04-11-2012, 05:25 AM
bwaites Wrote:Most of the time we used it only because it was the only ammo to be had. It fouled like crazy and used a dirty powder. The lead tips were soft and sometimes caused misfeeds.
It probably was a decent bullet to shoot deer with, and I got 1-2 MOA out of it, but I almost quit shooting my Grendel because it was so flipping hard to clean my rifle after shooting it! Once I started reloading it went much better so far as those things were concerned.
100% ditto. It fouls like crazy for sure. The bullet will expand and work fine on deer, but it isn't worth fooling with something that will copper foul your bore so quickly. 123SP= bad. 120MPT= good. Some people reported that they didn't get the best terminal performance on deer with the MPT (I've never shot a deer with it), but for general purpose plinking ammo it is a great cartridge.