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VLD's, ULD RBBT's, SMK's, etc
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<blockquote data-quote="jmden" data-source="post: 159342" data-attributes="member: 1742"><p><strong>Re: VLD\'s, ULD RBBT\'s, SMK\'s, etc</strong></p><p></p><p>I'm shooting Rem brass and 105g US869 under the 240SMK for just a tad over 3K fps in the 300RUM w/26" barrel. Gotta shoot 'em faster than you are so they won't print sideways and you can get away with using the 240SMK in a 300RUM 1-10 twist out to about 1500 yards (destablize dramatically at that point) is the experience on the board here. This is a cool weather load--don't try 105g at anything about 50 degrees just to be on the safe side.</p><p></p><p>From what I've heard from Fifty and Richard most of those Al tipped bullets will require either a 1 in 8 or 1 in 9 to stablize. Richard did tell me that he thought a 190g .308 Al tipped version he was working on would stabilize in a 1 in 10 twist.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jmden, post: 159342, member: 1742"] [b]Re: VLD\'s, ULD RBBT\'s, SMK\'s, etc[/b] I'm shooting Rem brass and 105g US869 under the 240SMK for just a tad over 3K fps in the 300RUM w/26" barrel. Gotta shoot 'em faster than you are so they won't print sideways and you can get away with using the 240SMK in a 300RUM 1-10 twist out to about 1500 yards (destablize dramatically at that point) is the experience on the board here. This is a cool weather load--don't try 105g at anything about 50 degrees just to be on the safe side. From what I've heard from Fifty and Richard most of those Al tipped bullets will require either a 1 in 8 or 1 in 9 to stablize. Richard did tell me that he thought a 190g .308 Al tipped version he was working on would stabilize in a 1 in 10 twist. [/QUOTE]
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