.308 ammo for deer...what would you use?

Remington or Federal

The hog hammer drops them. The Barnes lead is great

The JagerPro guy shoots Fed Premium in his Ar-10 308 for hogs.

He has asked Federal for ammo, sponsorship, advertising, etc. And they have turned him down (this was via a conversation with him maybe two years ago so things might have changed).

In the meantime, Remington and Hornady have come to him and offered him sponsorship to switch to their ammo. But he refuses because he likes the Fed Premium so much.

Go watch his hog videos. 90% of his animals go straight to the dirt at impact. It's pretty impressive.

Either of those Federal rounds are reliable construction. The Remington Core Lokt is fine.

From 100 yards with a decent rifle, it's hard to blame a miss on the Ammo. But I like accuracy above just about any other criteria. Good shot placement will make up for all kinds of other deficiencies.

So, I would shoot 3 shot groups with each round from a lead sled or other type of bench rest, cleaning the barrel between each group.

See which round your rifle likes best.

Take as much of the human error out of the equation as possible. I strap my rifle down and use a remote trigger control when testing ammunition.

150gr CoreLokt

Yep, just a marketing ploy. My Ruger likes those and the federals. I've shot both the hornady's as well, both we excellent groups, just haven't shot a deer with them yet

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Personally, I avoid using loads using match type bullets (Federal 168 gr Sierra Match King and Hornady 165 gr A-Max) for big game. Yeah, they should be accurate and if you slip the bullet between the ribs you should get adequate penetration, but if the bullet hits the rib (or some other bone on entrance) or you have a shot at a bad angle, you may NOT get adequate penetration. There's a reason they're labelled "match." You'll read of success stories w/ match bullets, but why risk it? For shots at 100 yards everything else should be ok, although some may be better than others. When used on deer in a 308, 180 grain bullets may not expand very well. The GMX also may not expand well on deer in a 308. If I were buying a box of ammo, I'd use 150 grain bullets and look for Nosler Accubonds, Hornady SST/Interlock or Winchester Power Point. What kind of terrain will you be hunting?

I took 2 does beyond 375yds last year with sierra matchking 168gr HPBT

The fusions are great on deer. I load 165 sierra game kings for my wife's 308. The do a nice job as well and are very accurate. I think you can get that bullet via Federal Premium.