I have purchased a Savage Precision Carbine in .308. I took it out and shot it with 2 brands of hollow point match ammo and soft point hunting ammo.
The Brands in question are Federal Gold Medal Match 168gr hollow point, Prvi Partisian 168gr match hollow point and Federal 165gr GameKing Vital-Shok.
Wouldn't you know it both of the match grade ammunition shot a good bit better than the GameKings. The Federal Match Ammo was stellar and shot 3/4 to 1/2 MOA groups the Prvi was not far behind averaging 3/4 MOA and the GameKings were about 1.5 MOA all acceptable for hunting purposes.
The question is have any of you hunted with Hollow Point ammo for deer or elk? If so what were your results? I've only used softpoints but these match grade ammo shots so well I want to use them for hunting. Keep in mind I hunt long range Mule Deer in Eastern Montana every year and sometimes have to take 300+ yard shots so every bit of EXTRA accuracy helps.
PLEASE DON'T TRY TO SELL ME ON A NEW CALIBER ITS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!!! I'M NOT GOING MAGNUM I'VE BEEN USING STANDARD CALIBERS FOR YEARS WITH GOOD SUCCESS!!
The Brands in question are Federal Gold Medal Match 168gr hollow point, Prvi Partisian 168gr match hollow point and Federal 165gr GameKing Vital-Shok.
Wouldn't you know it both of the match grade ammunition shot a good bit better than the GameKings. The Federal Match Ammo was stellar and shot 3/4 to 1/2 MOA groups the Prvi was not far behind averaging 3/4 MOA and the GameKings were about 1.5 MOA all acceptable for hunting purposes.
The question is have any of you hunted with Hollow Point ammo for deer or elk? If so what were your results? I've only used softpoints but these match grade ammo shots so well I want to use them for hunting. Keep in mind I hunt long range Mule Deer in Eastern Montana every year and sometimes have to take 300+ yard shots so every bit of EXTRA accuracy helps.
PLEASE DON'T TRY TO SELL ME ON A NEW CALIBER ITS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!!! I'M NOT GOING MAGNUM I'VE BEEN USING STANDARD CALIBERS FOR YEARS WITH GOOD SUCCESS!!