Is There a Better Cartridge Than 308 WIN?

[jessej]

For sure; I struggle with high BC bullet terminal performance - hard to get both. The deer I shot this year at 150 yards with a 220 ELDX out of a 300 RUM made a huge hole going in (he was slightly quartering away) and no exit. Sure, he dropped like a sack of potatoes, but still...

It's really a waste shooting deer that close with a rum.

 

[30378wbymag]

I'm a nut for ballistics and running these two scenarios, I'd have to respectfully point out just how close these two are. After plugging in all pertinent data into JBM ballistics This is what I found, pretty dang close, hardly a waste...

 

[Varmint Hunter]

I'm a nut for ballistics and running these two scenarios, I'd have to respectfully point out just how close these two are. After plugging in all pertinent data into JBM ballistics This is what I found, pretty dang close, hardly a waste...


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I get your point but that seems like an apples-to-oranges comparison. Why not compare different weight bullets in the same cartridge?

 

[30378wbymag]

I get your point but that seems like an apples-to-oranges comparison. Why not compare different weight bullets in the same cartridge?

Because, this was the original statement to which I posted this;

"Shooting light bullets in a 300 RUM is a waste."

Apples to oranges it is, that was the point...

 

[DoneNOut]

So, what ya'll think about a 358 Winchester?

 

[Calvin45]

So, what ya'll think about a 358 Winchester?

Do it

 

[jessej]

So, what ya'll think about a 358 Winchester?

375 raptor has always intrigued me

 

[DoneNOut]

Do it

Well, I just might then! LOL

 

[DoneNOut]

375 raptor has always intrigued me

I've got 9.3X62 short thumper. CZ 550 FS

 

[jessej]

My inclination would be to run the raptor subsonic.

 

[Nathanh]

I particularly enjoy shooting a 30-40 Krag for extensive work......only when I'm dry on 9mm flobert of course

 

[jessej]

There's ammo you don't pick up at the wallyworl

 

[Nathanh]

There's ammo you don't pick up at the wallyworl

 

[LRNut]

Because, this was the original statement to which I posted this;

"Shooting light bullets in a 300 RUM is a waste."

Apples to oranges it is, that was the point...

Try the 123 HH vs the heaviest HH bullet in the same cartridge and then compare wind drift. I could replace the Edge in my example with a 33XC or Chey-Tac and beat the wind drift of your 30-378. In my example, the RUM and the Edge have the same case (if not the same caliber) but I used it because it was what I shot today pulling the trigger, not the keyboard.