![]() ![]() With that being said they were pretty effective on the pigs that I did hit when it fired, but not much use being effective when they do not feed reliably. If your looking for something that does allot of damage by expanding I’ve found the choices pretty limited, most heavy 30 caliber bullets won’t expand at subsonic speeds, the best I’ve seen are the 194 grain Lehigh maximum expansion bullet, and Underwood makes a good overall cartridge. I tried filing the sharp edges of the feed ramps and while it did help some they would still miss feed every 5 rounds or so. In fact, Id say the 110 grain TAC-TX load from Barnes is the best choice of 300 Blackout hunting ammo for deer, hogs, and other similar sized game. They fed when there were only 5-7 rounds in the magazine, but once loaded with 10 or more not very well at all. There I sat 10 yards from 20+ pigs with a rifle that hung up round after round. This happened several times including once when I had a huge sounder cornered in a field surrounded by pig fence after they found an opening and could not find their way out. My issue was the copper part of the bullet just past the flex tip insert would get caught on the feed ramps and would not chamber. My Aero M4E1 upper/lower with a Ballistic Advantage 10.3" Performance Series barrel did not like to feed it very well, and I tried three different types of magazine including the P-Mag 300BO mags. ![]() I did not have very good luck with the Hornady 190gr Sub-X like ARx3 did. One of the hottest new rounds to emerge in the past few years is 300 Blackout this is a true dual-purpose intermediate sized cartridge that can be fired in both subsonic and supersonic loads.
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