My 124 HH drifts 10" more than your 200ab at 600 yards with a 18 mph full value wind.
My 165 grain accubond is practically the same as your 200 in drift.
My 215 berger is 10" less drift than your 200.
Waste?
Is There a Better Cartridge Than 308 WIN?
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My 165 grain accubond is practically the same as your 200 in drift.
My 215 berger is 10" less drift than your 200.
Waste?
mrjashu
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Following this logic further wouldn't a 338 Federal be more "efficient" with a short barrel than a 308?
Farther than WHAT????
Did somebody say creedmoor?
Calvin45
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Yep
I know who Kamala,s speech writer is now! In all seriousness! 7-08 is the best! AI will make it better!Rosebud! Dear Sir, I know better than to BS a BSer, so I tell you with the utmost honesty, that my question was not disingenuous. I have a problem where sometimes I come upon the notion that I know everything there is, only to be humbled on a great many occasion, and usually by rudimentary evidence, that I still have much to learn!
It also appears, and with the famous line uttered by Doc Holiday played by Val Kilmner in the movie, "Tombstone" that "My hypocrisy knows no bounds" as upon reflection of my above correspondence, I see that I was indeed attempting to BS a BSer!
I'm in a rather terrible predicament at the moment deciding how to proceed on my next build which I think calls for a 20-22" barrel. I thought by default the 308 Winchestershire, but I am a newer fan of the 7mm-08. So much so I am a 7mm-08 AI reamer on order. There is a 4 month wait for that reamer, however.
I came to like the 7-08 due to a few aspects, but a big one was the fact the brass can be easily converted for it from 308 Winchestershire brass. It was mentioned in the thread the 358 Winchestershire, and I discovered the same brass formation ability with that cartridge! This spark of thought was well worth the sacrifice of my reputation to ask such a simple question about 20" barrels and the 308 Winchestershire!
Good day, Sir Rosebud.
gohring3006
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I'm running the same numbers with RL17 (30-06) with a hex coated 215 in Winchester brass, oddly enough I couldn't get to 2800 with lapua brass, but the SD is better. I'm running 24" barrel. I haven't shot it in years, but I thing it's right around 2775ish fps. I thinks it less than 8 mils to 1000, and hammers. It's a lot of fun, I should build a heavy barrel 30-06 custom.
Maybe AI it.
DoneNOut
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Geesh, bro...that's heavy!
LRNut
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Yes, waste. You proved what I am saying - why shoot a 124 HH when you get 20" less drift with a 215 Berger? I know I sound like a broken record, but my observations are not generated by ballistic apps - I shoot every day and long ago stopped using light, low BC bullets in big cases. Every bit of wind drift matters.My 124 HH drifts 10" more than your 200ab at 600 yards with a 18 mph full value wind.
My 165 grain accubond is practically the same as your 200 in drift.
My 215 berger is 10" less drift than your 200.
Waste?
FWIW, I use 220 ELDXs and 225 ELDMs in my other two RUMs - this one mentioned today seems to like 200 ABs better than Bergers or Hornadys.
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I think along these lines. I can range targets/ game easily. But wind can vary between the shooter and the target. So higher BC is what I want to cut down on the wind drift.
Calvin45
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Both have their place. Light monometals going at warp speed within ordinary hunting distances have some merits that frangible high bc heavy pills do not. I've said it before and I'll say it again: they just hit different.
Over 400 yards I'll take the high bc.
I have loads worked up for 300 win mag with a 225 eld m at 2800 and a 120 Barnes tacTx at 4000. Both are very useful when understood and applied where they shine. There's nothing "why bother" about hypervelocity. It's not just about wind drift or point blank range, it's about terminal performance.
I spun up a 338 Federal M1A barrel for a friend from Louisiana when spent a couple days in town. He is launching smallish 180s in the 30-06 territory velocity of similar weight projectiles.
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LRNut
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For sure; I struggle with high BC bullet terminal performance - hard to get both. The deer I shot this year at 150 yards with a 220 ELDX out of a 300 RUM made a huge hole going in (he was slightly quartering away) and no exit. Sure, he dropped like a sack of potatoes, but still...
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I know who Kamala,s speech writer is now!Rosebud! Dear Sir, I know better than to BS a BSer, so I tell you with the utmost honesty, that my question was not disingenuous. I have a problem where sometimes I come upon the notion that I know everything there is, only to be humbled on a great many occasion, and usually by rudimentary evidence, that I still have much to learn!
It also appears, and with the famous line uttered by Doc Holiday played by Val Kilmner in the movie, "Tombstone" that "My hypocrisy knows no bounds" as upon reflection of my above correspondence, I see that I was indeed attempting to BS a BSer!
I'm in a rather terrible predicament at the moment deciding how to proceed on my next build which I think calls for a 20-22" barrel. I thought by default the 308 Winchestershire, but I am a newer fan of the 7mm-08. So much so I am a 7mm-08 AI reamer on order. There is a 4 month wait for that reamer, however.
I came to like the 7-08 due to a few aspects, but a big one was the fact the brass can be easily converted for it from 308 Winchestershire brass. It was mentioned in the thread the 358 Winchestershire, and I discovered the same brass formation ability with that cartridge! This spark of thought was well worth the sacrifice of my reputation to ask such a simple question about 20" barrels and the 308 Winchestershire!
Good day, Sir Rosebud.
Got to hand it to you, you get people talking!
