What's the biggest animal u can safely shoot with this bullet?
105 a-max
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Assuming this is 6mm, deer IMHO.
I thought a-maxes really weren't for animals?
P1ZombieKiller
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jamesh said:
Not if you throw it left handed. Although, my mom said we could put an eye out.
P1ZombieKiller said:
Be sure and remove that sharpened lead pencil from your pocket or as mom says "you could puncture your scrotum and you'd better be wearing under wear if I have to come to the hospital" ;D
My buddy shoots them in his deer rifle and he's very happy with them.
Here my group with them at 200yds 10 shots:
That's a good thing I hope to take it out west someday. I shoot 162 a maxes out of my 7mm.
I killed 2 deer in less than a minute, 26" Pac-Nor 8 twist, Ruger #1 Kepplinger trigger.
200 yds, spine shot, DRT
400 yds, Double Lunged, exit golf ball size, deer stumbled 20 yds or so, fell. Distance was LRF.
Best group in above gun, UNDER .5" at 330 yds....as in .15 moa. 4-16x40 4200
As above, don't try heavy bone.......well, I DID kill a deer in the woods at 45 paces with a head shot
Yeah...DRT!
200 yds, spine shot, DRT
400 yds, Double Lunged, exit golf ball size, deer stumbled 20 yds or so, fell. Distance was LRF.
Best group in above gun, UNDER .5" at 330 yds....as in .15 moa. 4-16x40 4200
As above, don't try heavy bone.......well, I DID kill a deer in the woods at 45 paces with a head shot
Yeah...DRT!65BR, did you intentionally give the deer a head ringer, or was that a slip?
As for hunting with the A-Max, I actually grabbed the wrong box of bullets last year and ended up far from home with had 208gr A-Max's instead of my usual 180gr Nosler BT's that I use in the 30-06. I wasn't going home, nor was I sitting in the truck.
Long story short, dropped a 145lb 4 pointer at a little over 120yds with a shot through both front shoulders. (He was trotting along and I lead him too far) Bullet seemed to do just fine and he went down like he was hit with a wrecking ball. One of the most horrific wounds I have seen to date with chunks of bone and flesh behind where he was hit and a massive exit wound (fit my fist in it). I lost some meat from my shot misplacement, but the bullet was very effective.
Results may vary with smaller rounds, but it sure did the job in my -06.
As for hunting with the A-Max, I actually grabbed the wrong box of bullets last year and ended up far from home with had 208gr A-Max's instead of my usual 180gr Nosler BT's that I use in the 30-06. I wasn't going home, nor was I sitting in the truck.
Long story short, dropped a 145lb 4 pointer at a little over 120yds with a shot through both front shoulders. (He was trotting along and I lead him too far) Bullet seemed to do just fine and he went down like he was hit with a wrecking ball. One of the most horrific wounds I have seen to date with chunks of bone and flesh behind where he was hit and a massive exit wound (fit my fist in it). I lost some meat from my shot misplacement, but the bullet was very effective.
Results may vary with smaller rounds, but it sure did the job in my -06.
Kenny, that 3rd deer I shot in the head, YES, on purpose. It was Dark Thirty in the woods off another stand and I did not want to chance any tracking so when that deer came by and turned my way, my 6-24x40 SF 4200 w/Mil dot was cranked on 6x, could make out my CH fine and just put it right on her head, lights out. Zero meat loss. If in the day, I might have neck shot her. In more open places and at longer range I would go for the lungs.
Shot a fox and coyote from the same stand and hour apart one am, the fox on the run around 100 yds, about cut him in half, the coyote, in the chest, he turned upside down, no exit, around 65 paces.
My Bobcat, angled from rear raking thru to off shoulder, nickel sized exit, dumped most all energy into the cat, DRT, range LRF around 168 yds IIRC. I have a BEAUTIFUL Bobcat in full mount now
That 105 is a nice bullet when you use it while keeping it's short range limitations in check. At long range, opens well and holds up better.
Yeah, I from memory, I think that's the only deer I headshot, but I did get a yote around 176 yds LRF in the head. Turned around and saw him looking at me, frozen facing me on a road, put that 6-24 on around 12-16x and it never knew what hit him.
That 6BR was one lucky rifle that year, shot alot of game, inc. a corn robbing coon that was again at the same spot I dropped my bobcat. Never missed, its accuracy was one heck of a confidence builder! My buddy who owned the farm land was very impressed with my shooting that year!
FWIW, my load 28.5 Varget naked Amax clocked 2850mv.
Shot a fox and coyote from the same stand and hour apart one am, the fox on the run around 100 yds, about cut him in half, the coyote, in the chest, he turned upside down, no exit, around 65 paces.
My Bobcat, angled from rear raking thru to off shoulder, nickel sized exit, dumped most all energy into the cat, DRT, range LRF around 168 yds IIRC. I have a BEAUTIFUL Bobcat in full mount now
That 105 is a nice bullet when you use it while keeping it's short range limitations in check. At long range, opens well and holds up better.
Yeah, I from memory, I think that's the only deer I headshot, but I did get a yote around 176 yds LRF in the head. Turned around and saw him looking at me, frozen facing me on a road, put that 6-24 on around 12-16x and it never knew what hit him.
That 6BR was one lucky rifle that year, shot alot of game, inc. a corn robbing coon that was again at the same spot I dropped my bobcat. Never missed, its accuracy was one heck of a confidence builder! My buddy who owned the farm land was very impressed with my shooting that year!
FWIW, my load 28.5 Varget naked Amax clocked 2850mv.
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