Favorite hunting ammo.

[Rainy Winchester]

With a shortage of federal vital-shok ammo in my caliber of rifles, I am looking for a new brand of ammo. Vital shok is all I've ever used, and I know I know I need to reload lol. But just wondering what everyone's favorite store bought rifle hunting ammo is? With Barnes, winchester, nosler, Remington, Hornady, etc it's a bit overwhelming looking for new stuff.

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[Joe13]

So far... Whatever's on sale

 

[Rainy Winchester]

338wm is expensive even if it is on sale

 

[DieselScout]

I have used federal in the past and was not happy with the bullets terminal performance, basically disintegrated in the deer. It was their cheap line so that may have been the problem. I have since been able to find Nosler on sale in my caliber and shoot that instead.

I should note I use ammunition loaded with accubond bullets and have great success with them.

 

[blitz]

if i was going to buy factory ammo i would most likely go with core-locts
if i had the extra cash to spend i would get federal premium.

 

[Rainy Winchester]

Yea federal has like 3 lines of hunting ammo. Each better than the last, with vital-shok being the best.

 

[Rainy Winchester]

I shot Remington core -loct forever, but never kept track of accuracy or took an animal with it.

 

[blitz]

from what i have seen using them they are good enough for hunting ammo. alot of people use them and swear by them.

 

[Rainy Winchester]

I can get that in the 250gr I want and it's readily available at bimart any where

 

[blitz]

when i had a 338wm and loaded for it i used 225gr nosler partions. but my guess is no matter what bullet comes flying out of a 338wm is gonna drop a deer or an elk in its tracks.

 

[Rainy Winchester]

It's my elk gun. My 25-06 is my deer gun and backup elk gun. For both I shot federal premium vital-shok with partition bullets.

 

[Rainy Winchester]

And yea the 338wm packs a hell of a punch. Put 20 rounds down range today and feels like I dislocated my shoulder

 

[jluck]

I have had good luck with Hornady ammo.

 

[Rainy Winchester]

Any more info on hornady. I was researching barnes and the tsx and ttsx seem like good rounds.

 

[Joe13]

I have Barnes .357 mags in my hunting pistol. They are a good round if not a bit spendy.

I looked at a lot of reviews on them and they seem to be well reviewed.

Those .357's look like miniature copper ashtrays lol, the HP on them are huge!

*i want to say that one of the videos I watched put them at 24" of penetration in gelatin with full expansion out of a pistol.

 

[Rainy Winchester]

It's cheaper than federal premium and seems like a good round.

 

[Oregonhunter5]

My reloads
With barnes and nosler bullets

 

[jluck]

Barnes makes great bullets/ammo. I've had the pleasure of being right on the manufacturing line at Barnes, from beginning to end including the ballistics lab and shooting range.

I suggested Hornady for there cost to performance ratio which the other makers just don't justify the cost for a 338 Win mag.

 

[Rainy Winchester]

I think I'm going to go with barnes ttsx. Ordering 2 boxes through sportsman's warehouse.

 

[Will_Power]

FWIW, I figure I'm only going through a small, small amount of hunting ammo every year. It's worth it to pay for a premium quality bullet.

It's expensive, but I'd rather not get fortunate, take a shot, and then have the bullet fail me.

So, pricey Nosler Accubonds are it for me.