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Barnes LRX success...
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<blockquote data-quote="rooster721" data-source="post: 899611" data-attributes="member: 40654"><p>Brother & I been shooting the 168 LRX bullets through our Lazzeroni 7mm's this past fall.. we've had excellent performance out of them close and far. I killed a great 6x7 elk a touch over 700 yards using these bullets. Impact velocity should have been 2000-2040fps (+/-) and one bullet WAS recovered stuck in the offside skin in a handful of pedals & broken bone fragments... two other bullets shot at the same distance were pass-thrus (missed bones I guess)</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]29742[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>If a guy punches numbers using this LRX @ 3200fps vs a 180 Berger @ typical 2900-3000 speeds a Rem Mag provides... the LRX basically mirrors the ballistics and downrange velocities the Berger does. To me, in a hunting rifle, THAT plus the added close-range comfort (I feel anyway vs Berger) is why WE exclusively switched. Through a RUM, in my opinion, thinking "hunting" in every angle and at any distance to 1000 say, I think the LRX makes better sense. It's a best of both worlds bullet, near or far... reliably.</p><p></p><p>Plus, the LRX (in RUM or otherwise) won't rear jacket failures from the velocity like the Berger Hunting's do. Again, in my opinion eliminates that bug in the back of a guys head worrying about reliability.. I lost that confidence in the Bergers I was using... came a point where at 3200+ I would see one in three reach my targets (due to jacket failure) I can't have that when I'm on a mountain someplace!</p><p></p><p>LRX is a wicked bullet in a barrel matched to the capacity cases like RUM's & such.. I personally don't think smaller capacity cases like a Rem Mag can push the heaviest LRX to potential, but in the cases like RUM and Lazzeroni n all, they're "the" bullet-- imo</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rooster721, post: 899611, member: 40654"] Brother & I been shooting the 168 LRX bullets through our Lazzeroni 7mm's this past fall.. we've had excellent performance out of them close and far. I killed a great 6x7 elk a touch over 700 yards using these bullets. Impact velocity should have been 2000-2040fps (+/-) and one bullet WAS recovered stuck in the offside skin in a handful of pedals & broken bone fragments... two other bullets shot at the same distance were pass-thrus (missed bones I guess) [ATTACH]29742.vB[/ATTACH] If a guy punches numbers using this LRX @ 3200fps vs a 180 Berger @ typical 2900-3000 speeds a Rem Mag provides... the LRX basically mirrors the ballistics and downrange velocities the Berger does. To me, in a hunting rifle, THAT plus the added close-range comfort (I feel anyway vs Berger) is why WE exclusively switched. Through a RUM, in my opinion, thinking "hunting" in every angle and at any distance to 1000 say, I think the LRX makes better sense. It's a best of both worlds bullet, near or far... reliably. Plus, the LRX (in RUM or otherwise) won't rear jacket failures from the velocity like the Berger Hunting's do. Again, in my opinion eliminates that bug in the back of a guys head worrying about reliability.. I lost that confidence in the Bergers I was using... came a point where at 3200+ I would see one in three reach my targets (due to jacket failure) I can't have that when I'm on a mountain someplace! LRX is a wicked bullet in a barrel matched to the capacity cases like RUM's & such.. I personally don't think smaller capacity cases like a Rem Mag can push the heaviest LRX to potential, but in the cases like RUM and Lazzeroni n all, they're "the" bullet-- imo [/QUOTE]
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