Thread: Amaxes, I think im over it

Its long long story from starting out with a 308 to reloading to where I am now so Il spare you the pain

Amaxes
168gr in 308win launched at a leisurely 2750fps

Undoubtedly a great long range pill (sorry sneeze) but dam do they make a mess!
So far any Red + 200 yards they have performed well (mess aside) sub 200 Iv two epic fails.

This one was shot at 305y at a calc IMPACT velocity of2180fps....... behind both shoulders MISSED ALL SHOULDER MEAT
and collected a rib on both sides.

This is after id trimmed most of the blood so it can hang without going off!



Annihilated both lungs an took out the top of the heart.
Did it do its job? oh yea most defiantly its dead but the same shot with a barnes would be just as dead and a 2 inch diameter bruise around the hole.

This is a barnes at 325y calc impact velocity 2180fps ,yea I know its a neck shot and not directly comparable but cos im a useless pric I dont have photos of lung shot with barnes but they are similar.




So to summerise I originally thought a 168 grain going that slow would be fine for all practical ranges except bush.
So I had the barnes for close and the amax for dialing.
I think im going to dial the barnes and leave the amax for steel and ranges past the barnes effective range.

To those of you who wonder whats wrong with the first pics I have a chiller and like to hang my animals, blood between the muscle groups makes them go off and is just messy when butchering.