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<blockquote data-quote="3006savage" data-source="post: 285330" data-attributes="member: 12069"><p>Just to add to Montana's post above the bullets penetration potential is a function of Retained Weight, Frontal Area, and of course Velocity. The article below quantifies the penetration of several bullets of the same weight and also quantifies the volume of the wound cavity.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gunsandhunting.com/bulletshootout.html" target="_blank">Shooting Illustrated's Guns and Hunting.com</a></p><p> </p><p>The impact velocity of a 180 grain Accubond and 150 grain Etip would be very similar at 500 yards with retained weight would also being very similar. I would expect their terminal performance to be similar. </p><p> </p><p>That being said I am using a 200 grain accubond for my elk hunt this fall. The ballistics at 500 look like this when zeroed at 250.</p><p> </p><p>yds drop-- fps- KE lbs/mom drift @ 10 MPH </p><p> </p><p>500 39.2 1986 1751 56 ----16.2 --- 1,000 ft elev</p><p> </p><p>500 37.7 2062 1888 59 -----13.9 --- 5,000 ft elev</p><p> </p><p>With a MV of 2684 its not the flattest but the velocities at 500 are great for a 200 grain bullet and wind drift is very good. I am loading 53.5 grains RL17 with an OAL of 3.41. The rifle is a 22" barrel factory Savage 116.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="3006savage, post: 285330, member: 12069"] Just to add to Montana's post above the bullets penetration potential is a function of Retained Weight, Frontal Area, and of course Velocity. The article below quantifies the penetration of several bullets of the same weight and also quantifies the volume of the wound cavity. [URL="http://www.gunsandhunting.com/bulletshootout.html"]Shooting Illustrated's Guns and Hunting.com[/URL] The impact velocity of a 180 grain Accubond and 150 grain Etip would be very similar at 500 yards with retained weight would also being very similar. I would expect their terminal performance to be similar. That being said I am using a 200 grain accubond for my elk hunt this fall. The ballistics at 500 look like this when zeroed at 250. yds drop-- fps- KE lbs/mom drift @ 10 MPH 500 39.2 1986 1751 56 ----16.2 --- 1,000 ft elev 500 37.7 2062 1888 59 -----13.9 --- 5,000 ft elev With a MV of 2684 its not the flattest but the velocities at 500 are great for a 200 grain bullet and wind drift is very good. I am loading 53.5 grains RL17 with an OAL of 3.41. The rifle is a 22" barrel factory Savage 116. [/QUOTE]
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