Being in MoCo, I picked up a CVA Cascade with scope in 350 Legend while hanging out down in Tappahannock, VA the other day. Their wally-world had a decent selection and now that MoCo has been forced to allow straight-wall cartridges in what was formerly "shotgun only" areas, well, it just made sense to grab the 350 Legend instead of the Savage Axis .308 that was sitting right next to it (besides, I already have a .308 bolt gun).
Anyway, ammo supplies being what they are these days compounded by the fact that gun season is just a month away, I grabbed the first boxes of what I *thought* was hunting ammo today at Hafer's. Little did I know, they're actually Winchester Personal Defense rounds. I guess they're for when you absolutely have to punch a .357" diameter entry hole in a home invader but want to do so with an AR?
Anyway, comparing the ballistics, energy, and grain of bullet vs Winchester's deer-centric round, the performance is fairly similar. Would it be ethical, in a pinch, to use these for hunting deer? They're a bonded, jacketed hollowpoint round. The main difference seems to be a few grains in weight vs the true hunting rounds, and the lack of a polymer tip in favor of a traditional open-tip hollow point.
Worse comes to worst, I can use these to sight in and get it on the paper and then use some legit hunting rounds that are on order from PSA to finish up the sight-in and for in the field. But I kind of figured that these might work just fine for deer too.
Any thoughts?
Here's the round in question: https://winchester.com/Products/Ammunition/Rifle/Defender/S350PDB
Anyway, ammo supplies being what they are these days compounded by the fact that gun season is just a month away, I grabbed the first boxes of what I *thought* was hunting ammo today at Hafer's. Little did I know, they're actually Winchester Personal Defense rounds. I guess they're for when you absolutely have to punch a .357" diameter entry hole in a home invader but want to do so with an AR?
Anyway, comparing the ballistics, energy, and grain of bullet vs Winchester's deer-centric round, the performance is fairly similar. Would it be ethical, in a pinch, to use these for hunting deer? They're a bonded, jacketed hollowpoint round. The main difference seems to be a few grains in weight vs the true hunting rounds, and the lack of a polymer tip in favor of a traditional open-tip hollow point.
Worse comes to worst, I can use these to sight in and get it on the paper and then use some legit hunting rounds that are on order from PSA to finish up the sight-in and for in the field. But I kind of figured that these might work just fine for deer too.
Any thoughts?
Here's the round in question: https://winchester.com/Products/Ammunition/Rifle/Defender/S350PDB
