Perspective on Bullet Performance

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I have shot a lot of deer, and watched a lot of deer get shot. The .308 IMO is one of the best choices when recoil, accuracy, and putting the animal down quickly and not destroying a lot of meat is considered. I have`nt kept track if 100 deer were killed with each bullet or not, but here`s what i came up with. I tryed : Sierra match, 168, 155, Berger 155 match, red prarie 168 varmint, 147 gr. FMJ, nosler 180 partition, and 125 gr. BT. The matchkings are good, but when they run they probably go farther than anthing but the FMJ`s. The bergers are work very well, and are accurate. The red praries never exited, not once. Did pull a head shot that impacted on the nose and smashed it`s face so it had to have a follow up, looked like it got hit by a truck, (Mr. murphy was mentioned). The FMJ`s make a very large and surprising exit wound, IF it hits a bone going in, if not, they run a long way. The partitions will easily go through two deer, but they run pretty far when the range gets past 300 yards. The best bullet I`ve found for dropping deer in their tracks with a .308 is the 125 ballistic tip, no kidding. In all the broadside shots but one, they made an impressive exit wound. And the only one that did`nt, hit the shoulders and spine. BTW, a good way to ruin almost all the meat on a deer is to take a 30-378, and a 3500 fps 180 gr. failsafe or barnes X, shoot it at a slight angle hitting the front shoulder and exiting the hind quarter. I learned real quick about bloodshot meat and a lot of penetration.