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I'm looking for advice on loading .30-06
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<blockquote data-quote="RockyMtnMT" data-source="post: 1203895" data-attributes="member: 7999"><p>I agree with all that. The one thing that has changed my mind on the long bullets is marginal twist and terminal performance. After all our testing I am convinced that many of the stories that have been reported here about bullet failures were due to marginal stability. I am 100% convinced that sg of 1.5 or greater should be observed for hunting bullets in order to get proper bullet performance. Altitude and temperature play a much bigger role in this than mv. The problem is that the long range game has pushed bullets to progress faster than the barrels. I think many times a tumbling bullet creates great wound channels and is thought to be good bullet performance when the shooter does not realize that it was tumbling. Problem with a tumbling bullet is it does not always track well. Also if it does not completely tumble it can do very little damage and be looked at as a bullet failure, when in fact it was a failure to properly stabilize the bullet. I hunted with marginal stability for quite a while. Accuracy was great. I saw some things after the kill that seemed odd, but the animal was dead. So I thought all was good. I know now that it was just a matter of time that it would end worse. That I would end up tracking a long ways or losing an animal.</p><p></p><p>The rifle that I am have put together now is a 9" twist in .338. I will be running our 307g Hammer in it. The 307g is designed for an 8" twist. So depending on the elevation and temp I could be marginal on stability. I will check this very closely and use a shorter bullet if we have a trip planned that will take me below 1.5 sg due to elevation and or temp. Soon we will be designing a bullet for 9" twist for the .338. I am no different than you or anyone else. I am dying to run the 307's. They will perform to the horizon. I will have drops for different bullets depending on atmospheric conditions.</p><p></p><p>Steve</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RockyMtnMT, post: 1203895, member: 7999"] I agree with all that. The one thing that has changed my mind on the long bullets is marginal twist and terminal performance. After all our testing I am convinced that many of the stories that have been reported here about bullet failures were due to marginal stability. I am 100% convinced that sg of 1.5 or greater should be observed for hunting bullets in order to get proper bullet performance. Altitude and temperature play a much bigger role in this than mv. The problem is that the long range game has pushed bullets to progress faster than the barrels. I think many times a tumbling bullet creates great wound channels and is thought to be good bullet performance when the shooter does not realize that it was tumbling. Problem with a tumbling bullet is it does not always track well. Also if it does not completely tumble it can do very little damage and be looked at as a bullet failure, when in fact it was a failure to properly stabilize the bullet. I hunted with marginal stability for quite a while. Accuracy was great. I saw some things after the kill that seemed odd, but the animal was dead. So I thought all was good. I know now that it was just a matter of time that it would end worse. That I would end up tracking a long ways or losing an animal. The rifle that I am have put together now is a 9" twist in .338. I will be running our 307g Hammer in it. The 307g is designed for an 8" twist. So depending on the elevation and temp I could be marginal on stability. I will check this very closely and use a shorter bullet if we have a trip planned that will take me below 1.5 sg due to elevation and or temp. Soon we will be designing a bullet for 9" twist for the .338. I am no different than you or anyone else. I am dying to run the 307's. They will perform to the horizon. I will have drops for different bullets depending on atmospheric conditions. Steve [/QUOTE]
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