How to compare bullets?

[Dmagna]

I am having trouble deciding which bullet is better. I am shooting a 223 AI with a 90 gr sierra and also just started messing with the 75 eldm. They both shoot the same accuracy, the 90gr is at about 2800, then the 75 gr is at 2950. I can't figure out which one is "better", this is for pure target and varmint shooting. I shoot another bullet for deer.

 

[Rosebud]

Shoot the cheaper one!

 

[Dmagna]

Shoot the cheaper one!

I have a 1000 of each so they have already been paid for

 

[Mikecr]

1. most accurate
2. least wind drift

 

[HARPERC]

I don't think either is "better". Maybe if you shoot them all and keep good records, one will emerge as "better".

 

[Dmagna]

I don't think either is "better". Maybe if you shoot them all and keep good records, one will emerge as "better".

Yeah. I looked at the ballistics. Seems like they are pretty even. That's why I didn't know what one to pick.

 

[QuietTexan]

Flip a coin, shoot one up, then the other. The joy of 223 is you can shoot it a ton. I have 2k 75 ELD-Ms sittung under my desk I'm in the process of feeding to my 223 AI, I've taken them out to 1500 yards. Very under-rated bullet.

 

[slikmrc]

shoot some full water bottles at range and see if one of the bullets has the WOW factor. Always nice to have a varmint bullet with a little pop when it hits.

 

[outdoorguyBP]

Shoot the cheaper one!

Definitely this considering what you have shared!

 

[Mikecr]

shoot some full water bottles at range and see if one of the bullets has the WOW factor. Always nice to have a varmint bullet with a little pop when it hits.

I thought like this when I was 12yrs old.
I had ADD w/hyperactivity, and was drawn to guns only through destructive potential.
By 16, with medication, I understood that accuracy is far more powerful.
You'll probably get there some day.

 

[Doom2]

I am having trouble deciding which bullet is better. I am shooting a 223 AI with a 90 gr sierra and also just started messing with the 75 eldm. They both shoot the same accuracy, the 90gr is at about 2800, then the 75 gr is at 2950. I can't figure out which one is "better", this is for pure target and varmint shooting. I shoot another bullet for deer.

If it isn't obvious to you then it doesn't matter. That said, neither is optimum for varmints.

 

[Dmagna]

If it isn't obvious to you then it doesn't matter. That said, neither is optimum for varmints.

I am talking about chucks and small stuff. I got other gun for bigger stuff

 

[slikmrc]

I thought like this when I was 12yrs old.
I had ADD w/hyperactivity, and was drawn to guns only through destructive potential.
By 16, with medication, I understood that accuracy is far more powerful.
You'll probably get there some day.

I sure hope I don't ever get there.

 

[Mikecr]

That said, neither is optimum for varmints.

This is true, but for a reason that many haven't had an opportunity to observe.
The difference is how much energy can be released INSIDE a varmint, instead of wasted onward from the backside.