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<blockquote data-quote="500yd" data-source="post: 903584" data-attributes="member: 27428"><p>6mm 95gr NBTs will perform very well for anything he might point it at up to brown bear. I didn't work up MVs for the powders mentioned, but with A-4350 or Ramshot Hunter you should attain 3100 fps pretty easily from the standard 22" barrel. That will yield trajectory of +1.5/-2.6" from 0-250 yards with a 200yd zero. That's 1285 ft-lbs at 250 yds, plenty for any game in the CXP2 class.</p><p></p><p>I've had my .308/788 for 28 years, since '86. It was manufactured in '69, the only year the 308/788 was produced in right hand. I don't know how many rounds have been through it but it shot 1" 100 yard groups the day I got it, and still does. I've put less than 200rds through it. I put the complete production history in a table on the Wikipedia Remington 788 page. In fact I did most of the work on the page. The bolt pictured on the Wiki page is the one in my rifle, pictured below. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remington_788" target="_blank">Remington 788 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p><p></p><p>I have nothing but praise for this rifle, and the Nosler Ballistic Tips. I've killed over 50 Missouri whitetails with it including one at 400 and one at 500 yards both with 150gr NBTs. I've never had trouble with the bolt handle. I found two magazines on the cheap 20 years ago so I now have three. I nearly always shoot prone from my bipod. Standard rifle stocks don't work well for this as it kinks the wrist horribly. Thumbhole and pistol grip stocks are much better for prone/bipod shooting. I found an unfinished Boyds laminate thumbhole on the cheap in '09, floated, inletted, finished, and installed it. Not only does it look decent, but it performs perfectly. I'd have much rather had the purple heart or blue but they'd already sold out of those. The purple heart was really neat looking.</p><p></p><p><img src="http://www.hardwarefreak.com/web/308/gallery/resized/resized.DSCF1020.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="http://www.hardwarefreak.com/web/308/gallery/resized/resized.DSCF1019.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="500yd, post: 903584, member: 27428"] 6mm 95gr NBTs will perform very well for anything he might point it at up to brown bear. I didn't work up MVs for the powders mentioned, but with A-4350 or Ramshot Hunter you should attain 3100 fps pretty easily from the standard 22" barrel. That will yield trajectory of +1.5/-2.6" from 0-250 yards with a 200yd zero. That's 1285 ft-lbs at 250 yds, plenty for any game in the CXP2 class. I've had my .308/788 for 28 years, since '86. It was manufactured in '69, the only year the 308/788 was produced in right hand. I don't know how many rounds have been through it but it shot 1" 100 yard groups the day I got it, and still does. I've put less than 200rds through it. I put the complete production history in a table on the Wikipedia Remington 788 page. In fact I did most of the work on the page. The bolt pictured on the Wiki page is the one in my rifle, pictured below. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remington_788"]Remington 788 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] I have nothing but praise for this rifle, and the Nosler Ballistic Tips. I've killed over 50 Missouri whitetails with it including one at 400 and one at 500 yards both with 150gr NBTs. I've never had trouble with the bolt handle. I found two magazines on the cheap 20 years ago so I now have three. I nearly always shoot prone from my bipod. Standard rifle stocks don't work well for this as it kinks the wrist horribly. Thumbhole and pistol grip stocks are much better for prone/bipod shooting. I found an unfinished Boyds laminate thumbhole on the cheap in '09, floated, inletted, finished, and installed it. Not only does it look decent, but it performs perfectly. I'd have much rather had the purple heart or blue but they'd already sold out of those. The purple heart was really neat looking. [IMG]http://www.hardwarefreak.com/web/308/gallery/resized/resized.DSCF1020.JPG[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.hardwarefreak.com/web/308/gallery/resized/resized.DSCF1019.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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