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<blockquote data-quote="Shawn Carlock" data-source="post: 128969" data-attributes="member: 4"><p>I have run freebore up to .100" in the Edge's. I like to run .050" in mine just to help back off peak chamber preasure and gain some velocity. The 250 SMK is a good bullet but if i was going that light I would just run a 225 Accubond. My personel feeling is I like to run the 300 gr, SMK. It does drop more but is superior in wind drift by a large margin at distance. I like to shoot bone when possible. The whole optimum bullet performance debate comes down to a couple thing:</p><p>1. at the impact velocity of a give distance will the bullet open up in a soft tissue only shot if I fail to connet bone?</p><p>2. on that same shot will the bullet hold together long enough to penetrate deeply enough if I hit large bone mass.</p><p> With those criteria in mind it is a balancing act of do I get a quick expanding bullet for behind the shoulder shooting and hope not to be stopped short of the vitals if I drift into a shoulder (I'd like to think I am smart enough to know I cannot place the bullet perfectly every time) I have seen shoulder hits with good guns and good bullets fail to penetrate the shoulder at distance but shoot clear through a chest shot. On the other side of the coin do I shoot a VLD style match bullet for it's traits (mostly less wind drift) and plan to shoot bone but hope I don't punch a small hole through a between the ribs lung shot from unseen drift? Hole punching will occur when no bone is struck and impact velocities get low enough. You can cure some of these issues by limiting your range to certain impact velocities. I love the 300 SMK and until something else comes along to replace it I will continue to use it. I have seen this though, impact velocities over 2000 fps seem to usually have dramatic results on even soft tissue only hits, if you get much below 2000 fps it can start to pin hole its way through. Bone contact out to 1500 fps is dramatic and instant but your betting the farm on your ability to connect with large bone at over 1000 yards, a pretty tall order. Clear as mud right?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shawn Carlock, post: 128969, member: 4"] I have run freebore up to .100" in the Edge's. I like to run .050" in mine just to help back off peak chamber preasure and gain some velocity. The 250 SMK is a good bullet but if i was going that light I would just run a 225 Accubond. My personel feeling is I like to run the 300 gr, SMK. It does drop more but is superior in wind drift by a large margin at distance. I like to shoot bone when possible. The whole optimum bullet performance debate comes down to a couple thing: 1. at the impact velocity of a give distance will the bullet open up in a soft tissue only shot if I fail to connet bone? 2. on that same shot will the bullet hold together long enough to penetrate deeply enough if I hit large bone mass. With those criteria in mind it is a balancing act of do I get a quick expanding bullet for behind the shoulder shooting and hope not to be stopped short of the vitals if I drift into a shoulder (I'd like to think I am smart enough to know I cannot place the bullet perfectly every time) I have seen shoulder hits with good guns and good bullets fail to penetrate the shoulder at distance but shoot clear through a chest shot. On the other side of the coin do I shoot a VLD style match bullet for it's traits (mostly less wind drift) and plan to shoot bone but hope I don't punch a small hole through a between the ribs lung shot from unseen drift? Hole punching will occur when no bone is struck and impact velocities get low enough. You can cure some of these issues by limiting your range to certain impact velocities. I love the 300 SMK and until something else comes along to replace it I will continue to use it. I have seen this though, impact velocities over 2000 fps seem to usually have dramatic results on even soft tissue only hits, if you get much below 2000 fps it can start to pin hole its way through. Bone contact out to 1500 fps is dramatic and instant but your betting the farm on your ability to connect with large bone at over 1000 yards, a pretty tall order. Clear as mud right? [/QUOTE]
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