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AR15/10 Rifles
450 Bushmaster Vs 45 Raptor
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<blockquote data-quote="engineer40" data-source="post: 1597970" data-attributes="member: 90399"><p>It's been quite a while since I originally posted this. I've grown to adore my 450 Bushmaster. It's my favorite Michigan deer hunting rifle, by a wide margin. My dad got a 450BM in a bolt action. In a bolt action you can load 450BM very hot ifyou want. Pretty far past the book loads. But obviously, use good judgement. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I use the 300 yard 223 BDC in my scope to shoot the 450BM at 200 yards and it ends up being 1 inch high. That's about perfect for what I need. Haven't tried it further because in the area I hunt, I'd never get a shot that far. But it's loosing steam fast past 200 yards. There are some high end .452 muzzleloading bullets with BC's in the .5xx+ range. In theory if you had an accurate load with one of those, you could potentially push this cartridge out pretty darn far. I just don't have a reason to try... maybe some day. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="engineer40, post: 1597970, member: 90399"] It's been quite a while since I originally posted this. I've grown to adore my 450 Bushmaster. It's my favorite Michigan deer hunting rifle, by a wide margin. My dad got a 450BM in a bolt action. In a bolt action you can load 450BM very hot ifyou want. Pretty far past the book loads. But obviously, use good judgement. I use the 300 yard 223 BDC in my scope to shoot the 450BM at 200 yards and it ends up being 1 inch high. That's about perfect for what I need. Haven't tried it further because in the area I hunt, I'd never get a shot that far. But it's loosing steam fast past 200 yards. There are some high end .452 muzzleloading bullets with BC's in the .5xx+ range. In theory if you had an accurate load with one of those, you could potentially push this cartridge out pretty darn far. I just don't have a reason to try... maybe some day. :) [/QUOTE]
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