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338-300 RUM 225 Cutting Edge 4.63" 1000 yards
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<blockquote data-quote="Long Time Long Ranger" data-source="post: 662191" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>I have shot it and the 225 AB in the 338 win mag but not done direct drop comparisons. The advantage is two fold as I have been able to shoot the CE bullets faster than the same weight lead core bullets with what appears to be same pressure loads in numerous rifles. The .64 bc of the 225 CE certainly gives it an advantage over the 225 AB in both trajectory and wind drift. I would just have to use a ballistics calculator to determine how much since I have not shot direct comparisons with the same conditions. To 600 yards both will easily do the job. The primary difference would be the effect on game since the bullets perform very different. The CE bullet I have never recovered from game as they always have complete pass throughs like the Barnes ttsx bullets I like to shoot also. The AB is a fast expanding bullet that typically remains in elk size animals with performance ranging from complete disenegration of the bullet shedding it's jacket to a perfect double caliber mushroom depending on what you hit inside the animal and what velocity you hit it.</p><p> </p><p>I have loads for both bullets and velocities in my loading notes but they are down in the loading room. I will bring them up sometime today.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Long Time Long Ranger, post: 662191, member: 505"] I have shot it and the 225 AB in the 338 win mag but not done direct drop comparisons. The advantage is two fold as I have been able to shoot the CE bullets faster than the same weight lead core bullets with what appears to be same pressure loads in numerous rifles. The .64 bc of the 225 CE certainly gives it an advantage over the 225 AB in both trajectory and wind drift. I would just have to use a ballistics calculator to determine how much since I have not shot direct comparisons with the same conditions. To 600 yards both will easily do the job. The primary difference would be the effect on game since the bullets perform very different. The CE bullet I have never recovered from game as they always have complete pass throughs like the Barnes ttsx bullets I like to shoot also. The AB is a fast expanding bullet that typically remains in elk size animals with performance ranging from complete disenegration of the bullet shedding it's jacket to a perfect double caliber mushroom depending on what you hit inside the animal and what velocity you hit it. I have loads for both bullets and velocities in my loading notes but they are down in the loading room. I will bring them up sometime today. [/QUOTE]
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