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338 rum & rl-26 ?
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<blockquote data-quote="D.Camilleri" data-source="post: 1292175" data-attributes="member: 2567"><p>It gets so easy to get hung up on numbers. An animal will never know if it gets hit with an additional 100 fps, but if the bullet doesn't do what it is supposed to do, bad things will happen. When we are comparing big 338's, at some point they all kill extremely well and the extra ft lbs of energy basically extend the max ethical kill range. I was really wanting to get to 2900 fps with a 300 gr bullet, and I did it. Now, it doesn't really matter because I need the one hole accuracy that I get at 2800. Now if I could close the deal every time I would have it made. Last year while deer hunting I had a nice buck at 750 yards. I was cold and I couldn't get comfortable to get steady, then a monster 30+ muley stepped out and I knew I had no shot. I got closer and made a good shot from a prone position at 580 yards. I was the weak link in the equation.</p><p></p><p>I might play around a little with the 250 Berger just to see how it shoots. But it is real hard to go away from the 300 otm, they just plain kill.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="D.Camilleri, post: 1292175, member: 2567"] It gets so easy to get hung up on numbers. An animal will never know if it gets hit with an additional 100 fps, but if the bullet doesn't do what it is supposed to do, bad things will happen. When we are comparing big 338's, at some point they all kill extremely well and the extra ft lbs of energy basically extend the max ethical kill range. I was really wanting to get to 2900 fps with a 300 gr bullet, and I did it. Now, it doesn't really matter because I need the one hole accuracy that I get at 2800. Now if I could close the deal every time I would have it made. Last year while deer hunting I had a nice buck at 750 yards. I was cold and I couldn't get comfortable to get steady, then a monster 30+ muley stepped out and I knew I had no shot. I got closer and made a good shot from a prone position at 580 yards. I was the weak link in the equation. I might play around a little with the 250 Berger just to see how it shoots. But it is real hard to go away from the 300 otm, they just plain kill. [/QUOTE]
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