what's a large flat shooting calibre?
- Thread starter Mr. Friendly
- Start date
My bullet of choice for hunting and the one I am going to be using for defense until I can find something heavier in my project 375RUM are 300gr Swift A-Frames.
Whats the BC for the 300gr Accubond?
It's only .485, not much better than the 260gr at .473...300gr Sierra is about .475 to .480.
- Location
- Calgary, AB
What is your load? I have some 300gr AB that I plan on trying, and also some 260gr AB.
ROY-alty33
Regular
- Location
- Not quite beyond Hope, but close
Large flat shooting sounds like a 325WSM to me.
Ya, I saw that...kind of a bummer as the smaller bullet will perform better. The higher SD would be a good trade off though.
Same thing with the 338/250 NAB. The 225 is better on all fronts (except SD). I suspect this has to do with making the bullet work with standard twist rates.
I had hopes for a high BC bullet for my new 338 Edge rifles.
Oh man some of you guys are going to like this info...
I just recieved the following email back from Barnes in regards to their .375" 350gr TSX bullets...
January works for me just wish I would have asked what the BC was.
Ok sent another email...
I just recieved the following email back from Barnes in regards to their .375" 350gr TSX bullets...
January works for me just wish I would have asked what the BC was.
Ok sent another email...
- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
Those 350 gr bullets will sure be long. First becasue there is no lead or tungsten core in a TSX and secondly because TSX are normally spitzers, unless they make an exception in this case. I have a box of Barnes 300 gr Banded Solids, and even with a flat nose and parallel sides they are long.
I wonder if they would be any better in a defense situation on a bear than a 300gr TSX or even a 270gr TSX. I bet they will all open up an punch right on through any bear.
As I said before, it would be nice to have a 250gr TTSX- Would also punch right on through but have a decent BC and pretty damn good velocity, too.
Most rifles suggested are medium bores (just making a point)!
What you need is a rifle that you can get good with (read sensible recoil) without going broke. There is a terrible disease (Magnumitis Biggerbetterus) that causes many shooters to fear and loath their rifles. Symptoms include uncontrolled neuro-muscular reaction (flinchus triggeris) and degraded hearing.
What you need is a rifle that you can get good with (read sensible recoil) without going broke. There is a terrible disease (Magnumitis Biggerbetterus) that causes many shooters to fear and loath their rifles. Symptoms include uncontrolled neuro-muscular reaction (flinchus triggeris) and degraded hearing.
- Location
- Somewhere on the Hudson Bay Coast
My concern is whether or not the long bullet would stabilize in a standard 1:12 twist barrel. The 380 gr Rhino shoot well, but they are lead cored and flat nosed. A mono metal spitzer would be much longer, but perhaps Barnes intend to make them with parallel sides and a flat nose along similar lines to their solids.
I haven't looked at the twist rate of my 375RUM barrel I had heard it is either 1 - 10" or 1 - 12" guess I should check it.
Here's Ty's response to my BC email that I sent last night...
Not a very high # actually very disappointing good thing I'm not a TSX fan guess I'll stick with my 300gr A-Frames/Partitions/Gamekings.
GH your 250gr TTSX does have merit.
Here's Ty's response to my BC email that I sent last night...
Not a very high # actually very disappointing good thing I'm not a TSX fan guess I'll stick with my 300gr A-Frames/Partitions/Gamekings.
GH your 250gr TTSX does have merit.
After watching reading your workings with the super heavyweights I had the foresight to have a 10" twist installed on my 375 Ultra project....Looks like it might come in handy!
I have learned a lot around here over the years.
Camp,
The Rem factory 375 Ultra twist is 12"
