![]() I am just a long time 300BLK enthusiast trying to share what it has taken me many hundreds of dollars in bullets to find out which one works the best. I am not associated with, paid by or have any contact with any bullet manufacture. The Makers worked very well and if you want to save a little money over the lehigh these are the ones to get. ![]() They even have a plunger in their bullet to ensure expansion once it hits any soft material or liquid. Lehigh also took a lot of time to designing it to feed reliably in any AR. Out of the two the 194gr Lehigh was the clear choice as they engineered the bullet to fully expand at very low velocities once it hits flesh. įor the makers I haven't tried them all and can only vouch for the 190gr, 200gr and 220gr expanding subsonics which I settled on the 200gr ones but all three did very well.Īll the other bullets could not be counted on to reliably expand or expand as fully as the Makers and Lehigh at subsonic velocities. The Lehigh 194gr maximum expansion subsonic and the Maker Bullets. Out of all my testing there have only been two that stand out: From the Wedge to Rainiers to Berrys to Horanday, ect. I have tried just about every subsonic expanding bullet out there. In short, the 300 Blackout is definitely worth investigating.View QuoteFrom what I could see the 200gr subs from DRT don't look like they would expand very well if at all. And it should work at least as well as the 30-30 on big antlered deer. Momentum!īut that momentum is just as effective for the hog hunter. A long, heavy bullet like that is going to penetrate like a steel rod, which is likely why the military is interested in it as a tactical weapon and some view it as a good self defense option. At 200-yards drift is 4.5", energy nearly 418 f-p. At 100 yards energy is still 450 foot-pounds, drift only an inch or so in 10 mph right angle breeze. bullets hang onto it while deflecting minimally in the wind. When was the last time you saw 30-30 ammo offered with anything but 150-, 160-, or 170-grain bullets? The Blackout with a 220- or 225-grain bullet can be driven at least 1,000 fps from a 16" barrel to give about 488 foot pounds of energy at the muzzle. I don’t want to knock the 30-30 here, but it’s also true that the Blackout is more versatile than the 30-30. It appears woefully underpowered, yet, thanks to the higher B.C bullets it shoots, it outperforms our beloved old 30-30. You see where this is going, don’t you? The 300 Blackout shooter is getting 30-30 performance with about one-third the powder and slightly less recoil. ratings mean they actually shoot flatter and retain more foot pounds of energy than the 30-30 after about 100 yards! And they do this by burning about 10 to 12 grains less powder than the 30-30. And, because 300 Blackout bullets are pointed instead of flat-nosed or round-nosed like 30-30 bullets, they are more efficient, more aerodynamic. As deer ammo goes, that’s slow, but only 200 fps slower than the old 30-30. Let’s consider the Blackout with 150-grain bullets at 2,100 fps. The military was interested in this kind of performance for clandestine operations, I assume. Jones chambered T/C Contender handguns for these rounds and called them Whispers because he was keeping muzzle velocities below the speed of sound. If that sounds like a rather small case to be necking up to 30-caliber, consider that the Fireball itself was made by shortening the 222 Remington, itself one of our smallest 22 centerfires. ![]() Jones of SSK Industries in the 1990s as part of his Whisper series of cartridges based on the 221 Fireball. History of the 300 Blackoutįirst, a bit of history on this odd cartridge. No one doubts the deer-killing performance of the 30-30, and the 300 Blackout can match or exceed that. Performance varies significantly depending on bullet type and weight, but perhaps the easiest way to understand it as a hunting cartridge is to compare it to the 30-30 Winchester. I first viewed the 300 Blackout with a jaundiced eye, but it's proving to be one heck of an effective, close-range hog sweeper. ![]()
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