I just sighted in my new to me 357 mag/max deer rifle.
The absolute most accurate loads that I had tried were the remington-umc 125 grain jacketed hollowpoints, providing an honest 1 MOA accuracy at 100 yards .
I have not had time to cast and load up any cast or jacketed boolits for it, so I am stuck with what I have tested.
I was planning on going hunting with it this weekend on our small Texas Whitetail deer (>150 Lbs). I am however concerned that the bullet is too light, and may expand too quickly on a deer (they are SD rounds primarily). Would a heart/lung shot be best, or a head/neck shot?
Any feedback would be appreciated. This rifle show promise!
Milsurp Junkie
PS- Also tried the H&R Buffalo Classic in 45LC, and at 25 yds it showed promise, but moving the target back to 50 and 75 yards I could not get it on the paper (again Remington 250 grain Roundnose, 225 grain SWC, and Collins 250 grain RN cowboy loads were tried). I could not spend any more time at the range because I had to head back to work. I think that I was grossly underestimating the rainbow trajectory of the round significantly. I do not have a chrono to tell me the speed either