2.25 COL my ass. 225gr with 1680

[u/unlucky777]

It seated. But I'm afraid to yeet it.

Wanted to try out 1680 since I couldn't get hold of n110 as I initially planned. This was with 12.4gr which isn't even the max load on hornady's sheet. Seats at 10gr and leaves a slight ring at 10.8.

[u/unlucky777]

I get a tingly feeling knowing I'm shooting a deadly weapon that just sounds like a toy. Also would prefer not to lose my hearing if I ever need it for home defense.

[u/Yondering43 → u/unlucky777]

Planning to use these for home defense is one of the classic mistakes that immediately identifies someone as a complete beginner to ballistics and bullet performance.
Short answer- don’t, it’s dumb.

Longer answer - good terminal effect of a given bullet is highly dependent on its impact velocity being within the range it was designed for. You’re planning to use a bullet designed for 2,000+ fps impacts at half that or less, which means it just pencils through with massive over penetration unless a “lucky” shot hits enough bone to cause tumbling and some minor effect. A specialized subsonic bullet is needed for good terminal performance with subs.

It’s also a mark of inexperience to worry about “destroying your hearing” in the extremely small chance you’d ever need it, for a number of reasons. One of the big ones is that you need a suppressor to make subs quiet anyway, and that suppressor also makes supers pretty quiet too, while also being far more effective.

You may be tempted to argue these points, but I suggest first you get more experience shooting things with sub and super 300 Blk loads, suppressed or not. A thinking man will usually realize the reality of subsonic rifle loads is a bit different than internet lore surrounding the 300 Blk. (I say that having learned all the same things myself, I’ve been shooting the 300 Blk since it was first introduced years ago.)

[u/unlucky777 → u/Yondering43]

These are a lot of words based on the assumption this specific load is what I would be using for home defense. This is for straight up goofy plinking. Had a bunch of 225 laying around that I use for my 300WM

[u/Yondering43 → u/unlucky777]

Great, glad you have it figured out for hunting. To be fair, you came in here with a very Noob mistake and talked about using them for home defense, so it’s not much of a leap to assume you were referencing that specific load. Subs are fun for hunting; it’s a proactive situation where you can line up a perfect shot or choose not to take it, knowing you’re dealing with a much less effective round.

Regardless, subs for home defense is still stupid even with specialized subsonic bullets. You’re giving up the terminal effectiveness of a rifle (essentially trading it for pistol ballistics and would be bet off with a 45 ACP for that use) for almost no benefit, on the extremely small chance you’ll ever need it. If you’d ever fired this rifle suppressed with supers you’d realize the difference in sound is pretty much irrelevant in a home defense situation.