So after a full hunting season and about 250 of these put down range, I figured I'd post up my findings and opinions on these bad boys. First off, here are the specs
Bullet- .30 cal 190gr LRAB
Gun- Remington 700 300WSM
Load- Nosler Brass, 63.7gr IMR4350, Winchester primer.
Average MV-2,788fps
So first off, the B.C. on this bullet was very inflated for me. it was more like .570 than .640 that is printed on the box. I had a bit of trouble dialing in a load for it. Changing powder may have helped but I don't believe in the old saying that some guns don't like this or that, there is always a combination that works, and I have a lot of 4350 so....
This combo just happened to be long and slow. Ended up being 10 off the lands and a light powder charge. You shoot em where they wanna be though so I ran with it.
Lots of practive this summer to get all my data figured out before the season started.
Grand total for my gun this year was 8 deer and one elk. Shots on deer ranged from 60 yards on out to 400 yards, and one at 710 yards. The big cow elk was at 350.
Performance was better than expected. I wasn't so much concerned with the longer stuff as that is what the bullet was designed for but I was very interested on if the bullet was going to grenade on short work. The deer at 60 yards was hit mid rib cage with the bullet exiting through the meat of the offside shoulder. Lungs were pulverized! The other close shot on a Montana buck was 150 yards. Same quartering away shot but slightly lower. Bullet exited the offside shoulder, hitting leg bone. As can be expected, there was shoulder damage but from the sounds of it, nothing any other 180+ grain bullet wouldn't have done.
As for the longer work, the results were as to be expected. My Colorado buck was 400 yards and the placement was a perfect heart shot. The vitals were completely demolished! The heart was in 4 or 5 pieces
Bullet exited out the pocket on the other side.
I was not there for the long bomb but my instructions for using my gun was I needed to know how the bullet performed. Shot was center lung, bullet was in the hide on the off side shoulder. Internal damage was good and the bullet was mushroomed out just like it should be.
The only other bullet that was recovered was out of the elk. The shot was a steeper quartering away angle. Contacted a rib on the way in, destroyed the vitals and broke the leg bone on the off side shoulder. Weight retention was 71%.
This bullet basically acted like every standard accubond I have ever killed with except it pops a lot harder at the longer distance, which is why I wanted to try it in the first place. Love the VLD's but wanted something "less messy" at closer range. This IS my new go to bullet for a couple of my guns. I will be running some other sizes in a few other calibers here shortly. I'll post up a pick of the recovered bullet here in a sec.
