Originally Posted by T_O_M
Originally Posted by guyandarifle
I've never been a huge fan of the idea of a .30 caliber bullet weight in a .338. I mean, get a .300 if that's the idea, and you'll get a better BC/SD to go along with it.

I agree with that. I don't know why, but this rifle flat ass will not shoot any bullet 200 grains or up that I've tried into groups I'll accept. I built it around the 225 accubond. Prior to the 185 TTSX, those shot best. They're pretty respectable, sub MOA at 100 yards, around 2 MOA at 200 yards, and 3.5 to 5 MOA at 300 yards ... greater than linear increase with distance. I just doesn't cut the mustard.

Pretty sure it's going up for another rebarrel or outright sale within a month or two. I need to take it to the range one more time.

Tom




Rifles is funny critters. My .340 dotes on 210gr TSX's. I've got a batch of 250gr Partitions that I badly need to work up a load for but there's so little that can't be done with a .338/210gr TSX at 3100fps I've been too lazy to try. My "gun guru" I gave the rifle to when I firt got it for the purpose of quickly putting together a load (he's got every powder and bullet you can imagine on hand) went through a few loads and hit the 210/RL19 combo and it's shot little else since.

Good luck!

By the way, have you tried the 160gr TTSX yet? smile

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