Thread: What bullets do you recommend.

When it comes to factory, esp in bush ranges too many people get carried away with bullet selection . A good old straight soft point is all you want and need. They do the job very well.
All the main brands and others will all do the job.
Longer range is a different story. Re loading is prob better and /or better projectiles than soft points work better.
On the super perforance ssts hornady rounds i know they been classed as a all rounder and a good longer range bullet.
Longer range they are good, but i personally after using 165gr SST in my 308 whicj i use for longer range and lots of bush hunting i have found this.
In the bush a soft point will blow these 165sst away. I have found them pretty average to crap in the bush.
I suspect they going to fast (i do use a 24 inch 308 thou). Yes, the animals go down but they all run, some a distance compared to a soft point when hit in same spot will just drop them.

Yes, havnt lost one with the SST but esp for bush a soft point will out do it all day long.
Only because i have bulk of them and a CDS set up for them on my 308 i continue to use them but i be going back to straight dial up as soon as i use the ammo out
As i tend to still be shooting way more animals at close range than longer range.
On a Bull Tahr at 305m the 150sst i was using just totally poled axed it and thats prob the only decent range shot iv used in the 308 so far.

My advice if bush stalking a factory round soft point is all you need and not much benifit doing re loading but fine if you do and dont need a barnes spec or some fancy projectile to do the job.

Longer range, re loading would be the way to go and a fancy projectile will be good as well but there are a range of options and factory, like a feed fusion, SST etc will do the job.