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My 338 Sherman Shortmag
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<blockquote data-quote="elkaholic" data-source="post: 1482443" data-attributes="member: 13833"><p>Getting ready for hunting so I thought I would test the 250 Berger Elite in my 338 Sherman. I loaded up 30 grains of 4198 to try to simulate long range impact velocity. It turned out to be 1847'. I fired into a carboard container lined with a garbage bag filled with water followed by 8 layers of carpet and a block of wood for good measure. Good thing the wood was there! The bullet performed pretty much like the 215 30 caliber hybrids do. The tip blows off nearly 1/2" below the nose exposing the lead. At this velocity, the bullet usually tumbles, which it did here. Even though they don't "mushroom" in the usual sense, a bullet this long and heavy can cause considerable damage when tumbling. The size of the hole through the carpet verified this and the bullet landed sideways in the wood block and buried itself about 3/8".[ATTACH=full]105637[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elkaholic, post: 1482443, member: 13833"] Getting ready for hunting so I thought I would test the 250 Berger Elite in my 338 Sherman. I loaded up 30 grains of 4198 to try to simulate long range impact velocity. It turned out to be 1847'. I fired into a carboard container lined with a garbage bag filled with water followed by 8 layers of carpet and a block of wood for good measure. Good thing the wood was there! The bullet performed pretty much like the 215 30 caliber hybrids do. The tip blows off nearly 1/2" below the nose exposing the lead. At this velocity, the bullet usually tumbles, which it did here. Even though they don't "mushroom" in the usual sense, a bullet this long and heavy can cause considerable damage when tumbling. The size of the hole through the carpet verified this and the bullet landed sideways in the wood block and buried itself about 3/8".[ATTACH=full]105637[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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