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<blockquote data-quote="scope-eye" data-source="post: 2224901" data-attributes="member: 21274"><p>This is what I came up with in a 338 edge a 160gr at 4200fps VS 300gr 3000fps.</p><p>The bullet drop is twice as much on the 300 at 800 yards and the 160 still has enough energy to get the job done and is still faster at that range by 400FPS which reduces time of flight.</p><p>I used .350 BC for the 160gr and .500BC for the 300gr</p><p></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>Range</td><td>Velocity</td><td>Energy</td><td>Trajectory</td><td>Come Up (MOA)</td><td>Come Up (MILS)</td><td>Wind Drift</td><td>Wind Drift (MOA)</td><td>Wind Drift (MILS)</td></tr><tr><td>0</td><td>4200</td><td>6267.0</td><td>-1.5</td><td>0.0</td><td>0.0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>100</td><td>3948</td><td>5538.0</td><td>0.0</td><td>0.0</td><td>0.0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>200</td><td>3711</td><td>4892.0</td><td>-0.7</td><td>0.3</td><td>0.1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>300</td><td>3486</td><td>4318.0</td><td>-4.0</td><td>1.3</td><td>0.4</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>400</td><td>3274</td><td>3807.0</td><td>-10.1</td><td>2.4</td><td>0.7</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>500</td><td>3071</td><td>3351.0</td><td>-19.5</td><td>3.7</td><td>1.1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>600</td><td>2879</td><td>2944.0</td><td>-32.6</td><td>5.2</td><td>1.5</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>700</td><td>2694</td><td>2579.0</td><td>-49.8</td><td>6.8</td><td>2.0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>800</td><td>2517</td><td>2251.0</td><td>-71.9</td><td>8.6</td><td>2.5</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr></table></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></table><p></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>Range</td><td>Velocity</td><td>Energy</td><td>Trajectory</td><td>Come Up (MOA)</td><td>Come Up (MILS)</td><td>Wind Drift</td><td>Wind Drift (MOA)</td><td>Wind Drift (MILS)</td></tr><tr><td><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>Range</td><td>Velocity</td><td>Energy</td><td>Trajectory</td><td>Come Up (MOA)</td><td>Come Up (MILS)</td><td>Wind Drift</td><td>Wind Drift (MOA)</td><td>Wind Drift (MILS)</td></tr><tr><td>0</td><td>2600</td><td>4503.0</td><td>-1.5</td><td>0.0</td><td>0.0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>100</td><td>2426</td><td>3921.0</td><td>0.0</td><td>0.0</td><td>0.0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>200</td><td>2259</td><td>3400.0</td><td>-4.4</td><td>2.1</td><td>0.6</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>300</td><td>2099</td><td>2934.0</td><td>-15.7</td><td>5.0</td><td>1.5</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>400</td><td>1945</td><td>2520.0</td><td>-34.8</td><td>8.3</td><td>2.4</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>500</td><td>1799</td><td>2155.0</td><td>-63.2</td><td>12.1</td><td>3.5</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>600</td><td>1660</td><td>1836.0</td><td>-102.4</td><td>16.3</td><td>4.7</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>700</td><td>1531</td><td>1562.0</td><td>-154.2</td><td>21.0</td><td>6.1</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td>800</td><td>1412</td><td>1328.0</td><td>-220.8</td><td>26.4</td><td>7.7</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td></tr></table></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></table><p></p><p>Dean</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scope-eye, post: 