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<blockquote data-quote="Long Time Long Ranger" data-source="post: 383968" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>From what I have seen through the years the standard Hornady bullets (interlock,sst) overall hold together much better than the ballistic tips until you get to the 200 grain 338 ballistic tip. Ballistic tips will open up much quicker. Unfortunately they quit making the 200 grain 338 ballistic tip. Me and a number of my friends used that bullet out of all kinds of big 338's from the time it was introduced till we ran out of them. Perfect bullet performance from 50 yards to over 1000 yards every time. It was as good a hunting bullet as I have ever used in 40 years. So when I ran out of them I went to the 225 accubond for the high BC and thought the performance would be better since they charge for and call it a premium bullet. It is one of the worst bullets I have ever seen for performance on game. From what I have seen it will completely come apart into fragments on most shots. I am going back to the 225 sst, one of the Barnes bullets or something else. I will not shoot the 225 AB again at game. If you can find some 200 grain ballistic tips I would suggest you get those and use them and if anybody can find some I would like buy them. </p><p></p><p>With my 338- 378 I shot consistent groups in the 3"-4" range at 650 yards with a muzzle velocity of over 3600 fps. My best group was just over 3" at exactly 1/2 mile. The closest kill shot I can remember was with Sniper2 and I shot a large muley buck running at 100 or so yards through both shoulders with a perfect mushroomed bullet under the hide. The longest was shooting caribou over 1000 yards. Again with perfect bullet performance. Now that is what I call a good bullet to perform through all those velocity ranges.</p><p></p><p>The 180 ballistic tip opens quicker than the 200 ballistic tip and I think you can still get those. If you wanted a light 338 bullet that would perform well at low velocity that is the one I would suggest. At high velocity though I would be concerned of it blowing apart. I use it out of my 338 Gibbs and it does well at the slower velocities.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Long Time Long Ranger, post: 383968, member: 505"] From what I have seen through the years the standard Hornady bullets (interlock,sst) overall hold together much better than the ballistic tips until you get to the 200 grain 338 ballistic tip. Ballistic tips will open up much quicker. Unfortunately they quit making the 200 grain 338 ballistic tip. Me and a number of my friends used that bullet out of all kinds of big 338's from the time it was introduced till we ran out of them. Perfect bullet performance from 50 yards to over 1000 yards every time. It was as good a hunting bullet as I have ever used in 40 years. So when I ran out of them I went to the 225 accubond for the high BC and thought the performance would be better since they charge for and call it a premium bullet. It is one of the worst bullets I have ever seen for performance on game. From what I have seen it will completely come apart into fragments on most shots. I am going back to the 225 sst, one of the Barnes bullets or something else. I will not shoot the 225 AB again at game. If you can find some 200 grain ballistic tips I would suggest you get those and use them and if anybody can find some I would like buy them. With my 338- 378 I shot consistent groups in the 3"-4" range at 650 yards with a muzzle velocity of over 3600 fps. My best group was just over 3" at exactly 1/2 mile. The closest kill shot I can remember was with Sniper2 and I shot a large muley buck running at 100 or so yards through both shoulders with a perfect mushroomed bullet under the hide. The longest was shooting caribou over 1000 yards. Again with perfect bullet performance. Now that is what I call a good bullet to perform through all those velocity ranges. The 180 ballistic tip opens quicker than the 200 ballistic tip and I think you can still get those. If you wanted a light 338 bullet that would perform well at low velocity that is the one I would suggest. At high velocity though I would be concerned of it blowing apart. I use it out of my 338 Gibbs and it does well at the slower velocities. [/QUOTE]
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