300 PRC and other 30 Cal Cartridges
- Thread starter remington jim
- Start date
Again it is a specialized cartridge so if you have to ask than its not likely for you.You also do not have to shoot the big high BC bullets but you have option so you can shoot gophers or steel at over a mile to hone your shooting skills.Plus it fun!Doesn't have to be practical .
That was a joke.... but...
There are too many dynamic and static factors that come into play when calculating the BC of an arrow, it is really an apples to oranges comparison with regard to arrows vs bullets. The tip and fetching throw monkey wrenches into the equation as do the functional flight paths through the dynamic cycle of thrust from the released bow string and invariably uneven thrust from the limbs and/or compounding system. BC does not serve much purpose other than theoretical and as a loosely held parameter with regard to the flight path (trajectory) and retained energy of an arrow. Having said that, there are ballistic calculators that attempt to quantify these values... IMO, weakly and to no good effect.
Not for guys who want to buy ammo at Canadian Tire, no.
this coming from the guy who shoots ELDx in his 6.5mm Remington Magnum
A 6.5mm 143 ELD-X @ .625 (G1) hunting bullet is not really a fair comparison... we all do that. If it were the 6.5mm 153 A-Max @ .704 (G1), you might have a point.
Oh I thought we were talking about practical firearm choices and dismissing the ability to shoot longer ranges as being impractical
CGN, where a Tradexx 9.3x57 is practical, but a 300 PRC is impractical
Oh I thought we were talking about practical firearm choices and dismissing the ability to shoot longer ranges as being impractical
CGN, where a Tradexx 9.3x57 is practical, but a 300 PRC is impractical
I'm only talking about comparing a hunting bullet of modest BC to a target missile with a BC of ONE Meeeeeellion...
rifleman762
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Southern Alberta
CGN, where a Tradexx 9.3x57 is practical, but a 300 PRC is impractical
So true
. At worst, the 300 PRC is another 300 WM. At best, it's a 300 WM with the same performance up close and improved performance at longer distances. 300 WM is very popular so, clearly, being a slightly better 300 WM isn't a bad thing!245gr is too heavy for the 300PRC. What for?
Ok so 195 grain 7mm and 156 grain 6.5mm are too heavy too ? Not sure what is wrong with high bc bullets?
You posted "specialized cartridge" to the other poster. I was replying to that.
300 PRC is not that specialized for heavy for caliber projectiles. There is way better choices out there for the 30cal heavies. 300 RUM for example with the right throat. Single feed.
I'll stick to 30 cal since that's the thread subject. No comment on the other calibers.
Weatherby Fan
CGN Regular
- Location
- Maple Ridge,BC,Canada
I have the 245gr Elite Hunters doing 2900fps out of my 300 PRC with a 26 inch barrel using R33, to heavy for what.......hunting or long range paper punching ?
That's great.