2224901, member: 21274"] This is what I came up with in a 338 edge a 160gr at 4200fps VS 300gr 3000fps. The bullet drop is twice as much on the 300 at 800 yards and the 160 still has enough energy to get the job done and is still faster at that range by 400FPS which reduces time of flight. I used .350 BC for the 160gr and .500BC for the 300gr [TABLE] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][TABLE] [TR] [TD]Range[/TD] [TD]Velocity[/TD] [TD]Energy[/TD] [TD]Trajectory[/TD] [TD]Come Up (MOA)[/TD] [TD]Come Up (MILS)[/TD] [TD]Wind Drift[/TD] [TD]Wind Drift (MOA)[/TD] [TD]Wind Drift (MILS)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]4200[/TD] [TD]6267.0[/TD] [TD]-1.5[/TD] [TD]0.0[/TD] [TD]0.0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]100[/TD] [TD]3948[/TD] [TD]5538.0[/TD] [TD]0.0[/TD] [TD]0.0[/TD] [TD]0.0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]200[/TD] [TD]3711[/TD] [TD]4892.0[/TD] [TD]-0.7[/TD] [TD]0.3[/TD] [TD]0.1[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]300[/TD] [TD]3486[/TD] [TD]4318.0[/TD] [TD]-4.0[/TD] [TD]1.3[/TD] [TD]0.4[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]400[/TD] [TD]3274[/TD] [TD]3807.0[/TD] [TD]-10.1[/TD] [TD]2.4[/TD] [TD]0.7[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]500[/TD] [TD]3071[/TD] [TD]3351.0[/TD] [TD]-19.5[/TD] [TD]3.7[/TD] [TD]1.1[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]600[/TD] [TD]2879[/TD] [TD]2944.0[/TD] [TD]-32.6[/TD] [TD]5.2[/TD] [TD]1.5[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]700[/TD] [TD]2694[/TD] [TD]2579.0[/TD] [TD]-49.8[/TD] [TD]6.8[/TD] [TD]2.0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]800[/TD] [TD]2517[/TD] [TD]2251.0[/TD] [TD]-71.9[/TD] [TD]8.6[/TD] [TD]2.5[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE] [TR] [TD]Range[/TD] [TD]Velocity[/TD] [TD]Energy[/TD] [TD]Trajectory[/TD] [TD]Come Up (MOA)[/TD] [TD]Come Up (MILS)[/TD] [TD]Wind Drift[/TD] [TD]Wind Drift (MOA)[/TD] [TD]Wind Drift (MILS)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][TABLE] [TR] [TD]Range[/TD] [TD]Velocity[/TD] [TD]Energy[/TD] [TD]Trajectory[/TD] [TD]Come Up (MOA)[/TD] [TD]Come Up (MILS)[/TD] [TD]Wind Drift[/TD] [TD]Wind Drift (MOA)[/TD] [TD]Wind Drift (MILS)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]2600[/TD] [TD]4503.0[/TD] [TD]-1.5[/TD] [TD]0.0[/TD] [TD]0.0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]100[/TD] [TD]2426[/TD] [TD]3921.0[/TD] [TD]0.0[/TD] [TD]0.0[/TD] [TD]0.0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]200[/TD] [TD]2259[/TD] [TD]3400.0[/TD] [TD]-4.4[/TD] [TD]2.1[/TD] [TD]0.6[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]300[/TD] [TD]2099[/TD] [TD]2934.0[/TD] [TD]-15.7[/TD] [TD]5.0[/TD] [TD]1.5[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]400[/TD] [TD]1945[/TD] [TD]2520.0[/TD] [TD]-34.8[/TD] [TD]8.3[/TD] [TD]2.4[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]500[/TD] [TD]1799[/TD] [TD]2155.0[/TD] [TD]-63.2[/TD] [TD]12.1[/TD] [TD]3.5[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]600[/TD] [TD]1660[/TD] [TD]1836.0[/TD] [TD]-102.4[/TD] [TD]16.3[/TD] [TD]4.7[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]700[/TD] [TD]1531[/TD] [TD]1562.0[/TD] [TD]-154.2[/TD] [TD]21.0[/TD] [TD]6.1[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]800[/TD] [TD]1412[/TD] [TD]1328.0[/TD] [TD]-220.8[/TD] [TD]26.4[/TD] [TD]7.7[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [TD]0[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Dean [/QUOTE]
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