Thread: Hunting with subs in 300BLK

Yeah I’ve shot plenty of deer and even more goats with a semi custom tikka 300BLK 12” 1:7 barrel using subs 90% of the time. I solely use purpose built subsonic Lehigh Defence 168gr Controled Fracturing and 198gr maximum expansion projectiles for deer as they have the quickest kills and had killed deer out to 280m with them. I’ve had quite a few bang flops on hilar shots.
Not happy with the results from hornady 190gr sub-x on deer and will only use them on goats now.
The powder I use is AR2205 for all supersonics and subsonic, and I use this powder in 4 other mates 300 blackouts that I reload for.


The top bullets are Lehigh 168gr controlled fracturing and the bottom are 198gr maximum expansion. The controlled fracturing work like buckshot from a shotgun, the 3 razor sharp petals cut the internals impressively and on fallow deer the the base will punch through the other side.

The maximum expansion open up like a broadhead and punch through deeper and found a few bullets on the off side skin and the odd small red deer with a prefect broadhead like cut on the skin punching clean through and they work good on big pigs too.

The thing I really like about the 300BLK is you can bang away all day on goats and around the next corner a deer unaware.


I will run run all these on one trip and dailup accordingly, Roberts 151gr HP cast, subsonic 208gr ELD, subsonic Lehigh 168gr CF and Nosler 125gr BT supersonic.

I use the 151gr cast for possums, mountain hares and the odd goat, I can only single feed them on a empty magazine in my rifle.
208gr is the most accurate ammo and use for head shot deer at long range(250m) and goat culling ammo.

125gr Supersonics for everything. I Also use 125gr SST, TMK.


A goat on the run about to be dropped with a 208gr eld.


Scopes I away between 2.5-10x42 and a aimpoint red dot with quick release mounts.

I haven’t used this rifle much this year as I bought a 308 for medium 300m-400m range hunting and using 151gr cast / trailBoss for point blank finishing shots and the odd goat and it feeds perfectly out of a tikka magazine compared to the 300BLK.