Hunting Suggestions

[NickWade]

What is the best 10mm ammo hunting round?

[sqlbullet]

Depends on what you are hunting.

[Kenk]

For me, a 180, or 200gr XTP or Gold Dot works great for whitetail, for anything thick skinned / large and toothy, I would use a 200, or 220gr hard cast

[Rooster41]

Federal Fusion has a 10mm round out now. It is quite pricey @ $39.99/20 rounds at my local Scheels. Ive have been a fan of Fusion for a long time and is my go to round. It is a bonded bullet and has great weight retention. I think it is a 200 grain bullet. I have not shot any of the Fusion 10mm yet as I only bought one box. Im waiting for Scheels to drop the price. It is not moving very fast off the shelf. But I dont expect that very soon.

[Kenk]

They do look promising, Buds offers the best price I can find at $30.95

https://www.budsgunshop.com/product_info.php/products_id/124327/federal+fusion+10mm+200gr+soft+point+20rd+box

[Kenk]

At aprx $6.00 more than Underwood?s 200gr XTP, they would be worth trying, looks like they are getting 1,200 FPS

[John A.]

Depends on what you are hunting.

And the distance you're pulling the trigger is also important

I think I'm going to try the 155 xtp this fall if I don't get one with a crossbow first. 

But I'm hunting whitetail and at the 35 yards I'll probably be shooting, I think I prefer the extra few hundred fps over the 25 gr of extra weight that I'm getting while using the 16" carbine barrel.  I was chrony'ing those 155's at over 1770 fps.  So, I think that will do pretty good if the bullet doesn't catostrophically fail.

[Kenk]

Hey John, at aprx 1,770, you?ll for sure get your desired pass through 😀

[John A.]

I'm hoping I do.  I'd rather leak out of both sides than just one.

As long as the XTP holds together.  That's the $100 question right now.  I don't know what to expect from it to be honest.  I don't even care so much about expansion.  I just hope it doesn't fragment like their SST bonded bullets did that one time I got one with my 6.8spc.  There was just a handful of fragments underneath the hide on what would've been the exit side just under the fur.

Early archery comes in Sept 3.  So, that's just next weekend.  And I can use my crossbow, so with any luck, I may be able to cross trails with one and get some fresh meat next weekend.     And if that's the case, I'm still happy.

[Kenk]

You could always try the Nosler 150gr JHP, but have no idea how it would hold together. I?m seriously considering the 200gr Federal Fusion this fall out of the P220 Elite, just looks like it may be a winner.

https://www.nosler.com/10mm-150gr-jhp-asp-250ct.html

[Nannyhammer]

A quick search shows the 155 XTP to be rated up to 1300fps.  May not hold together at those velocities.

[Kenk]

The 150gr Nosler might work then, Underwood?s 135gr 10mm with the Nosler bullet has an advertised velocity of 1,600

[John A.]

Thanks for the info.

Maybe I should just stick with 175 gr hardcast?  Even with the 200'ish fps slower velocity?

[Kenk]

Gosh, even at that, it should still zip right through a a deer, unless of coarse deer in your neck of the woods are a lot tougher than in MN 😂

[Kenk]

Hey John, I still think an expanding bullet would be more effective, but that?s just me. My deer have all gone down relatively easy, sure, some run for a bit, but if you picked up something that could take that velocity in the 150gr area, you would likely make a bigger wound channel and a pass through to boot