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25-06 long range troubles
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<blockquote data-quote="orch" data-source="post: 1033062" data-attributes="member: 35688"><p>Hey there,</p><p></p><p>I'd have to agree we th the rest of the guys here, that 100gr bullet is going pretty slow...so much so I'd wonder if your bullet is going Trans-sonic and is losing stability as it drops from above the sound barrier to below. That would probably be why u are seeing bullets tumbling... This depends on your atmospherics... Where I am, about 1000ft above sea level and minus 25 Celsius today my ballistic data has the nosler 100 gr starting to go subsonic at around 960 yards at yor speed, in the summer if the temp was +20 c it would start going subsonic around 1030.... Some bullets seem to be sensitive to instability going transonic, some don't... I'm not even sure which ones are, but it seems the 100gr ballistic tips from your load are... To over come it I'd say try bumping up the speed or go to a different bullet like you mentioned... I have had great results with the 115gr berger in my 2506 AI....I shoot them out to 1000 yards all the time and they still ring the gong pretty good. I have killed deer out to 600 yards regularly (actually killed one at 995 with it in one shot but that was really pushing it and I was very lucky to get a clean humane kill and didn't have to track a wounded deer) and have taken coyotes out to 800 yards with it, I've found it very consistent in my gun.</p><p></p><p>Orch</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="orch, post: 1033062, member: 35688"] Hey there, I'd have to agree we th the rest of the guys here, that 100gr bullet is going pretty slow...so much so I'd wonder if your bullet is going Trans-sonic and is losing stability as it drops from above the sound barrier to below. That would probably be why u are seeing bullets tumbling... This depends on your atmospherics... Where I am, about 1000ft above sea level and minus 25 Celsius today my ballistic data has the nosler 100 gr starting to go subsonic at around 960 yards at yor speed, in the summer if the temp was +20 c it would start going subsonic around 1030.... Some bullets seem to be sensitive to instability going transonic, some don't... I'm not even sure which ones are, but it seems the 100gr ballistic tips from your load are... To over come it I'd say try bumping up the speed or go to a different bullet like you mentioned... I have had great results with the 115gr berger in my 2506 AI....I shoot them out to 1000 yards all the time and they still ring the gong pretty good. I have killed deer out to 600 yards regularly (actually killed one at 995 with it in one shot but that was really pushing it and I was very lucky to get a clean humane kill and didn't have to track a wounded deer) and have taken coyotes out to 800 yards with it, I've found it very consistent in my gun. Orch [/QUOTE]
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