ovny
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19/02/18 07:50 AM
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Cartridge 300 for mountain goat or female roe deer.
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Hello, for the next season I would like to go hunting or a female mountain goat or a female roe deer. The issue is that the rifle that I have with the smallest cartridge is a 300 Win Mag and I would like to know what bullet to use so as not to make a very big damage to the animal. Thank you.
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Ripp
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19/02/18 08:36 AM
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Re: Cartridge 300 for mountain goat or female roe deer.
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Barnes
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NitroX
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19/02/18 12:43 PM
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Re: Cartridge 300 for mountain goat or female roe deer.
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Any bullet will do a lot of damage to a roe deer. Don't know how heavy a female mountain goat is.
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ovny
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19/02/18 04:47 PM
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Re: Cartridge 300 for mountain goat or female roe deer.
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A female mountain goat weigh about 60 kg.
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ovny
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19/02/18 04:48 PM
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Re: Cartridge 300 for mountain goat or female roe deer.
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Barnes
Thank you.
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Ripp
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20/02/18 02:20 AM
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Re: Cartridge 300 for mountain goat or female roe deer.
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Barnes
Thank you.
They are a very hard bullet..so will probably give you less damage than say a accubond, partition or similar bullets..
Having said that, a 300W is a lot of caliber for such a small animal IMHO...so no guarantee's..
Ripp
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ovny
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20/02/18 06:01 PM
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Re: Cartridge 300 for mountain goat or female roe deer.
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I am aware that it is a lot of cartridge for such light animals but it is what I have.
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Rell
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20/02/18 11:32 PM
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Re: Cartridge 300 for mountain goat or female roe deer.
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You could also load it was down.
Cutting edge makes a 190gr flat nosed solid that might work.
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HeymSR20
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17/03/18 11:14 PM
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Re: Cartridge 300 for mountain goat or female roe deer.
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Plenty of Roe are shot in the UK with 150 gn 308 bullets. If you are shooting 300 win mag I would up to 180gns and go for an interlock or bonded type bullet and not get too close. I have seen the results of 165gn SST 30-06 superformance ammo on Roe does. No need to gralloch - already done for you.
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DarylS
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18/03/18 02:37 AM
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Re: Cartridge 300 for mountain goat or female roe deer.
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Like Ripp, I would also suggest a bullet like Barnes TSX, or TTSX. Other makes - Norma E-Tip seems to me, as well as the Hornady GMX.
I would not use a cup and core bullet nor one of the bonded bullets which also have soft cores.
A 220gr. RN slowed to 2,700fps might also do well.
As to factory loads, Barnes TSX and TTSX are available in factory ammo - also, GMX and quite likely the Norma bonded bullet as well.
With these bullets, a good back-stop is necessary as all of them will exit from about any angle. Another roe deer might stop it, or likely not.
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NitroX
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18/03/18 04:39 PM
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Re: Cartridge 300 for mountain goat or female roe deer.
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In theory a .300 Magnum could be handloaded down to a slower velocity perhaps with filler to reduce meat damage on smaller animals such as roe.
If all I had was a .300 Mag for game such as roe, this is what I would do.
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Ripp
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19/03/18 01:19 AM
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Re: Cartridge 300 for mountain goat or female roe deer.
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In theory a .300 Magnum could be handloaded down to a slower velocity perhaps with filler to reduce meat damage on smaller animals such as roe.
If all I had was a .300 Mag for game such as roe, this is what I would do.
I believe it was Remington that at one time was doing such a thing for various calibers..reducing loads to make it basically equivalent to a 30-06 in terms of energy and recoil..
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