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208 A Max terminal results
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<blockquote data-quote="Idaho Trecker" data-source="post: 1139140" data-attributes="member: 67706"><p>Another hunting year almost gone so I thought I'd do an update. </p><p></p><p>This year I was fortunate enough to get some of my own data for up close use of the 208 A Max on some whitetail. I always heard people dont use them up close for big game but I have had 2 excellent results this year.</p><p></p><p>The whitetail were plentiful last friday and presented some great opportunity for seeing the terminal results up close.</p><p></p><p>The first deer (which I shot) was about 120 yards and walking swiftly away at a hard angle. I leveled my 300 Dakota on him, squeezed the trigger and let the bullet fly. It entered the back of the rib cage where it destroyed the last 4 ribs, went through the some of the guts, center punched the heart, then destroyed one lung and came to rest between ribs on the far side. The amount of destruction and terminal performance was very impressive. The deer somehow managed to run about 30 yards even with all the destruction before he tipped over. </p><p></p><p>I was able to recover the bullet and it weighed 78.7 grains still.</p><p>[ATTACH]54138[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH]54139[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH]54144[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>After I dropped my deer I handed my rifle to my friend and the smaller buck came back out (females can cause bad decision making for a buck in Nov). He shot his just slightly off broadside at the same distance (120). The bullet entered just behind the shoulder and made about an 1" exit in the center of the off-side shoulder.</p><p>[ATTACH]54146[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>From my personal experience the A Max has worked up close to long range for me and great results. I wish they had a little better BC and shorter bearing surface but I cant complain with my results. I'm definitely going to continue to shoot them for hunting. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]54145[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Idaho Trecker, post: 1139140, member: 67706"] Another hunting year almost gone so I thought I'd do an update. This year I was fortunate enough to get some of my own data for up close use of the 208 A Max on some whitetail. I always heard people dont use them up close for big game but I have had 2 excellent results this year. The whitetail were plentiful last friday and presented some great opportunity for seeing the terminal results up close. The first deer (which I shot) was about 120 yards and walking swiftly away at a hard angle. I leveled my 300 Dakota on him, squeezed the trigger and let the bullet fly. It entered the back of the rib cage where it destroyed the last 4 ribs, went through the some of the guts, center punched the heart, then destroyed one lung and came to rest between ribs on the far side. The amount of destruction and terminal performance was very impressive. The deer somehow managed to run about 30 yards even with all the destruction before he tipped over. I was able to recover the bullet and it weighed 78.7 grains still. [ATTACH]54138.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]54139.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]54144.vB[/ATTACH] After I dropped my deer I handed my rifle to my friend and the smaller buck came back out (females can cause bad decision making for a buck in Nov). He shot his just slightly off broadside at the same distance (120). The bullet entered just behind the shoulder and made about an 1" exit in the center of the off-side shoulder. [ATTACH]54146.vB[/ATTACH] From my personal experience the A Max has worked up close to long range for me and great results. I wish they had a little better BC and shorter bearing surface but I cant complain with my results. I'm definitely going to continue to shoot them for hunting. [ATTACH]54145.vB[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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