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Switching Bullet Maker, not grain wt. in .280AI
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<blockquote data-quote="Troutslayer2" data-source="post: 1353090" data-attributes="member: 25190"><p>Gentlemen, long time no see. I don't know why I come here because half the time pouring over your genius minutiae creates more questions than it answers.... I have a problem. I have been shooting Berger 168 VLDs in my .280AI with outstanding accuracy but poor terminal performance. I know many of us claim DRT kills with the VLD but last season I took an elk at 200YDS, about 2850 at the muzzle. He kept standing so I kept shooting and I put three bullets in the boiler room before he went down. I was unimpressed by the lack of exit holes and what appeared to be minimal destruction of his internal organs. I have just added an unrecovered bull elk to my list of accomplishments. I don't want to blame the VLD but I am struggling to come up with any other reason I don't have an elk hanging right now. I have decided to switch it up, and having had great success with Accubonds I picked up a box of 168 Accubond Long Range. I went down this road once before with the rifle but just wasn't getting the accuracy I desired with the regular Accubond.</p><p></p><p>Can I load, switching nothing but the bullet manufacturer and not blow my face off? I am using a trusty batch of RL22. How far do I really need to back off for load development with a bullet the same weight? I am sort of relegating this rifle to daily driver for ranges inside 500 YDS and I hope to get accuracy enough for that and will push the envelope up as high as yeilds good results. I do not have a lot of time to mess with it right now and am hoping to score success with 1 trip to the range.</p><p></p><p>I look forward to your responses. Also, if anyone has any good loads for the Accubond Long Range 168 in .280AI, or any insight into this bullet's performance I'm all ears.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Troutslayer2, post: 1353090, member: 25190"] Gentlemen, long time no see. I don’t know why I come here because half the time pouring over your genius minutiae creates more questions than it answers.... I have a problem. I have been shooting Berger 168 VLDs in my .280AI with outstanding accuracy but poor terminal performance. I know many of us claim DRT kills with the VLD but last season I took an elk at 200YDS, about 2850 at the muzzle. He kept standing so I kept shooting and I put three bullets in the boiler room before he went down. I was unimpressed by the lack of exit holes and what appeared to be minimal destruction of his internal organs. I have just added an unrecovered bull elk to my list of accomplishments. I don’t want to blame the VLD but I am struggling to come up with any other reason I don’t have an elk hanging right now. I have decided to switch it up, and having had great success with Accubonds I picked up a box of 168 Accubond Long Range. I went down this road once before with the rifle but just wasn’t getting the accuracy I desired with the regular Accubond. Can I load, switching nothing but the bullet manufacturer and not blow my face off? I am using a trusty batch of RL22. How far do I really need to back off for load development with a bullet the same weight? I am sort of relegating this rifle to daily driver for ranges inside 500 YDS and I hope to get accuracy enough for that and will push the envelope up as high as yeilds good results. I do not have a lot of time to mess with it right now and am hoping to score success with 1 trip to the range. I look forward to your responses. Also, if anyone has any good loads for the Accubond Long Range 168 in .280AI, or any insight into this bullet’s performance I’m all ears. [/QUOTE]
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