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7mm 168 or 180 for hunting?
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<blockquote data-quote="upacreek" data-source="post: 984122" data-attributes="member: 59039"><p>I was very excited to finally get my hands on some bullets this week. In load development I have found 2950fps with the 180 and 3080fps with the 168. After looking at a couple ballistic calculators its a pretty close comparison regarding velocity and energy. Infact the 168 is a little flatter shooting. Since I am not done with load development and they are both performing equally at this point what would you guys do? My gut would always go with sectional density so the 180 is winning for me. </p><p>I need to pick one and run with it, so what would you guys do?</p><p></p><p>These will be used stricktly on elk and under 600yrds. My problem is if the gun gives me less than 6" groups at 700 or 800 yrds consistently, and I cant get closer its always a possibility. So far 800 is looking very possible.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="upacreek, post: 984122, member: 59039"] I was very excited to finally get my hands on some bullets this week. In load development I have found 2950fps with the 180 and 3080fps with the 168. After looking at a couple ballistic calculators its a pretty close comparison regarding velocity and energy. Infact the 168 is a little flatter shooting. Since I am not done with load development and they are both performing equally at this point what would you guys do? My gut would always go with sectional density so the 180 is winning for me. I need to pick one and run with it, so what would you guys do? These will be used stricktly on elk and under 600yrds. My problem is if the gun gives me less than 6" groups at 700 or 800 yrds consistently, and I cant get closer its always a possibility. So far 800 is looking very possible. [/QUOTE]
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