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Quote from: h20hunter on December 03, 2019, 04:08:00 PMGet a 300 blackout upper. Done deal.I like the way you think!
Get a 300 blackout upper. Done deal.
Quote from: Cab on December 03, 2019, 04:34:52 PMQuote from: h20hunter on December 03, 2019, 04:08:00 PMGet a 300 blackout upper. Done deal.I like the way you think! I took a small blacktail with a subsonic 300 BO this year. Dropped like a sack of flour.Used the Lehigh Max expansion bullet as recommended by some folks on this forum. Sub-sonic makes it a 150 yard or less gun (for me anyway). I found an 85 yard zero had me +/- 2 inches to 100 yards. Then it falls like a rock from there.-5.8 at 120-14 inches at 150-34 inches at 200-63 inches at 250 -101 inches at 300!
7mm TCU on an AR 15 has tempted me before
Quote from: Rob on December 04, 2019, 07:12:10 AMQuote from: Cab on December 03, 2019, 04:34:52 PMQuote from: h20hunter on December 03, 2019, 04:08:00 PMGet a 300 blackout upper. Done deal.I like the way you think! I took a small blacktail with a subsonic 300 BO this year. Dropped like a sack of flour.Used the Lehigh Max expansion bullet as recommended by some folks on this forum. Sub-sonic makes it a 150 yard or less gun (for me anyway). I found an 85 yard zero had me +/- 2 inches to 100 yards. Then it falls like a rock from there.-5.8 at 120-14 inches at 150-34 inches at 200-63 inches at 250 -101 inches at 300!Not trying to hijack the thread but can you expand (see what I did there?) on your load data for that round? Also to the OP. Swap out your barrel and headspace is for 300blk and use some Barnes 110 TacTX and any deer inside 300yds is SMOKED with the proper placement
Quote from: Jonathan_S on December 06, 2019, 09:27:32 PM7mm TCU on an AR 15 has tempted me beforeIf you go there for hunting, remember you'll need to choose a bullet that will expand and perform and a lot lower velocity than what most 7mm rifle rounds generate. You might consider the 6.8 spc or 6.5 grendel. Both are really very well balanced for the AR15 platform and are game capable without it being a stunt.
The 300 Whisper can be ok at very short ranges. I've taken deer with it and have seen deer taken with it. As long as you realize out of a rifle it's just about a ballistic twin to the 357mag out of a rifle your ok.
There are a LOT better rounds for hunting with an AR15 that have all the power and accuracy you would ever need from the 6.5 Grendel to the 50 Beowulf.
Add the possibility of a bear in the mix and you'll see there are much better choices for Western Washington Big Game hunting than the little 300.
Or a 6.5 Grendel, 350 Legend, 450 Bushmaster, 458 SOCOM …Maybe one or each.