Exeter lad Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 Right.. I will probably get some abuse for this but here we go! Recently acquired a 7mm Remington magnum.. Doing load development with the berger 180 gr hybrids getting ok accuracy within a inch( loading more to get better accuracy) at the moment.. My question is would it be ok for shooting deer with the match bullet (yellow box)?? Berger says not suitable..! But a lot of people use the amax bullets for deer and get good results and that a target round!?! Advice needed please.. Aaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxshooter Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 Berger make bullets with thinner jackets for hunting with. The VLDs come in Hunting and Target varieties, same bullet different jacket thickness. If Berger say your particular bullet isn't suitable for hunting then there will be a reason for it. Amax is marketed as a hunting bullet, just not in the UK Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exeter lad Posted January 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 Yea I know they have a hunting line but I don't know anyone in the uk who stocks them? I didn't realise the amax where stated as a hunting round too! I thought it was only a target match round! Aaron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furrybean Posted January 19, 2014 Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 From what I've seen and heard but not tried is that the hunting will expand more than the target bullet but will not retain weight so could fragment. The target has the thicker jacket so won't expand as much but there will be some expansion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exeter lad Posted January 19, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2014 Well it will be for red deer! Heart and lung shots.. So it's got a good 12" to deliver its energy.. Just don't want it to act like an FMJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grouse Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 I would say no, penciling will occur and a very slow death - putting all legal questions to one side. There are better designed bullets offered for 7mm hunting rounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wsm Posted January 20, 2014 Report Share Posted January 20, 2014 Right.. I will probably get some abuse for this but here we go! Recently acquired a 7mm Remington magnum.. Doing load development with the berger 180 gr hybrids getting ok accuracy within a inch( loading more to get better accuracy) at the moment.. My question is would it be ok for shooting deer with the match bullet (yellow box)?? Berger says not suitable..! But a lot of people use the amax bullets for deer and get good results and that a target round!?! Advice needed please.. Aaron Which part of "Berger says not suitable" do you not understand then ? If you can't find a suitable bullet actually designed to do the job with the vast array available then you should stick to shooting paper We're not going here again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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