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<blockquote data-quote="PrairieGhost" data-source="post: 160131" data-attributes="member: 704">I agree with Allen.&nbsp; I have shot X bullets since the late 1980's when they were still nearly unheard of.&nbsp; I have shot deer with them in 223, 22-250, 243, 270, 308, 300WSM, 300 Win Mag.&nbsp; I have host them in my 45 Auto, and my 44 mag.&nbsp; Also in sabots from my muzzleloader.&nbsp; If I had a nice elk running straight away I know I could still reach his heart from the rear with my 300 mag, with X bullets.&nbsp; If I was hunting an area with a lot of hunters I would switch to lead.&nbsp; Yes, the deer I killed were one shot and dead, but even though I have turned front shoulders totally black from hit dead through the center and taking both lungs they still run up to 200 yards.&nbsp; I think a 180 gr out of my 300 mags are expending more energy on the hill behind the deer than on the deer.&nbsp; The reason I switch to lead is to drop them faster.&nbsp; If I hunt in an area with other hunters I don't want it running 100 yards and past another hunter who shoots and thinks he killed it.&nbsp; When my hunting partner had rotator cuff surgery he didn't want to take the boot from his 300 mag so he loaded 110 gr at 3300 fps.&nbsp; That deer dropped the fastest that I have seen with an X bullet and that was about 60 yards.&nbsp; I think I still have a couple hundred X bullets on hand, and maybe 100 loaded but I have not shot X bullets for six or seven years.&nbsp; The last ones I tried were the 52 gr X out of my 223 and 22-250.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don't remember the years back, but it was some time since I had five doe tags.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PrairieGhost, post: 160131, member: 704"] I agree with Allen. I have shot X bullets since the late 1980's when they were still nearly unheard of. I have shot deer with them in 223, 22-250, 243, 270, 308, 300WSM, 300 Win Mag. I have host them in my 45 Auto, and my 44 mag. Also in sabots from my muzzleloader. If I had a nice elk running straight away I know I could still reach his heart from the rear with my 300 mag, with X bullets. If I was hunting an area with a lot of hunters I would switch to lead. Yes, the deer I killed were one shot and dead, but even though I have turned front shoulders totally black from hit dead through the center and taking both lungs they still run up to 200 yards. I think a 180 gr out of my 300 mags are expending more energy on the hill behind the deer than on the deer. The reason I switch to lead is to drop them faster. If I hunt in an area with other hunters I don't want it running 100 yards and past another hunter who shoots and thinks he killed it. When my hunting partner had rotator cuff surgery he didn't want to take the boot from his 300 mag so he loaded 110 gr at 3300 fps. That deer dropped the fastest that I have seen with an X bullet and that was about 60 yards. I think I still have a couple hundred X bullets on hand, and maybe 100 loaded but I have not shot X bullets for six or seven years. The last ones I tried were the 52 gr X out of my 223 and 22-250. I don't remember the years back, but it was some time since I had five doe tags. [/QUOTE]

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