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dont neccessarily want to shoot a ballistic tip on whitetail, yes, if judged accurately they can work perfectly, but if not they can be a tad to explosive. i would like to set up my rifle shooting a good 150 grain bullet for coues, without a ballistic bullet, its nosler accubond, hornadys, or winchester fail safe. so i guess my last option is to shoot each of them and see which shoots the best? and yes i was having trouble getting good groups, i think it may have been because i hadnt looked at the ballistics for the bullets i was using trying to sight in so my height in inches at different distances was off. i would like to get a 300 yard zero on whichever bullet i choose, but manufacturer specs usually are at a 200 yard zero. so i will have to settle for this to make it easiest and just remember where to place my shot at different distances. granted i could try to figure out how much the bullet drops at different distances to get a 300 yard zero but this could be frustrating and a lot of shots being fired.

you answered exactly what i was wondering, 99% of the time i will be planted on a seat using a tripod, was only curious to see if anybody did or could use them for around the neck when they were going on a stalk to get closer, and with a walking stick, yes i could steady them a little bit more. i know this wouldnt be ideal, but if it was possible. thanks again!

after looking around on some websites, have some more questions you guys might be able to help me out with, hypothetically assuming each manufacturers bullets shot very well out of my gun, what is a determining factor when choosing a bullet, for coues i know im going to shoot a 150 gr. if it comes down to velocity throughout the ranges, stopping power, expansion, coefficient, etc, after looking at ballistics from remington, winchester, nosler, and hornady, it seems hornady has the highest velocities, and stopping power, the bullet retention in height is the least when dropping throughout different ranges.. would this mean this should be my first choice? besides the issue with a box of horndays is around 40 bucks nd remingtons are 12.. im sure you can see what im trying to get at? any other recommendations? personal choices?

thanks for the suggestions, found this article on hornadys website, for those of you who may not have read it before, it answered all of my questions, and now i understand wht i may be doing wrong because of trajectories, my zero point, and such forth.. heres the link http://www.hornady.com/ballistics/external.php

thanks, i looked at the swaro 15s and they didnt look so big that they couldnt be used freehand which is nice, compared to the zeiss classic 15s. still wish i could come across a deal on some zeiss though, i like the rubber armor coat versus the plastic on the swaros. and thats good to know about carrying a sidearm, me and my dad have talked to john the game ranger before about carrying a sidearm during archery but never about the age issue.