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ideal .338 win mag bullet? Barnes 265gn LRX?
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<blockquote data-quote="EXPRESS" data-source="post: 1010277" data-attributes="member: 1441"><p>I have a .338 win mag coming which is going to be my "go to" big game rifle, as well and LR plinking out to 1300 yards. For hunting I wouldn't be likely to ever shoot past 800 yards with it. </p><p></p><p>I was initially thinking to set the rifle up with two loads, a 300 grain SMK or Berger for steel and the occasional long hunting shot, and an all round bullet like the 225gn Accubond or something similar. </p><p></p><p>Then I came across the 265 grain Barnes tipped TSX/LRX bullet, which Kirby Allen tested some years ago and found to have a potentially higher BC than the .575 Barned advertises. He, somewhat controversially suggested his results indicated a BC as high as .8.</p><p></p><p>So I thought this could be a solution to the problem of using two loads, if it will carry the energy out to the long ranges just as well as a 300 grain bullet will;</p><p></p><p>Assuming I get 2400 fps with a 300 gn VLD with a BC of .76 like the SMK, the 265gn (assuming it gets 2650fps) bullets needs to have a BC of .69 in order to match the 300 grainers' energy at 1000 yards, arriving with more residual speed. So if the 265gn LRX bullet does indeed surpass it's advertised BC, and reaches into the high .6's then I would have my bullet, but no one seems to have that answer. </p><p></p><p>If not the 265gn LRX, what might another ideal bullet be for the use I have outlines?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EXPRESS, post: 1010277, member: 1441"] I have a .338 win mag coming which is going to be my "go to" big game rifle, as well and LR plinking out to 1300 yards. For hunting I wouldn't be likely to ever shoot past 800 yards with it. I was initially thinking to set the rifle up with two loads, a 300 grain SMK or Berger for steel and the occasional long hunting shot, and an all round bullet like the 225gn Accubond or something similar. Then I came across the 265 grain Barnes tipped TSX/LRX bullet, which Kirby Allen tested some years ago and found to have a potentially higher BC than the .575 Barned advertises. He, somewhat controversially suggested his results indicated a BC as high as .8. So I thought this could be a solution to the problem of using two loads, if it will carry the energy out to the long ranges just as well as a 300 grain bullet will; Assuming I get 2400 fps with a 300 gn VLD with a BC of .76 like the SMK, the 265gn (assuming it gets 2650fps) bullets needs to have a BC of .69 in order to match the 300 grainers' energy at 1000 yards, arriving with more residual speed. So if the 265gn LRX bullet does indeed surpass it's advertised BC, and reaches into the high .6's then I would have my bullet, but no one seems to have that answer. If not the 265gn LRX, what might another ideal bullet be for the use I have outlines? [/QUOTE]
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