Recent content by rustyshackleford

Anyone ever try those new 115’s from Sierra? I haven’t seen any testing on them but I’m sure they’d be good. If the 125 TMK’s would stay in stock I’d probably give those a whirl

Ramshot Hunter or H4350 for me. Max charge of hunter under a 180 Sierra prohunter gives 2770 from my 22” barrel and this was at ~75 degrees. I put the same ammo in the freezer for a few hours and got 2720, so not that much drop considering the temp swing. H4350 I got 2920 with a 165 with good...

The initial post was talking about a 300 wsm pushing them at 2950 and it not giving good expansion at near 700 yards.

I’ve always heard the accubonds were basically soft enough to expand down low as advertised. I suppose if that were the case the ABLR wouldn’t have come out. I suppose now you could try the 190 ABLR and have a softer bullet going faster at your extended range. Mainly reading along with this...

How far are you trying to shoot with this setup?

I wouldn’t be concerned with the twist. Being sufficiently fast is all that matters. My 308 has a 1/9 twist and shoots heavy and light bullets fine. Considering you are getting good groups with the 175 SMK I’d assume your loading technique is fine and your rifle just doesn’t like that bullet. I...

For projectiles I have personally had good luck with the 169 SMK. Honestly it’s cheaper than the berger 185 and the form factors probably aren’t that dissimilar. The best bullet for the 308 is probably the 180 grain elite Hunter since it has a higher BC and lower form factor than the 185’s and...

Norma bondstrike *SEEMS* like a very legitimate contender. My only concern is you say out to 500 and with a 308 that’s probably pushing the envelope in terms of a 308 having enough velocity for reliable expansion with some of these bullets. If you trust Berger’s the 180 elite Hunter is probably...

Current situation: 223/5.56 308 win, 300 blk, and 30-06 416 rem mag I’d like to add a 338 Norma and that’s really about it. I’ll also have a 300 WSM built but I still think more often than not I’ll be reaching for the 30-06. 200 gr at 2700 ft/sec is plenty for anything and if I legitimately...

Can you clarify what isn’t dismal? I mean if anything shy of 300 WM is dismal I guess you can feel that way but that doesn’t really make it so.

Versatility. 125 gr - 210’s for supers and up to 220-240’s for subs if you are into that. Versatility is basically unmatched in the other bores due to projectile selection. All the new bullet designs have the 308 nipping at the heels of the new wonder cartridges anyhow. In my case I have a 20”...

Realize we are getting out of a global supply chain crisis made worse by Democrat policies and we are going through 10%+ inflation thanks to both parties. Between our dollar devaluing by at least 10% and scarcity of goods you shouldn’t be shocked that your favorite anything is hard to come by or...

22”. From all the research I’ve done it’s plenty. I’m also not wild about super overbore cartridges. If I was I’d look at longer barrels

I just came here to be sickened. This thread didn’t disappoint with that goal

I’d reclassify velocities. 1800-2400 is slow, 2400-2800 is medium, 2800-3100 is high, and anything over 3100 is in that hyper velocity to me. So 416 rem mag is slow, 30-06 with 180’s is upper medium, 7 mag with 175’s is high, and 257 wby is hyper. I tend to think 2700-2950 or so is about optimal...