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Heavy hunting bullet for 10 twist, 26", 300RUM?
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<blockquote data-quote="remingtonman_25_06" data-source="post: 155859" data-attributes="member: 1403"><p><strong>Re: Heavy hunting bullet for 10 twist, 26\", 300RUM?</strong></p><p></p><p>I shot the 210g WC out of my 300 RUM. It was a factory LSS 1 in 10". It easily stabilized that bullet. I used 89.5g Of Retumbo for 3025fps. I came up with about the same BC as the Berger 210g, maybe a tad less...I could hit a 15" gong at 1150 yards with this bullet pretty regularly...I never got to shoot anythign with them as I traded the rifle off for my current 7 RM before hunting season... I wouldn't hesitate to use them on elk though from 50-1150yards..They held there weight a little better then the Berger VLD in my wet newspaper test, so should give similar characteristics on game as the VLD.</p><p></p><p>I always had worries of match bullets on elk as I hunt steep canyons and dont want elk going anywhere but straight down..I settled on the 200g AB at 3200fps and shot a few, all with excellent results out to 525 yards. Theres nothing wrong with your current 200g AB load...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="remingtonman_25_06, post: 155859, member: 1403"] [b]Re: Heavy hunting bullet for 10 twist, 26\", 300RUM?[/b] I shot the 210g WC out of my 300 RUM. It was a factory LSS 1 in 10". It easily stabilized that bullet. I used 89.5g Of Retumbo for 3025fps. I came up with about the same BC as the Berger 210g, maybe a tad less...I could hit a 15" gong at 1150 yards with this bullet pretty regularly...I never got to shoot anythign with them as I traded the rifle off for my current 7 RM before hunting season... I wouldn't hesitate to use them on elk though from 50-1150yards..They held there weight a little better then the Berger VLD in my wet newspaper test, so should give similar characteristics on game as the VLD. I always had worries of match bullets on elk as I hunt steep canyons and dont want elk going anywhere but straight down..I settled on the 200g AB at 3200fps and shot a few, all with excellent results out to 525 yards. Theres nothing wrong with your current 200g AB load... [/QUOTE]
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