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.338 wm for long range?
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<blockquote data-quote="Long Time Long Ranger" data-source="post: 602913" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>Ken, that dang pollution now days with thick air gets me every time.</p><p> </p><p>Like other guys said, it will kill it if you can hit it. My longest shot with the 338 winchester was a huge moose at 1104 yards and he only took a few steps. Like stated earlier the problem is the winchester having the velocity to push big heavy bullets fast enough so lighter high bc bullets do the best within the range it is most capable. For long range the best bullet I have found is the 225 grain cutting edge bullet with a .64 bc. I can drive that bullet easily to 2900 fps and a 225 grain .64 bc going 2900 will easily take out anything at 1000 yards. Run the numbers on it and you will see. Before I found that bullet I was using the 185 grain barnes ttsx at 3200 fps and kept it within 800 or so yards. The bc is higher than listed and does a very good job on game. Recoil is negligible with the lighter bullets and mine do not have a brake.</p><p> </p><p>Speaking of Barnes I sat down with the guy who does the actual bullet tests for barnes at the shot show for 30-45 minutes along with a few other guys there. He was extremely knowledgable and now that they have the dopler to get the most precise BC's in the industry they are finding they have been low and will be going back and upgrading there actual bc's. For instance they found the 200 grain 30 caliber was over .6 which me and others knew from testing but they had rather list low than high and have satisfied customers. The new 168 grain 7mm ttsx is going to be a big time long range game getter with a very high bc. I got some of those for testing in my 7mm's. Barnes is a company spending quite a bit of dollars in research to satisfy the long range crowd with hunting performance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Long Time Long Ranger, post: 602913, member: 505"] Ken, that dang pollution now days with thick air gets me every time. Like other guys said, it will kill it if you can hit it. My longest shot with the 338 winchester was a huge moose at 1104 yards and he only took a few steps. Like stated earlier the problem is the winchester having the velocity to push big heavy bullets fast enough so lighter high bc bullets do the best within the range it is most capable. For long range the best bullet I have found is the 225 grain cutting edge bullet with a .64 bc. I can drive that bullet easily to 2900 fps and a 225 grain .64 bc going 2900 will easily take out anything at 1000 yards. Run the numbers on it and you will see. Before I found that bullet I was using the 185 grain barnes ttsx at 3200 fps and kept it within 800 or so yards. The bc is higher than listed and does a very good job on game. Recoil is negligible with the lighter bullets and mine do not have a brake. Speaking of Barnes I sat down with the guy who does the actual bullet tests for barnes at the shot show for 30-45 minutes along with a few other guys there. He was extremely knowledgable and now that they have the dopler to get the most precise BC's in the industry they are finding they have been low and will be going back and upgrading there actual bc's. For instance they found the 200 grain 30 caliber was over .6 which me and others knew from testing but they had rather list low than high and have satisfied customers. The new 168 grain 7mm ttsx is going to be a big time long range game getter with a very high bc. I got some of those for testing in my 7mm's. Barnes is a company spending quite a bit of dollars in research to satisfy the long range crowd with hunting performance. [/QUOTE]
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