338 cal "HUNTING" bullet, highest ballistic coefficient ?

grizzly416 said:
barnes i beleve makes a 285 grain x . my cuz is using it in his lapua hunting rig
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yup..this is what I would think aswell, they have made some chnages, I think for 2012 it will be a LRX 280gr..

Diameter Weight Description S.D. B.C. CAT#
.338" 265 gr Tipped TSX BT .331 .575 33882

Nosler Accubond
250gr B.C .575 S.D .313

Matrix made in Canada
Caliber Inches: .338
Weight, grains: 265.0
Core Density, lb/ci-in: 0.4097
Core Weight, grains: 146.0
Jacket Density, lb/ci-in: 0.32
Jacket Weight, lb/ci-in: 119.0
Ogive Radius, calibers: 10.0
Meplat Diameter, inches: 0.14
BC (static): 0.5148

Swift a-frame
50 bullets per box Caliber .338 Diameter .338" Grain 275 Profile AF/SS Length 1.435" Sectional Density .344 Ballistic Coefficient .469
 
I use a 231gr Lapua Naturalis LR, solid, in my 338LM . It kills like lightning, shoots fairly flat, and is very accurate. Peter Dobson of Hirsch Precision has them in stock
 
According to a post on a different forum, Nosler's 2012 catalog lists the .338" 300gr Accubond's BC at .720
 
I am using the 250gr SGK as my 'heavy' bullet in my 338.

The 225gr interlock, which is a perfectly fine bullet for Moose, has a BC of .397. The interbond has a BC of .515.

The 250gr SGK has a BC of .565

In my rifle I used the 225 Interlock this past year for moose. The 225's grouped a bit tighter than the 250gr SGK so I used the interlock. Once bullet drop was calculated (and then shot at paper to verify..... Which it didn't) the differance between the 2 was less than 2" at 300y.......

After I lost some sleep trying to settle on which bullet to shoot, and sent about 250 rnds down range I look back on it and shake my head......... I shot my Moose at 70y, I could have just about thrown a rock at it.......

All that said, I wasn't hunting with my lapua..... So take that with a grain of salt.

Someone mentioned 300gr Berger, I wouldn't try it on an animal. I figure if Berger feels it warants a warning on their web sie not to use it on game who am I to argure. Untill recently they were also not reccomending it for use in anything pushing it past 2800fps.......

My $.02
 
The gen 2 berger will live to over 3000fps, it will also work well on game, with the same limitations as any other cup and core bullet. I wouldn't want to shoot anything at under 200 or 300 yards with one if you can get them up to 3000fps to start. Plenty of bullet for penetration, but they will put a big hole in something the size of a deer under 200 yards. A hole that you could insert an icecream pail into. I shot a coyote faceing me at 187 yards, not pretty, but the pelts are basically worthless now anyways.

There are several bullets in the 0.55- 0.6 BC range, only a couple above that. Namely the sierra matchking and berger hybrid. The matchking has been used on many game in the states, take a look on longrangehunting lots of info on there as well. If you are only going to shoot 400yards and under you may want to take a look at the 180gr ttsx, hard to beat it for flat shooting under 400 yards.
 
Well, I agree with the SOF, I use them in my 338 and they work fine. (Hornady)

Here is a Nosler Partition in 225 gr taken from a moose I shot.

Went right through both shoulders at about 200 m. Mr. Moose went about 1 more foot.

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I shoot a 285 hornady BTHP bc of .720 have shot them out to a mile and fly great. Testing on AR steel Gongs has proven promising they hit hard and seem to hold together way better than accubonds. My experience with accubonds on small game they poke holes same size out as same size in, large game they have exploded. I will be testing the 285's on phone books to find weight retention hope to get to that soon. I will post results when I do for anyone who cares.
 
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