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<blockquote data-quote="elkaholic" data-source="post: 1305219" data-attributes="member: 13833"><p>Steve was kind enough to send me some of his good looking bullets to test in my new 338 Sherman. I have been living out of a box waiting for our home to open so testing is a bit more challenging. I loaded up some 260's ahead of 63 grains of RL17 at a coal of 3.500". After chronographing a few, I shot 4 shots at 100 yards into 5/8" at a speed of around 2690'. This was not max and they would probably reach at least 2750'. I considered this to be a pretty good group with zero load development. This bullet should be a HAMMER on big critter! (no pun intended) Today I got around to loading up some 236's. I decided on 65 grains of H100V, which turned out to be a pretty mild load. It was right at 2800' and would probably max at around 2950'. I loaded them to 3.490" coal and shot 5 sots at 100 yards. This load shot right at 1" but I had some pretty bad mirage going on lying prone in the gravel. I feel that this bullet would likely group much better with better conditions and some load development. Either bullet would likely be potent medicine on big bears, elk, and the like. I would like to have done some expansion testing but my living conditions at this time prohibit it. Thanks Steve for the bullet donation!...........Rich</p><p>[ATTACH]74279[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]74280[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elkaholic, post: 1305219, member: 13833"] Steve was kind enough to send me some of his good looking bullets to test in my new 338 Sherman. I have been living out of a box waiting for our home to open so testing is a bit more challenging. I loaded up some 260's ahead of 63 grains of RL17 at a coal of 3.500". After chronographing a few, I shot 4 shots at 100 yards into 5/8" at a speed of around 2690'. This was not max and they would probably reach at least 2750'. I considered this to be a pretty good group with zero load development. This bullet should be a HAMMER on big critter! (no pun intended) Today I got around to loading up some 236's. I decided on 65 grains of H100V, which turned out to be a pretty mild load. It was right at 2800' and would probably max at around 2950'. I loaded them to 3.490" coal and shot 5 sots at 100 yards. This load shot right at 1" but I had some pretty bad mirage going on lying prone in the gravel. I feel that this bullet would likely group much better with better conditions and some load development. Either bullet would likely be potent medicine on big bears, elk, and the like. I would like to have done some expansion testing but my living conditions at this time prohibit it. Thanks Steve for the bullet donation!...........Rich [ATTACH]74279.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]74280.vB[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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