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<blockquote data-quote="Jon A" data-source="post: 87768" data-attributes="member: 319"><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p>Weights are a little on the light side for <em>long</em> range when using the ultras in .30 and .338 aren't they? </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p>My thoughts as well, but looking at it from their perspective--that's what sells. Put that tungsten to good use and make some 220, 240's, etc in 30 cal for example! The truth is they'll sell 1000 times as many 180's. </p><p></p><p>In the above listed weights, I think they can be a big improvement for those who want X terminal performance and don't want to suffer the low BC's. Nice bullets, but they won't offer anything BC-wise that isn't already available and while some may prefer it, X toughness is certainly not needed (and IMHO not desired) for really long stuff. Their best use may be for people shooting smaller cases that can't really use the heaviest bullets, want the plastic-tipped BC but also want close range penetration better than the current plastic-tipped bullets out there. Certainly not a bad set of goals.</p><p></p><p>It's nice to see these new bullets coming out though. Keeps things interesting.... I'll probably buy a box of them to play with, but they won't compete BC-wise with what I want to use (which are much heavier for the caliber).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jon A, post: 87768, member: 319"] [ QUOTE ] Weights are a little on the light side for [i]long[/i] range when using the ultras in .30 and .338 aren't they? [/ QUOTE ] My thoughts as well, but looking at it from their perspective--that's what sells. Put that tungsten to good use and make some 220, 240's, etc in 30 cal for example! The truth is they'll sell 1000 times as many 180's. In the above listed weights, I think they can be a big improvement for those who want X terminal performance and don't want to suffer the low BC's. Nice bullets, but they won't offer anything BC-wise that isn't already available and while some may prefer it, X toughness is certainly not needed (and IMHO not desired) for really long stuff. Their best use may be for people shooting smaller cases that can't really use the heaviest bullets, want the plastic-tipped BC but also want close range penetration better than the current plastic-tipped bullets out there. Certainly not a bad set of goals. It's nice to see these new bullets coming out though. Keeps things interesting.... I'll probably buy a box of them to play with, but they won't compete BC-wise with what I want to use (which are much heavier for the caliber). [/QUOTE]
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