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<blockquote data-quote="ELR Researcher" data-source="post: 921011" data-attributes="member: 19541"><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">I failed to post this when I first added to my site last Christmas (Christmas present to me).</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">Comparative ELR Cartridge Matrix (<a href="http://www.elr-resources.com/ELR%20Cartridges%20Matrix%2012252013.xls" target="_blank">http://www.elr-resources.com/ELR%20Cartridges%20Matrix%2012252013.xls</a>) - an Excel spreadsheet comparing three groups of cartridges - 338, 375, and greater than 375 caliber (tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet).</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">Beyond just "stat" data it includes JBM trajectory data as to when these various cartridges theoretically go subsonic. I used "published" velocity data (noting the sources). Some velocities may be over/under "reality". I also tried to use the same "type" projectile for the 338 and 375 - SMKs (using JBM's "Litz" data for the 338). Using SMK data sub-optimizes the subsonic distance but allows for a more "normalized" comparison. Using higher BC projectiles can extend subsonic by several hundred yards - just plug the alternate projectile into theJBM calculator (</span></span><u><span style="color: blue"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'"><a href="http://www.jbmballistics.com/cgi-bin/jbmtraj-5.1.cgi" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue">JBM link</span></a></span></span></u><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">).</span></span></span></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #000000">With the recent announcement of the Unlimited Range ShootersAssociation (<a href="http://www.unlimitedrange.org/index.html" target="_blank">URSA</a>), I find this info particularly interesting - the highest levels of recognition will require some very stout hardware and loads and many shooters will be going subsonic to connect.</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ELR Researcher, post: 921011, member: 19541"] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000]I failed to post this when I first added to my site last Christmas (Christmas present to me).[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000]Comparative ELR Cartridge Matrix ([URL="http://www.elr-resources.com/ELR%20Cartridges%20Matrix%2012252013.xls"]http://www.elr-resources.com/ELR%20Cartridges%20Matrix%2012252013.xls[/URL]) - an Excel spreadsheet comparing three groups of cartridges - 338, 375, and greater than 375 caliber (tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet).[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000]Beyond just "stat" data it includes JBM trajectory data as to when these various cartridges theoretically go subsonic. I used "published" velocity data (noting the sources). Some velocities may be over/under "reality". I also tried to use the same "type" projectile for the 338 and 375 - SMKs (using JBM's "Litz" data for the 338). Using SMK data sub-optimizes the subsonic distance but allows for a more "normalized" comparison. Using higher BC projectiles can extend subsonic by several hundred yards - just plug the alternate projectile into theJBM calculator ([/COLOR][/SIZE][U][COLOR=blue][FONT=Times New Roman][URL="http://www.jbmballistics.com/cgi-bin/jbmtraj-5.1.cgi"][COLOR=blue]JBM link[/COLOR][/URL][/FONT][/COLOR][/U][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000]).[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000]With the recent announcement of the Unlimited Range ShootersAssociation ([URL="http://www.unlimitedrange.org/index.html"]URSA[/URL]), I find this info particularly interesting - the highest levels of recognition will require some very stout hardware and loads and many shooters will be going subsonic to connect.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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