PPU 120 grain HPBT for deer hunting

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  • jim_bob
    Warrior
    • Jul 2014
    • 316

    PPU 120 grain HPBT for deer hunting

    What is the horde's opinion of using the PPU 120 grain HPBT for deer hunting?

    My 11.5" tree stand companion shoots about as well as any other load I've tried.

    Currently I'm using Hornady 123 grain SST's because I know they work from previous experience.

    Thoughts?
  • BluntForceTrauma
    Administrator
    • Feb 2011
    • 3897

    #2
    Shot placement.
    :: 6.5 GRENDEL Deer and Targets :: 6mmARC Targets and Varmints and Deer :: 22 ARC Varmints and Targets

    :: I Drank the Water :: Revelation 21:6 ::

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    • jim_bob
      Warrior
      • Jul 2014
      • 316

      #3
      Oh, the irony....

      I guess the better question would be, does anyone know if the PPU 120 grain HPBT expands reliably?

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      • laxpatrick
        Bloodstained
        • May 2015
        • 39

        #4
        Agree with placement - but throwing in some variability I'd personally use either a SP hunting bullet or a ballistic tip like the SST. I know folks use HPBT's for hunting deer, but I wouldn't make that my first choice. YMMV and as they say: aim small, miss small.

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        • kmon
          Chieftain
          • Feb 2015
          • 2095

          #5
          If I were going to use a hollowpoint on deer it would be named gameking

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          • 6.5 Grendel
            Warrior
            • Nov 2015
            • 199

            #6
            Try and let us know...My new 20" BHW barrel seems to like them. Wish I would have just shot five, I shot three then walked up to see where I was hitting and about craped. Walked back and shot two more and opened the group.
            "One Good Shot Is All I Need."

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            • danm
              Warrior
              • Aug 2014
              • 498

              #7
              Originally posted by 6.5 Grendel View Post
              Try and let us know...My new 20" BHW barrel seems to like them. Wish I would have just shot five, I shot three then walked up to see where I was hitting and about craped. Walked back and shot two more and opened the group.
              Let me guess, the top two are the last two...

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              • jim_bob
                Warrior
                • Jul 2014
                • 316

                #8
                Thanks for the information. I'll Stick to the SSTs.

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                • southern180
                  Bloodstained
                  • Feb 2015
                  • 57

                  #9
                  used 7.62x39 PPU brand all dropped just like the 20$ a box stuff, do trust the Nosler BT and have for years

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                  • 6.5 Grendel
                    Warrior
                    • Nov 2015
                    • 199

                    #10
                    Originally posted by danm View Post
                    Let me guess, the top two are the last two...
                    Yep lol got excited.
                    "One Good Shot Is All I Need."

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                    • leftyman
                      Bloodstained
                      • Mar 2015
                      • 25

                      #11
                      My gun loves em. Their value to me is getting affordable practice. The more rounds I shoot the better. Then use the barnes tsx handloads for the important part.

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                      • wheelguner
                        Warrior
                        • Oct 2011
                        • 407

                        #12
                        Funny how that happens.

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                        • GM2
                          Bloodstained
                          • Nov 2015
                          • 63

                          #13
                          Originally posted by jim_bob View Post
                          I guess the better question would be, does anyone know if the PPU 120 grain HPBT expands reliably?
                          I feel this is an adequate reply (200 yards out of a 24" barrel)
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                          Last edited by GM2; 10-24-2020, 10:44 PM.

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                          • 6.5 Grendel
                            Warrior
                            • Nov 2015
                            • 199

                            #14
                            GM2 is that the exit?
                            "One Good Shot Is All I Need."

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                            • Smokepole50
                              Unwashed
                              • Sep 2014
                              • 9

                              #15
                              A lot of people think Prvi Partizan bullets function well in terminal ballistics. I have never taken any game with them but I have done terminal performance test with their 9.3mm bullets out of a 9.3x57 and a 9.3x62 and they worked very well. They mushroomed and penetrated just as well as Nosler and Norma bullets, at least in 9.3mm close range tests.

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