swampworks bullets

[darrindlh]

So should I be skeptical of the BC'S at swampworks. they list a 180 grn jlk vld at .735. Does anyone have experience with thes bullets

Darrin

 

[Chas1]

I'm assuming your talking about 7mm. I can't tell you whether it's legit or not. .735 is up there???...Berger's 7mm 180 Target VLD .659 maybe others might know and comment.

 

[MontanaRifleman]

Darrin,

I asked basically the same question last year. You should find this good reading, including an article or two by Bryan Litz

http://www.longrangehunting.com/forums/f19/jlk-vlds-41892/

Mark

PS.... if you go to JBM calcs and plug in Litz's stuff for the 180 Berger and 180 JLK, you'll see about a 3" diff in drop @ 1000 yds. Essentailly the same BC. My money is on Bryan's work and findings.

 

[Chas1]

Good read. Basically the same BC if I'm understanding of what Bryan wrote...Yes???

 

[MontanaRifleman]

Good read. Basically the same BC if I'm understanding of what Bryan wrote...Yes???

Yup.....

 

[Chas1]

Why do you suppose neither Berger of Swampworks produce any bullets in the 338 caliber? Is it not enough market demand or ???

 

[MontanaRifleman]

Why do you suppose neither Berger of Swampworks produce any bullets in the 338 caliber? Is it not enough market demand or ???

I think it's probably very challenging to make a bullet of that size in a J4 jacket. My guess is that when Berger comes out with the 338 it will be a modified jacket along the lines of their thick target bullets. Just a guess, I could be wrong.

 

[darrindlh]

I have been wondering this same question myself. However I came across boretech bullets they make bullets for the 338's and the 50 cal and that is it. In the 338 they make a 245 grain bullet with a bc of .869. This is pretty amazing. So I sent them an email about these bullets when I was going to build a 338rum. Boretech told me that the bullets worked great on big game at extended ranges with match grade percision.
Darrin