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<blockquote data-quote="Long Time Long Ranger" data-source="post: 257282" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>I think JE hit on a good point with the 308. You have to look at the effective hunting range of your rifle considering not the best shot angle at times. This is the way I have it broken down. From 300 WSM and down I think a 150 barnes ttsx is the best choice because they just don't get enough velocity with the 200 for the real long range killing ability and your looking at a 500-600 yard gun anyway. The 200 just can't catch the 150 there. But say starting with the 300 win mag and above you can get that 200 rolling at 3000 fps and faster and then it becomes a big time long range killer. You have enough range that the 200 can outrun the 150. Several of my big guns are set up to shoot light bullets but it makes them 600-700 yard rifles instead of 1000 yard rifles. They shoot extremely flat out to 600 yards and allow me to use mil dots very effectively without touching my clicks. Beyond 600 or so yards drop is not your problem it is the wind. To go beyond this and shoot effectively it requires a heavy, high BC bullet because drop is very easy to calculate. Wind drift is the hardest thing and you need to eliminate as much of it as possible therefore the big bullets. Here are my 300 ultrmag loads I use in my three rifles set up to shoot different ranges. 208 A-Max at 3216 fps using 106 grains of H-870. This is a very good long range set up. 100.5 grains of IMR 7828 with the Barnes 150 TTSX gives me 3735 fps and is awesome on deer/caribou using mil dots out to 750 yards. With caribou rangefinders do not work on the tundra so this is a very good load when you have to mil dot the range.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Long Time Long Ranger, post: 257282, member: 505"] I think JE hit on a good point with the 308. You have to look at the effective hunting range of your rifle considering not the best shot angle at times. This is the way I have it broken down. From 300 WSM and down I think a 150 barnes ttsx is the best choice because they just don't get enough velocity with the 200 for the real long range killing ability and your looking at a 500-600 yard gun anyway. The 200 just can't catch the 150 there. But say starting with the 300 win mag and above you can get that 200 rolling at 3000 fps and faster and then it becomes a big time long range killer. You have enough range that the 200 can outrun the 150. Several of my big guns are set up to shoot light bullets but it makes them 600-700 yard rifles instead of 1000 yard rifles. They shoot extremely flat out to 600 yards and allow me to use mil dots very effectively without touching my clicks. Beyond 600 or so yards drop is not your problem it is the wind. To go beyond this and shoot effectively it requires a heavy, high BC bullet because drop is very easy to calculate. Wind drift is the hardest thing and you need to eliminate as much of it as possible therefore the big bullets. Here are my 300 ultrmag loads I use in my three rifles set up to shoot different ranges. 208 A-Max at 3216 fps using 106 grains of H-870. This is a very good long range set up. 100.5 grains of IMR 7828 with the Barnes 150 TTSX gives me 3735 fps and is awesome on deer/caribou using mil dots out to 750 yards. With caribou rangefinders do not work on the tundra so this is a very good load when you have to mil dot the range. [/QUOTE]
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