My latest P-Dog load!

[Buckaroobonsai]

Speer 30 cal (.308) 130 grain Varmint Hollow points with 46 grains of TAC and an COL of 2.635". Can you say, "POP GOES THE WEASEL"?!

[Musashi]

More like a varmint grenade...


Sent from my gizmotron

[JM Ver. 2.0]

That's a pink mist of goo....

[Buckaroobonsai]

Next up is the Nosler Ballistic Tip 30 caliber (.308") 150 grain Spitzer loaded up with 44.0 grains of TAC for 2881 FPS.

[Buckaroobonsai]

Here's something interesting I learned today. Below is a picture of a hapless P-Dog that met it's end. I was spotting for Steps the shooter, who took the shot from 100 yards off a bench in very favorable conditions. On the left in the yellow box was the damage from the first shot with a factory .308 FMJ. The impact blew the head apart, leaving only some of the face attached, while the rest of him fell straight down into his hole. Awesome to watch. Little pieces of brain and bone could be found a good 15' away. Since it was dead anyways, I figured I'd try out my new Hornandy .223 50 grain SP SX projectiles. Same distance, same conditions. All I can say is, WOW! Upon impact the the body went flying into the air! The resulting damage is shown in the white box. I shot it mid section, which instantly split apart, leaving a good 2" channel all the way through flesh, organs and bone! Totally wasn't expecting that! I'm sold...

[buckshotbarlow]

you'll find the 52gr amax even more destructive...I run those in my 22-250, and my ar's love the 50gr vmax...

[ray1970]

I'm sticking together a varmint rifle on the AR platform. Plan on running a 1:12 twist so I can shoot the lighter v-max bullets in it.

[Steps]

It was awesome watching Randy take that shot...hahaha. With the kick of my 700 .308 I could not "see" the instant fun from mine, so his certainly made up for it, and then some.

[Tim K]

Genuine curiosity here, why the love for light bullets? With a rangefinder and good dope, the flat trajectory is not such a benefit, and the BC's on those light bullets aren't very good. Seems like they'd get blown around in the wind pretty bad. What am I missing? Terminal performance, maybe?

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

Genuine curiosity here, why the love for light bullets? With a rangefinder and good dope, the flat trajectory is not such a benefit, and the BC's on those light bullets aren't very good. Seems like they'd get blown around in the wind pretty bad. What am I missing? Terminal performance, maybe?

Thats my thought exactly. That's why I've switched to a heavier bullet to better suit my twist. I get great groups out of my varmint ar tha are the 75 grain bthp, but because of the oal on a 75 gr vmax you can't load em in a mag. Or I'd be using those.