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<blockquote data-quote="Fiftydriver" data-source="post: 862599" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>Originally Posted by <strong>stenger</strong> <a href="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f19/long-range-thick-skin-bullets-121254/#post854171" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/images/styles/longrangehunting/buttons/viewpost.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> </p><p><em>does anyone know of a <strong>good long range bullets</strong> that will perform <strong>up to buffalo size game.</strong> </em></p><p><em>Thanks</em></p><p> </p><p><em>The bullets Mark list would certainly be good choices. I assume this is out of a 338 Lapua but maybe I should not make that assumption. Also, what type of BUFFALO are you wanting to kill. A cape buff is a little different then our north American Bison. Both are big but the cape is in a totally different class of dangerous game.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>Along with the bullets already mentioned, you may want to give the new 300 gr Nosler Accubond a look. This is a relatively slow bullet because of its very long baring surface but in all the rifles I have tested it in, it has shot very well and its BC does seem to be up in the +.7 range which makes it pretty good for long range. It will expand as well as any out there out to 1000 yards yet will be strong enough to hold together well at closer range also simply because of its weight, bonded core and heavy jacket, plus its slightly lower velocity then what you could get with something like the 300 gr SMK or 300 gr berger. Now, the velocity difference is not dramatic, 50-75 fps slower at same pressures.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>It would be a very good all around choice for use from 0 to 1000 yards. Nothing fancy, nothing sexy but it would be a solid choice and not terribly expensive.</em></p><p> </p><p><em>I am not a huge fan of the final design, I think Nosler could have made a much better design for long range ballistic performance but for a bullet directed more toward big game hunting at close to moderate long range, its not a bad design.</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiftydriver, post: 862599, member: 10"] Originally Posted by [B]stenger[/B] [URL="http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f19/long-range-thick-skin-bullets-121254/#post854171"][IMG]http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/images/styles/longrangehunting/buttons/viewpost.gif[/IMG][/URL] [I]does anyone know of a [B]good long range bullets[/B] that will perform [B]up to buffalo size game.[/B] Thanks[/I] [I] [/I] [I]The bullets Mark list would certainly be good choices. I assume this is out of a 338 Lapua but maybe I should not make that assumption. Also, what type of BUFFALO are you wanting to kill. A cape buff is a little different then our north American Bison. Both are big but the cape is in a totally different class of dangerous game.[/I] [I] [/I] [I]Along with the bullets already mentioned, you may want to give the new 300 gr Nosler Accubond a look. This is a relatively slow bullet because of its very long baring surface but in all the rifles I have tested it in, it has shot very well and its BC does seem to be up in the +.7 range which makes it pretty good for long range. It will expand as well as any out there out to 1000 yards yet will be strong enough to hold together well at closer range also simply because of its weight, bonded core and heavy jacket, plus its slightly lower velocity then what you could get with something like the 300 gr SMK or 300 gr berger. Now, the velocity difference is not dramatic, 50-75 fps slower at same pressures.[/I] [I] [/I] [I]It would be a very good all around choice for use from 0 to 1000 yards. Nothing fancy, nothing sexy but it would be a solid choice and not terribly expensive.[/I] [I] [/I] [I]I am not a huge fan of the final design, I think Nosler could have made a much better design for long range ballistic performance but for a bullet directed more toward big game hunting at close to moderate long range, its not a bad design.[/I] [/QUOTE]
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