A Max for deer?

[Topwater]

Is a 105 AMAX a suitable bullet to use for white tails? I know they are devastating on groundhogs. I was wondering about penetration. Thanks.

 

[Sniper338]

My experience with 123 AMAX is no exit. Dumps all the energy and kills em dead.

 

[Preacher]

Deer don't like them very much ....

 

[2506]

Depending on which year the manual was produced but one of my Hornady manuals has a list of each of their bullets and the A-Max are listed as a target, varmint, medium game bullet. Lots of people have killed a lot of deer and hogs with them. They seem to expand pretty quickly. I myself have not used any on game.

 

[STOMP442]

I have never used the 105 in particular but the 120s and 140s out of a 6.5-284 worked fantastic.

 

[Dgd6mm]

Myself, my brother and his buddy have all shot and harvested many whitetails. We never lost one or had a to stroll more than 25 yards from where they were shot. Some pass throughs, some not. All 3 of us using the 105 Amax.

 

[Topwater]

One of my granddaughters just got her own .243. I have a bunch of these AMAXES. I plan on loading some for her. I figured that one of them through the lungs would be sufficient. I just needed some verification. Thanks, everyone.

 

[Topwater]

Preacher, your response made me laugh out loud.

 

[Immike]

I use the 162 in 7mag and don’t want anything else.

 

[shoot4fun]

While I have never shot a deer with the Amax I have shot a few, large and small, with the SST. From all the accounts of friends who have used the Amax on deer sized game I think results are pretty close. Sometimes you get complete penetration and sometimes not but it always makes a puree out of the internals.

 

[Gabe22BR]

Depending on whether you want the to run out of the field, or drop where there standing..
Myself, I like the Berger 190VLD ....

 

[MrMajestic]

#2 class killin' machines. Just hit them where you don't plan on eatin'

 

[NC308]

Never shot one with a 105 but I have shot them with the 178 out of a 308 running about 2650 FPS. Awesome on deer. Hole the size of my fist going out.

 

[Terry_M]

Shot a couple elk and several deer with the 7mm 162 A-Max. They work very well.

 

[Immike]

What ever you hunt with, put the time in and study the cold shot.

 

[lb-ft]

155 Amax, RL19, 30-06 = hammer of Thor

 

[284winner]

What they all said ^^^^^

 

[Beruisis]

whitetail & axis deer don't stand a chance against the 7mm 162gr AMAX!

 

[Rem06]

One of my granddaughters just got her own .243. I have a bunch of these AMAXES. I plan on loading some for her. I figured that one of them through the lungs would be sufficient. I just needed some verification. Thanks, everyone.

if you don't like them or want to compare something to them, the 85SGK and 90SGK are superb proven performers in 243Win on many, many deer.
May tame recoil down some and double duty for varmints.

 

[Bocephus]

Have personally used the 155gr .308 on numerous whitetail and one blackbear. Shots ranged from 65 to 325yards. No complaints with good shot placement. Complete pass-throughs on most. Distance traveled ranged from about 2.5'...STRAIGHT DOWN to less than 50 yards laterally. Maybe 75% weight retention on the few bullets recovered.

Have seen several deer harvested with the 22cal 75gr using a 223. All broadside shots, 50-135yards, 100% pass-through(zero bullets recovered) Only one mystery shot: large doe +/- 60yards, double lunged. Hurried exit, then walked away. Very poor blood trail. We recovered her after a long and tedious 200yd+ tracking job in the dark. The postmortem examination revealed perfect shot placement, complete pass-through, broken rib at entry, broken rib at exit.
As previously stated, a real mystery.
I suppose the deck just gets stacked that way sometimes.