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Heavy vs. Light Bullets
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<blockquote data-quote="James Jones" data-source="post: 158596" data-attributes="member: 8843"><p>The light bullets will beat the heavy bullet in wind drift and drop out to about 400yds then they start to loose speed WAY faster than the heavy , higher BC bullet and thats what gets you on targets at long range.</p><p></p><p>1) get a good brake for it , the link below is to a smith I use and highly reccommend his V-port brake it will make the 300 a totaly ***** cat to shoot you can PM a member eddybo here , he had one put on a sporter weight 300Wby and can atest to the effectiveness and great instalation.</p><p>I don't care who you are a 300 mag will beat you up if it has to be shot all day even a 12-14lb gun</p><p></p><p>2) after the brake is installed I'd reccmmnd calling Berger and seeing if you could get a couple of eacy of their bullet in 175 , 190 and 210 VLD desgine seat each one in the gun to see whats the lighest bullet you can use and still touch the lands , the VLD's tend to like to be seated either into the lands or right at them , I'd use the lighest one that you can get to touch , this will help reduce the recoil some also. The BC on the 175 Berger is about .520 thats higher than the heavier 190gr Sierra Match king and it'll be flying faster so you'll get less wind drift flatter shooting and less recoil.</p><p></p><p>I personaly build a 260 for this type of shooting instead of shooting a 300 win mag that I already have because it shoots flatter , has way less recoil and muzzel blast , longer barrel life and uses about half the powder</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Jones, post: 158596, member: 8843"] The light bullets will beat the heavy bullet in wind drift and drop out to about 400yds then they start to loose speed WAY faster than the heavy , higher BC bullet and thats what gets you on targets at long range. 1) get a good brake for it , the link below is to a smith I use and highly reccommend his V-port brake it will make the 300 a totaly ***** cat to shoot you can PM a member eddybo here , he had one put on a sporter weight 300Wby and can atest to the effectiveness and great instalation. I don't care who you are a 300 mag will beat you up if it has to be shot all day even a 12-14lb gun 2) after the brake is installed I'd reccmmnd calling Berger and seeing if you could get a couple of eacy of their bullet in 175 , 190 and 210 VLD desgine seat each one in the gun to see whats the lighest bullet you can use and still touch the lands , the VLD's tend to like to be seated either into the lands or right at them , I'd use the lighest one that you can get to touch , this will help reduce the recoil some also. The BC on the 175 Berger is about .520 thats higher than the heavier 190gr Sierra Match king and it'll be flying faster so you'll get less wind drift flatter shooting and less recoil. I personaly build a 260 for this type of shooting instead of shooting a 300 win mag that I already have because it shoots flatter , has way less recoil and muzzel blast , longer barrel life and uses about half the powder [/QUOTE]
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