.300 AAC Blackout for Deer Hunting?

[Flaustin1]

A 45ACP will kill a deer by the way.

 

[throwdown]

Really? Have you shot a 9" 300 with 110's out to 300? I've shot boat loads of 110's, and flat burried my scope at 216 yards. This didn't come from a web-site, we spent days trying to find a good supersonic round. I so want to see someone engaging anything at 300 yards with a 9" 300.

 

[rsilvers]

I would really have to see those test. I'm not knocking this round just saying I'm not taking it in the woods. At 300 yards a 30-30 has roughly 650ft/lbs of energy. This round is supposedly comparable with a 30-30, is 650 ft/lbs enough to take down a deer? Maybe, maybe not. A 30-30 has about the same fps at the muzzle but over 600ft/lbs more than the 300ACC at the muzzle. I believe the standard is 1000ft/lbs to kill a deer efficiently, that would limit your range to about 25yards or so with this round. But to each his own, but not for this guy

I am sure that making a 1/2 inch hole completely through a deer will kill it, and 300 BLK will do that well past 300 yards.

By the way, it is false that 30-30 has 600 ft-lbs more energy than 300 BLK at the muzzle. This mistake comes from comparing 24 inch 30-30 ballistics with 16 inch 300 BLK.

30-30 does 2390 fps from a 24 inch barrel with a 150 grain bullet. In a 16 inch barrel, it is only 2168 fps.

30-30: 150 grain - 2168 fps/1565 ft-lbs muzzle, 592 ft-lbs at 300 yards.

300 BLK - 155 grain - 1990 fps/1361 ft-lbs muzzle, 796 ft-lbs at 300 yards.

So the reality is, 300 BLK has 204 fewer ft-lbs at the muzzle and 204 more ft-lbs at 300 yards than 30-30.

 

[rsilvers]

Really? Have you shot a 9" 300 with 110's out to 300? I've shot boat loads of 110's, and flat burried my scope at 216 yards. This didn't come from a web-site, we spent days trying to find a good supersonic round. I so want to see someone engaging anything at 300 yards with a 9" 300.

Zero at 200 yards and then you can shoot from 0 to 240 yards without any scope adjustment at all.

I shot 300 BLK at 600 yards from a 16 inch and hit a 1/2 MOA (3 inch) X-ring.

 

[gunslinger07]

Youtube "300 AAC Blackout at 100-300 yards". I cant get it to upload here. You will see a man engage a target at 300 yards with a 9 inch barrel.

 

[throwdown]

What is the point of zeroing my sbr at 200? Incredible that everyone's entry designed 300's are outclassing precision bolt guns out to 600 yards!

 

[rsilvers]

The concept of max point blank range - if you want to not fiddle with sight settings, you should zero at the range which gives you the max distance you can shoot without adjusting your sights.

For a 300 BLK SBR, it is about 190 yards for an optimum zero.

I don't mean that you have to literally sight it at 190 yards - you could compute how high you need to be at 100 yards for an optimal zero. For Barnes 110 grain, 1.5 inches high at 50 yards will do it, or 3 inches high at 100 yards.

Once you do that, you can shoot from 0 to 220 yards and always be +- 3 inches from point of aim.

 

[rsilvers]

Every time some new 300 BLK product comes out, or something is back in stock, I list it here: https://www.facebook.com/300aacblackout - so if you join the page you will be in the first group of people to know about it.

 

[deast1988]

Any luck? Did y'all use the blackouts to cleanly take deer?

 

[deast1988]

Any one take a deer with it?

Reviews? Suggestions?

I've read a 30/30 but in an AR just wanted to know?

 

[wellwood]

My buddy use to hunt with one until it jammed on him. He had a giant Macon county 9pt walk out broad side down a fence line at 60 yards. It jammed three times! AR style guns are fun to play with but I prefer a bolt action rifle win I am hunting.

 

[Roundabout]

Hornady 300 black out (whisper)

300 Blackout 110 gr V-MAX®

This is advertised as a short range hunting bullet. The whisper is to a 300 ACC blk out as the 223 to 5.56.


