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338 Sherman Build (This Is My Boomstick!)
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<blockquote data-quote="benchracer" data-source="post: 1342796" data-attributes="member: 22069"><p><strong>HORNADY 200 SST</strong></p><p><strong></strong></p><p>Like the 225 SST, the 200 SST isn't a useful long range bullet. I think it would make for an outstanding, inexpensive bullet for use on lighter-bodied game at normal hunting ranges. This bullet also showed signs of pressuring out much earlier than I expected, causing me to discontinue testing after the second shot showed an immediate flat spot in the velocity curve, along with a light ejector mark. Based on what I have seen in past testing with RL-17, a flat spot (or a drop in velocity) is a pressure warning sign. The shot(s) that follow tend to be unpredictable.</p><p></p><p>OAL for this bullet was set approximately .040 off the lands @ 3.380.</p><p></p><p><u>RL-17</u></p><p>64.0 3071</p><p>65.0 3080 Light ejector mark.</p><p>66.0 Discontinued test</p><p>67.0 Discontinued test</p><p>68.0 Discontinued test.</p><p></p><p><u>H100V</u></p><p>65.0 2997</p><p>66.0 3008</p><p>67.0 3080 Shiny ejector mark.</p><p>68.0 Discontinued test.</p><p>69.0 Discontinued test.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="benchracer, post: 1342796, member: 22069"] [B]HORNADY 200 SST [/B] Like the 225 SST, the 200 SST isn't a useful long range bullet. I think it would make for an outstanding, inexpensive bullet for use on lighter-bodied game at normal hunting ranges. This bullet also showed signs of pressuring out much earlier than I expected, causing me to discontinue testing after the second shot showed an immediate flat spot in the velocity curve, along with a light ejector mark. Based on what I have seen in past testing with RL-17, a flat spot (or a drop in velocity) is a pressure warning sign. The shot(s) that follow tend to be unpredictable. OAL for this bullet was set approximately .040 off the lands @ 3.380. [U]RL-17[/U] 64.0 3071 65.0 3080 Light ejector mark. 66.0 Discontinued test 67.0 Discontinued test 68.0 Discontinued test. [U]H100V[/U] 65.0 2997 66.0 3008 67.0 3080 Shiny ejector mark. 68.0 Discontinued test. 69.0 Discontinued test. [/QUOTE]
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