Light bullets 4 the 300 winney

jethunter said:
How much extra range do you expect with 110 gr bullets?
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Yes and what for, dogs, targets, prairie dogs?

I’ve fiddled with 110gr bullets 300win, 300wsm and 3006. But I found heavier bullets with a higher bc will be with in a inch or 2 at 500yds and more accurate in the long run. But I’m a 1 load 1 zero for each gun kind of guy.
 
MRP said:
Yes and what for, dogs, targets, prairie dogs?

I’ve fiddled with 110gr bullets 300win, 300wsm and 3006. But I found heavier bullets with a higher bc will be with in a inch or 2 at 500yds and more accurate in the long run. But I’m a 1 load 1 zero for each gun kind of guy.
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My experience as well.

Ballistics calculations from JBM using similar bullet types. Muzzle velocities are the highest found on Hodgdon Online Reloading center using the best velocity from all available powders and rounded to the nearest 100 fps.

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110 TTSX@4100 fps mv shoots pretty flat zeroed@350 yds.

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I shot some 130 gr TSX from my 300 Win Mag and 3600 fps was easily achieved. Ballistics tables showed that after 500 yds, they started to fall behind heavier bullets and lost velocity quickly.

The only reason I tried a bullet so light was the very high MV and the ability of the solid copper bullets to retain weight for some pretty impressive terminal performance along, with milder recoil than with the usual 180 or 200's.

Never did hunt with it however.
 
Inside 500 yards , as far as hunting goes. Is perfect..
I agree Andy.. the heavier bullet takes over after distances get stretched out.
Like 4fiffitey8 had mentioned. Zeroed at 350Y would be a flat shooter at all distances with minor hold over required..

Not to mention the time in flight would be short, thus fighting wind better then slower bullets.
. b.c. won't be as big a factor inside 500...

Going to try rl16. Ladder first
Maybe varget to match the bullet wieght with the powder burn scale.. dont think I'll need to be much faster burn rate then that
 
Big bore dinosaur said:
Inside 500 yards , as far as hunting goes. Is perfect..
I agree Andy.. the heavier bullet takes over after distances get stretched out.
Like 4fiffitey8 had mentioned. Zeroed at 350Y would be a flat shooter at all distances with minor hold over required..

Not to mention the time in flight would be short, thus fighting wind better then slower bullets.
. b.c. won't be as big a factor inside 500...

Going to try rl16. Ladder first
Maybe varget to match the bullet wieght with the powder burn scale.. dont think I'll need to be much faster burn rate then that
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Don't misunderstand my intentions, i'm not saying the 110gr is not good. I understand the attraction to super level velocities.

4fifty8 used a 350 yd zero in his table, I used a 300 yd zero in the 150 gr table. Change the 150gr zero to 350 yd and the difference shrinks. Difference in MPBR is maybe 40 yds? Which is meaningless if you aren't using a rangefinder, and also meaningless if you are using a rangefinder because if you know the distance you know your holdover.

AS for wind drift: The 150 gr will have less wind drift at all ranges. Wind drift is a function of BC, windspeed, and bullet speed. The 150gr has a 50% higher BC than the 110gr.

The 110 is cool and although it is more susceptible to drift it will do anything the 150gr will do on yotes out to 500yds.
 
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Among the reasons I did some load development with the 30 cal Barnes 130 gr TSX for hunting mostly under 300 yds were:

1. high MV, hence flat trajectory;
2. excellent terminal performance; and
3. since they're solid copper, (see#2), they're long for their weight and hence their BC is above that of lead-based bullets of the same weight.

A 130 gr TSX has an only slightly lower BC (0.340) than for example the 150 gr Nosler Partition (0.387), so wind drift is comparable under 300 yds, while retaining the flatter trajectory.

That was the theory anyways, and why I chose 130 gr and not something lighter.
 
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