Tipsy Mcstagger
New member
Hello guys. I recently built a 11.5" ar pistol in 300 blk and it's topped with irons and buis and a trs25 red dot. I have chronographed the barnes vortex 110 ttsx blacktip factory load at 2250 fps and went on a walk today looking for deer. I was hoping to take a doe (south tx) but a large boar ran from under the feeder towards me and presented himself at 70 yards quartering to me and I popped him below the ear and dropped him and he crumpled, no squealing. The bullet continued and exited above his shoulder 10-12". I had been hoping it would be a sufficient short range medium game cartridge (with low grain/high speed loads) and am now confident that it'll make a decent walking/stalking gun given the penetration. Anyway this is not a brag post I'm just trying to inform those that might be in the same camp I was about a marginally powered cartridge and that it seems sufficient. Now, I realize that where I put it a 22 would have killed it but the penetration was what seemed impressive for a low energy rifle cartridge. Maybe this info will help someone make a decision if they're on the fence now that I have a whole 'one-kill' with this set up.