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The Basics, Starting Out
Emerging from lurker status...New to custom rifles, and getting into reloading
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<blockquote data-quote="entoptics" data-source="post: 2966667" data-attributes="member: 104268"><p>From Hodgdon's website...</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]518324[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Chop off 120 fps (30 fps/inch) from LRT/StaballHD/H1000/Magpro/Magnum and you're still around ≥ 2835 fps, which will just barely keep you above 2000 fps at 30°F, 29.9 inHg (sea level corrected), and 5000 ft elevation at 600 yds.</p><p></p><p>Have you seen the Badlands BDII lead free bullets?</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://badlandsprecision.com/product/284-150gr-bulldozer-2/[/URL]</p><p></p><p> Their quoted B.C.s are significantly inflated based on my testing, but the real B.C. is still outstanding for the weight class, and would likely gain you a good bit of distance over the 168 LRX.</p><p></p><p>150 E-tip is known to be on the "slow side", so the load data should be conservative for the BDII since the BDII has a "waistline" for reduced barrel friction.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]518327[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>That puts you at ≥ 3000 fps with the 150 BDII in your 20" bbl. With 85% of quoted B.C. (0.265 G7), that bullet has the same energy, but an extra 100 fps over the Barnes at 600 yds.</p><p></p><p>Just food for thought. No matter how you slice it, you're new build should be a real thumper for your intended use.<img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="👍" title="Thumbs up :thumbsup:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" data-shortname=":thumbsup:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="entoptics, post: 2966667, member: 104268"] From Hodgdon's website... [ATTACH type="full" alt="168 LRX.png"]518324[/ATTACH] Chop off 120 fps (30 fps/inch) from LRT/StaballHD/H1000/Magpro/Magnum and you're still around ≥ 2835 fps, which will just barely keep you above 2000 fps at 30°F, 29.9 inHg (sea level corrected), and 5000 ft elevation at 600 yds. Have you seen the Badlands BDII lead free bullets? [URL unfurl="true"]https://badlandsprecision.com/product/284-150gr-bulldozer-2/[/URL] Their quoted B.C.s are significantly inflated based on my testing, but the real B.C. is still outstanding for the weight class, and would likely gain you a good bit of distance over the 168 LRX. 150 E-tip is known to be on the "slow side", so the load data should be conservative for the BDII since the BDII has a "waistline" for reduced barrel friction. [ATTACH type="full" alt="150 E-tip.png"]518327[/ATTACH] That puts you at ≥ 3000 fps with the 150 BDII in your 20" bbl. With 85% of quoted B.C. (0.265 G7), that bullet has the same energy, but an extra 100 fps over the Barnes at 600 yds. Just food for thought. No matter how you slice it, you're new build should be a real thumper for your intended use.👍 [/QUOTE]
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