.corbins.com

 

[justin22885]

yeah, ive priced it