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<blockquote data-quote="Long Time Long Ranger" data-source="post: 483665" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>Fifty is dead on with all his posts here. Let me add first with the 338 winchester and 340 wby. It is critical to match your bullets with your cartridge. I have said on here many times that in my opinion these two chamberings are best suited with lighter bullets from 250 grains on down. High BC bullets in 225 and 250 will get you out to 1000 yards with these two and perform well. In my opinion extreme range hunting with the 300 SMK starts with the Ultramag size cases which can drive the 300 grainers with enough velocity to be effective into extreme range well beyond 1000 yards. I put my 300 grain load with my 340 wby in here for comparison only. Extreme range shooting can be done with the 340 wby and the 300 SMK if you have a fast one. My 340 is a very fast one. All of my long range kills with it were done though long before their was a 300 SMK. At the time the 250 grain SGM was the highest BC of any hunting bullet made and what I built the gun around. My accuracy load with that bullet was 3056 fps and it was a killing machine to 1000 yards. With the 338 winny the best long range bullet commonly available is the 225 Accubond in my opinion. For a short range fast flat bullet the 185 TTSX from Barnes does a very nice job and I have made kills with it to right at 800 yards which is about where it falls off the table. I think the BC on that one is beyond the .432 listed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Long Time Long Ranger, post: 483665, member: 505"] Fifty is dead on with all his posts here. Let me add first with the 338 winchester and 340 wby. It is critical to match your bullets with your cartridge. I have said on here many times that in my opinion these two chamberings are best suited with lighter bullets from 250 grains on down. High BC bullets in 225 and 250 will get you out to 1000 yards with these two and perform well. In my opinion extreme range hunting with the 300 SMK starts with the Ultramag size cases which can drive the 300 grainers with enough velocity to be effective into extreme range well beyond 1000 yards. I put my 300 grain load with my 340 wby in here for comparison only. Extreme range shooting can be done with the 340 wby and the 300 SMK if you have a fast one. My 340 is a very fast one. All of my long range kills with it were done though long before their was a 300 SMK. At the time the 250 grain SGM was the highest BC of any hunting bullet made and what I built the gun around. My accuracy load with that bullet was 3056 fps and it was a killing machine to 1000 yards. With the 338 winny the best long range bullet commonly available is the 225 Accubond in my opinion. For a short range fast flat bullet the 185 TTSX from Barnes does a very nice job and I have made kills with it to right at 800 yards which is about where it falls off the table. I think the BC on that one is beyond the .432 listed. [/QUOTE]
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