Prime Guns Europe

First thing. IMI understands that mags hold 30 rounds and that is how they box and sell their ammo. It works like you would expect in an IWI weapon. Burns clean with little carbon left behind to clean. I have not yet experienced a problem. All rounds have gone downrange without incident in the three lots I have purchased to date. And Midway, bless their hearts, is one of the fastest shippers I have encountered.

Winchester. A name synonymous with high quality ammunition. Clean burning ball powder is the only way to go if you want many rounds through your D.I. Ar-15 before having to field strip it for cleaning. I have shot thousands of rounds of Winchester ball ammo through various weapons without having to worry about factory quality control issues. It is generally more expensive than other manufacturer brands, but for me-- reliability is critical.

I used this bullet to harvest 2 deer within 150 yards. I used the .300 Blackout 190grain subsonic fired from a 9" SBR AR-15 platform rifle. Both deer were shot in the lung/heart area and fell at the shot and expired rapidly without running. I recovered fragments of one round and a perfectly mushroomed second round in the off shoulder under the skin. The rounds impact seemed to paralyze both deer.

Whitetail deer hunting. Used the 140g on a whitetail in 6.5 CM, a couple weeks ago, 120 yards. Broadside complete pass through, 2" exit wound. Then continued and went through a feeder stand tube knocking over the feeder. Buck went 30 yards. Decent blood trail into a wet swamp with little vegetation to find blood, but enough to recover. A little more forward shot and I'm pretty sure DRT. Bullet appeared to work flawlessly..

MOA Groups, Soft Shooting and High Real World BC
I shot at 2265fps in my 16" barreled Ruger Ranch. Shot 2 4 groups(4 shots ea) @ 100yds of .93" and 1.01" in calm wind. Cleaning and returning a couple of weeks later for a shoot at 200 yards and test the how the trajectory was recorded by my Leupold CDS Scope( specially designed for this ammo and Dead On). The wind was gusty, with a crosswind of 10 to 15mph however, I still managed to shoot the 2.06" 4 shot group after making 1 click adjustment of my zero. I shot to verify my drops and drift using my chrono velocity and verified the advertised BC is genuine. This ammo has same POI as Win 145FMJ @ 100'yds (as it chrono's the same avg fps) but the 145's strike 2-3" lower than the 150 XP's when shot at 200 yards. Both loads shoot super soft and, according to my 13 year old son similar in performance to the Henry .357 Magnum, which is loaded with Hornady 140 Leverevolution FTX ammo(which is extremely soft). It is worth noting that the Win 180 gr SSP's are just one tad more recoil, but they hit 1.5" low @100y and 3" low at 200yds.They have the same feel as .357 Maximum Rifle, which comes with the 180gr XTP/SSP's that we shoot. The claim of are the .350L offers less recoil than .243 is certainly accurate with the 145-150grn ammunition and is probably in the same range as the 180's. Coyotes are a common sight all year long and were searching for an ammo that could double as a load that could replace the .357 Max with 140 FTX's designed for coyotes and deer with a slightly more robust construction to allow close-range shots of deer at high speed. I fired a bullet and then mic'd it to .355" (verified by Ohio DNR still legal for deer) and cutaway of a 150 XP in order to test claims of a tapered jackets. I believe that this is a great combination of design and applications. It will be able to expand in longer distances and at slower speeds due to its broad tip and conical cavity, but stay within a tight space with a tapered jacket to shield shank and maintain weight to penetrate. They shot well of my rifles, but the 180's shot fairly well and also chrono'd to 2075 FPS. If I was searching for a deer shot just within 100 yards I likely would go with the 180's, but for my typical long distances and requirements, I believe that this is the most suitable choice.