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338 lapua/300 gr bullets/2800 fps minimum?
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<blockquote data-quote="longrangehunterII" data-source="post: 1066696" data-attributes="member: 61185"><p>First off, the TRG's use a chrome lined barrel which makes them slow, mine never reached more then 2700 fps with any powder but still remain accurate- 1/2" MOA.</p><p></p><p>Bullet drop once a scope is zeroed, if at the same distance, same velocity, will be almost the same regardless of the slope/moa of the base!lightbulb Zero at 100 yards is still zero, it just mean more adjustment in the scope over something less, and has nothing to do with how much you dial to POI. </p><p> </p><p>If what you're saying is true, and you're both using the same bullet type, your buddies load is going almost the same speed and isn't any where near 2800!</p><p></p><p>If that was the case, why would he only be dialing .25 MOA more and yet still using 2" more barrel= an easy 50-60 fps. alone.</p><p></p><p>I use a .364 bushing with the Lapua cases and honestly the heavy recoil of the 338 Lapua requires a lot of neck tension just to keep the bullets from moving inside the magazine during recoil so don't sweat that BS, fully crimped bullets will still deliver excellent accuracy in a rifle of this type.</p><p></p><p>My own TRG-42 using 94.5 RL-33 F251M @ 2.9250"CBTO/.030" off with a 300 SMK only went 2600 fps and was tested over an Oehler 35P multiple times. I achieved basically the same speed you're getting with H1000 but high ES and SD's and it didn't shoot as well...... don't sweat not getting a number (2800 fps) when it doesn't make any difference in hitting objects using this caliber or anything close to it.</p><p></p><p>If it works and isn't broke, why fix it? It is just a number that I think makes no sense. Let's just say what you believe is true with what your friend says is the muzzle velocity of his round..... is .25 moa making a difference?</p><p></p><p>No.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="longrangehunterII, post: 1066696, member: 61185"] First off, the TRG's use a chrome lined barrel which makes them slow, mine never reached more then 2700 fps with any powder but still remain accurate- 1/2" MOA. Bullet drop once a scope is zeroed, if at the same distance, same velocity, will be almost the same regardless of the slope/moa of the base!lightbulb Zero at 100 yards is still zero, it just mean more adjustment in the scope over something less, and has nothing to do with how much you dial to POI. If what you're saying is true, and you're both using the same bullet type, your buddies load is going almost the same speed and isn't any where near 2800! If that was the case, why would he only be dialing .25 MOA more and yet still using 2" more barrel= an easy 50-60 fps. alone. I use a .364 bushing with the Lapua cases and honestly the heavy recoil of the 338 Lapua requires a lot of neck tension just to keep the bullets from moving inside the magazine during recoil so don't sweat that BS, fully crimped bullets will still deliver excellent accuracy in a rifle of this type. My own TRG-42 using 94.5 RL-33 F251M @ 2.9250"CBTO/.030" off with a 300 SMK only went 2600 fps and was tested over an Oehler 35P multiple times. I achieved basically the same speed you're getting with H1000 but high ES and SD's and it didn't shoot as well...... don't sweat not getting a number (2800 fps) when it doesn't make any difference in hitting objects using this caliber or anything close to it. If it works and isn't broke, why fix it? It is just a number that I think makes no sense. Let's just say what you believe is true with what your friend says is the muzzle velocity of his round..... is .25 moa making a difference? No. [/QUOTE]
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