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1:8" for 300WM: Is this too fast?
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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 1809413" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>Honestly I've gotten over the bug long ago about always pushing the heaviest possible bullet for a given caliber.</p><p></p><p>let's face it. Till you get beyond 600yds, there's not enough difference between bullets with a .495 BC and another with a .600bc performance wise to really show.</p><p></p><p>Even out to 1,000 that difference is pretty negligible as long as you have a good drop card for the elevation and conditions or good data to plug into your ballistics calculator for a good shooting solution.</p><p></p><p>When you get to shooting beyond a thousand things get much more complicated and you want absolutely ever advantage you can get.</p><p></p><p>With the exception of my 6.5's I see all the performance I can appreciate with mid range bullets and even with the 6.5's I'm perfectly content with the 130's and 140's even with the Mono's and for the mono's the Peregrine VLR5 123grain shoots far better than the numbers say it should with pretty much unrivaled terminal velocity in both my .260's, .264wm, and 6.5 LRM.</p><p></p><p>If I want to shoot heavier than 140's I have 7mm STW's, if I want to shoot heavier than 180gr, I have the .300wm's and 300 Rum's. If I want to shoot 230's or heavier all the way to 400gr's I have the .375's.</p><p></p><p>It's really easy hanging around here to get stuck on fad's and we have a new fad here about every 3-6 months.</p><p></p><p>Fad's are inherently short lived, expensive, and in the end unsatisfying which is why they fade.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 1809413, member: 30902"] Honestly I've gotten over the bug long ago about always pushing the heaviest possible bullet for a given caliber. let's face it. Till you get beyond 600yds, there's not enough difference between bullets with a .495 BC and another with a .600bc performance wise to really show. Even out to 1,000 that difference is pretty negligible as long as you have a good drop card for the elevation and conditions or good data to plug into your ballistics calculator for a good shooting solution. When you get to shooting beyond a thousand things get much more complicated and you want absolutely ever advantage you can get. With the exception of my 6.5's I see all the performance I can appreciate with mid range bullets and even with the 6.5's I'm perfectly content with the 130's and 140's even with the Mono's and for the mono's the Peregrine VLR5 123grain shoots far better than the numbers say it should with pretty much unrivaled terminal velocity in both my .260's, .264wm, and 6.5 LRM. If I want to shoot heavier than 140's I have 7mm STW's, if I want to shoot heavier than 180gr, I have the .300wm's and 300 Rum's. If I want to shoot 230's or heavier all the way to 400gr's I have the .375's. It's really easy hanging around here to get stuck on fad's and we have a new fad here about every 3-6 months. Fad's are inherently short lived, expensive, and in the end unsatisfying which is why they fade. [/QUOTE]
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