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machined drive band bullets?
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<blockquote data-quote="HarryN" data-source="post: 936349" data-attributes="member: 69773"><p>I agree completely with the negative comments about mono / machined bullets.</p><p> </p><p>For me personally, I am sort of stuck with them living here in CA, so I try to find silver in the cloud.</p><p> </p><p>In fact for me, there is an even worse effect than their individual shooting costs, since the sectional density / bullet mass is substantially worse, I am more or less forced to move up in caliber to accomplish the same mass x velocity effect as my existing 270 win.</p><p> </p><p>I don't mind owning a second rifle, but it is one thing to "want one", another to be sort of "pushed" into it for no real improvement over what I have. A moderate .338 type setup (not a lapua, maybe 338-06 or 338 Federal) I can probably handle, but it only will get slightly better than if I just could used Bergers in my 270.</p><p> </p><p>To really gain in performance would mean pushing up to .375 size and that is heap of more recoil than my 270. I am not really sure my body can take it without some serious padding and muzzle brake management. I am 55, not 25, so that sort of punishment doesn't get better with age.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HarryN, post: 936349, member: 69773"] I agree completely with the negative comments about mono / machined bullets. For me personally, I am sort of stuck with them living here in CA, so I try to find silver in the cloud. In fact for me, there is an even worse effect than their individual shooting costs, since the sectional density / bullet mass is substantially worse, I am more or less forced to move up in caliber to accomplish the same mass x velocity effect as my existing 270 win. I don't mind owning a second rifle, but it is one thing to "want one", another to be sort of "pushed" into it for no real improvement over what I have. A moderate .338 type setup (not a lapua, maybe 338-06 or 338 Federal) I can probably handle, but it only will get slightly better than if I just could used Bergers in my 270. To really gain in performance would mean pushing up to .375 size and that is heap of more recoil than my 270. I am not really sure my body can take it without some serious padding and muzzle brake management. I am 55, not 25, so that sort of punishment doesn't get better with age. [/QUOTE]
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