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Heavy .308 hunting bullets. what would you want?
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<blockquote data-quote="Varminator 911" data-source="post: 1600645" data-attributes="member: 9705"><p>What I'd like is longer bullets with a much better form factor rather than heavier bullets. Keep the weight down so as to increase velocity.</p><p></p><p>The best bullet like that I've seen so far is only a picture posted by Swamplord. It's a 207 gn hollow point tipped copper bullet from Badlands Precision. G7 bc is listed at 0.395. It is nearly 2 inches long and needs 7.5 twist. This bullet will get you 200-300 fps over those 245-255 gn bullets without much if any loss in bc.</p><p></p><p>I think we'll see hunting bullets like this and I'll be shooting them in a 7 twist 308. Build bullets to use all the twist possible in the bigger calibers like we are now in 22, 25, and 6.5 calibers. They are doing this in ELR target shooting with 375 and 408 calibers that need 7 twists. G1 bc of 1.1 and above.</p><p></p><p>So what I'd say to the bullet builders is give me all the bc you can for a 7 twist 308. And do it in the lightest, ie sleekest, bullet possible so I can shoot it fast. Velocity is half the equation in down range ballistics. The 245-255 gn bullets sacrifice too much velocity for my liking.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Varminator 911, post: 1600645, member: 9705"] What I'd like is longer bullets with a much better form factor rather than heavier bullets. Keep the weight down so as to increase velocity. The best bullet like that I've seen so far is only a picture posted by Swamplord. It's a 207 gn hollow point tipped copper bullet from Badlands Precision. G7 bc is listed at 0.395. It is nearly 2 inches long and needs 7.5 twist. This bullet will get you 200-300 fps over those 245-255 gn bullets without much if any loss in bc. I think we'll see hunting bullets like this and I'll be shooting them in a 7 twist 308. Build bullets to use all the twist possible in the bigger calibers like we are now in 22, 25, and 6.5 calibers. They are doing this in ELR target shooting with 375 and 408 calibers that need 7 twists. G1 bc of 1.1 and above. So what I'd say to the bullet builders is give me all the bc you can for a 7 twist 308. And do it in the lightest, ie sleekest, bullet possible so I can shoot it fast. Velocity is half the equation in down range ballistics. The 245-255 gn bullets sacrifice too much velocity for my liking. [/QUOTE]
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