Factory wby swift scirocco for deer

[Rocksteady]

Hi guys, I'm not new here I was a member under another handle. Have a question,  I'm going on a whitetail hunt in Kansas in November.  Shots will from 25yds to 300. I ordered 4 boxes of Hornady interlocks and a couple boxes of 180gr Swift scirocco. Does anybody have any feelings on which bullet I should use ?

[Grouchy]

I shot a hog at about 30 yards and the scirocco did not expand from a 7mm WSM,complete pass through.

[224KING]

yea,but how far did the pig go?

[Dino82520]

yea,but how far did the pig go?

As a well known bullet maker said to a disgruntled customer, "At what point in the animals demise did the bullet fail"?

[.257]

For Whitetail l would use the Interlocks. They should work fine. If anything the Scirocco may be too tough a bullet. I say that but l personally have never used them.

[Blackbear3]

I’d go with the Interlocks, assuming your rifle shoots them accurately!

[Grouchy]

yea,but how far did the pig go?
 
It was drt. It was a quartering shot through his head and through and out the shoulder. Lucky angle! With TSX or A-Frames at that distance with the same rifle, they expand. Had the hog escaped, there would have been no blood trail to follow. Yes,hogs are way tougher than deer. The OP said from 25  yards or more. That's the reason I relayed this info. 

[txaggie]

Now this is right up Donnie's alley! I'm not going to knock the hornady capabilities, they are a good bullet.

However I shoot scirocco's in just about whatever I can. As far as terminal performance I routinely blow through animals without significant blood shot meat - shoulder shots act like it was a partition bullet IMO. Minimal damage, usually a dead animal instantly or shortly following.

The question seems to come up about the bullets being to hard possibly pass through without expansion. My experience is with high velocity or lower velocity rounds like a creedmoor - my wife shot a red stag bull with a 6.5 creedmoor 130 grain swift scirocco's behind the shoulder and the animal stumbled 5 maybe 10 yards and toubled over, complete pass through. I shoot from 90 grains in my 240 (and all calibers in between from 257-270 and many 6.5's and 280/7mm combos) to 180's in my 300 and while the 300 is the only thing i have not killed an animal with I plan to use this combo for a south texas nilgai hunt because it's in a LW backcountry rifle that is dialled up and ready to make a distance shot if needed.

If they are accurate in your rifle, that's my choice!

[Rocksteady]

Thanks everyone for the advice. Still up in the air though. I think I'm gonna see which one shoots best, I like to shoulder shoot deer so maybe the scirocco will expand fine in my 300....hard decision for an expensive hunt

[224KING]

A 180 grain rock would kill whitetails out of a 300 as long as it was accurate.

[Grouchy]

Thanks everyone for the advice. Still up in the air though. I think I'm gonna see which one shoots best, I like to shoulder shoot deer so maybe the scirocco will expand fine in my 300....hard decision for an expensive hunt

The bullet is the very cheapest part of an expensive hunt!