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200gr vs 178gr weight for 300 win mag for multi-purpose
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<blockquote data-quote="catorres1" data-source="post: 1137418" data-attributes="member: 80699"><p>Thanks for the response. </p><p></p><p>Yeah, I like the idea of a slower bullet at lower pressure for barrel and brass life. My only concern is that the 200 might be too hard for the little deer we have around here. But if it will do the job (open up reasonably well), then it's the better choice. I personally prefer a larger bullet and a definite pass through, with reasonable expansion, and I don't know if the 200's will do that. Perhaps that's only a question that can be answered once the ELD-X's are actually out, but was wondering, generally, what the rule of thumb is on using 200's on smaller sized game like a small whitetail. But frankly, if the 212 would work, I'd probably use that at lower velocity.</p><p></p><p>But to answer your question on the ballistics, I will shoot steel out to 1200, but not game, sorry for the confusion. Game, nowhere even that close, I am not good enough. So it is more valuable to me to have two rifles that match pretty closely in wind drift for practice and training purposes than the extra Ftlbs of energy or whatever way out there. I just won't use it, but learning the wind on a platform that responds the same, that I will use. </p><p></p><p>But yeah, if I was able and planning to make that kind of shot, I'd be using the 212's at max velocity to squeeze out all the performance I could get.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="catorres1, post: 1137418, member: 80699"] Thanks for the response. Yeah, I like the idea of a slower bullet at lower pressure for barrel and brass life. My only concern is that the 200 might be too hard for the little deer we have around here. But if it will do the job (open up reasonably well), then it's the better choice. I personally prefer a larger bullet and a definite pass through, with reasonable expansion, and I don't know if the 200's will do that. Perhaps that's only a question that can be answered once the ELD-X's are actually out, but was wondering, generally, what the rule of thumb is on using 200's on smaller sized game like a small whitetail. But frankly, if the 212 would work, I'd probably use that at lower velocity. But to answer your question on the ballistics, I will shoot steel out to 1200, but not game, sorry for the confusion. Game, nowhere even that close, I am not good enough. So it is more valuable to me to have two rifles that match pretty closely in wind drift for practice and training purposes than the extra Ftlbs of energy or whatever way out there. I just won't use it, but learning the wind on a platform that responds the same, that I will use. But yeah, if I was able and planning to make that kind of shot, I'd be using the 212's at max velocity to squeeze out all the performance I could get. [/QUOTE]
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