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My 338 Sherman Shortmag
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<blockquote data-quote="Tidesloe" data-source="post: 2440942" data-attributes="member: 47761"><p>I understand what your saying about the Bergers. I've actually not had any bad experiences with them over 7-8 kills on mule deer and elk from 150 out to 578 yds. All dropped on the spot, without all the meat loss. All were 180 gr VLD's. I guess it matters where you hit em on the meat loss. I figure if you use them long enough youll experience a failure. I've heard all of the nightmare stories and guys saying theyll never use one again. That also seems to be the case with most bullets. All of the powders are hard to get these days. Its disturbing man!!! I've got a bunch of Varget, so I'll probably stick with it, as Im getting fairly good velocity, at 2817 fps, but Ive got a long throat, and seating the bullet so far out its nearly falling out of the neck. I think I can still go up, but its a good safe load, and Im good with it. Doesnt really matter with a 17-18# rifle, I'm not packing that much steel around the mountains. Im gonna end up putting a much lighter contour barrel, with standard throat, for hunting. Thatll be on hold for a little while as I just somehow jumped on a 338 Mega. The SS conversion to hunting rifle will wait for a few more months. Ive got H4350, and hadnt even thought of trying it. I do have a couple of #'s of RL-17, and will end up seeing what I can do with it, when I get a hunting barrel on it.</p><p>Enjoy it man!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tidesloe, post: 2440942, member: 47761"] I understand what your saying about the Bergers. I've actually not had any bad experiences with them over 7-8 kills on mule deer and elk from 150 out to 578 yds. All dropped on the spot, without all the meat loss. All were 180 gr VLD's. I guess it matters where you hit em on the meat loss. I figure if you use them long enough youll experience a failure. I've heard all of the nightmare stories and guys saying theyll never use one again. That also seems to be the case with most bullets. All of the powders are hard to get these days. Its disturbing man!!! I've got a bunch of Varget, so I'll probably stick with it, as Im getting fairly good velocity, at 2817 fps, but Ive got a long throat, and seating the bullet so far out its nearly falling out of the neck. I think I can still go up, but its a good safe load, and Im good with it. Doesnt really matter with a 17-18# rifle, I'm not packing that much steel around the mountains. Im gonna end up putting a much lighter contour barrel, with standard throat, for hunting. Thatll be on hold for a little while as I just somehow jumped on a 338 Mega. The SS conversion to hunting rifle will wait for a few more months. Ive got H4350, and hadnt even thought of trying it. I do have a couple of #'s of RL-17, and will end up seeing what I can do with it, when I get a hunting barrel on it. Enjoy it man!! [/QUOTE]
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