Velocity (fps) / Energy (ft-lbs)
MUZZLE 50 100 150 200 250 300
2375/1377 2232/1217 2094/1071 1939/961 1833/820 1711/715 1596/622

Shoots fine in my CMMG 300 blk out. Have yet to put a deer in my sights.

 

[rockhard]

I shot a 160# 9 point with a 220 grain subsonic round at 50 yards with my Remington 700. He ran 50 yards. Plenty of bullet under 100 yards.

 

[gin house]

i bought the upper assembly for my dpms. i took it last weekend to see how it fairs against whitetail thinking with bullet size it will work great. i was wrong. it does not have the kill power what so ever. i shot this 14pt 210lb buck at 25 yards and had to shoot him twice to finish him. in the same hunt i shot 180+/- 10pt at 50 yards and never found him. best and worst hunt of my life. i wont ever take that to the deer stand with me again. i am also shooting 225gr ballistic tips.

Not trying to sound like a know it all but you shot a deer with a round meant for recreation close range target shooting. So much lead to slow it down, hence subsonic. You need a 115/125 grain round for hunting. While I haven't hunted with mine, I have no doubt it would be as deadly as anything with proper round selection and bullet placement.

 

[rwh]

i hunted with one last year and shot two deer. both shots were inside of 90 yards, both broadside with deer standing still. the recoil is so light that you can watch the bullet hit through the scope. i didn't find the first deer and that's the second deer i've ever lost and the first with a gun. i had to get my dog to find the second. i used the barnes 110 grain that's designed for hunting. i traded that ar on an ar-10 to hunt with this year. you can certainly kill deer with it but it's not what i would consider a "go to" gun for the job. i hunt with a .35 remington a lot of the time and i've yet to have a deer get up after being hit. lately i've been wanting to hunt with the ar platform. if i was going to buy another upper or gun that i wanted to suppress but also hunt with i'd probably look at a .460 socal.

 

[misterpink]

300 BLACKOUT using Barnes 110 grain will kill deer very effectively inside 200 yards. We Hunt with 9, 10, 12 and 16 inch barrels. All suppressed. We have kids as young as 8 and seniors up to 65 using 300 blackout in bolt actions, single shots and AR pattern rifles. We have killed approximately 15 in the last 4 years using this combo. Shots from 20 yards to 150 confirmed. We have also lost 3 or 4. No round will cover a bad shot.

If you a 110 grain Barnes 300 blackout through the lungs of any GA deer you will kill it .

 

[kinross]

Hey all,

I recently bought a Daniel Defense M4 V5 .300AAC Blackout for fun and pig purposes. Have any of you had any experience with this round for deer hunting?
I will be using it this weekend since i am letting a friend borrow my .308 for his son.

This is the same rifle that i have and I get under 0.5 inch with 110 grn hand loaded Tac Tx. Its a killing machine

 

[AParker511]

It's been said a bunch, but I'll add my .02

It's a fine deer caliber with the right bullet.
Don't use a bullet that is designed to dump all its energy on impact. i.e. Subsonics. Save those for shooting suppressed and home defense.

It's like using a .223 varmint round and being mad when it doesn't drop a 250# buck in its tracks. It's not designed for that.

When hunting I use a Barnes 110gr Tac-Tx. I shot 2 with it last year and put the shots in the boiler room. It turned the vitals to soup. Both fell in sight. And that's out of a 10.5" barrel. Your velocity out of a 16" will be a little higher.

 

[AParker511]

… i hunt with a .35 remington a lot of the time and i've yet to have a deer get up after being hit. lately i've been wanting to hunt with the ar platform. if i was going to buy another upper or gun that i wanted to suppress but also hunt with i'd probably look at a .460 socal.

You mean .450 socom

 

[8pointduck]

I'm not reading all this. What I have read ...........PLEASE. That gun will kill deer if you use the right bullet. Using a 225 grain subsonic load is irresponsible.