Agreed men, my 338 cal LR elk rig weighs 10lbs all up, doesn't bother me one bit, it's really pretty nice after humping 12-16 lb Sharps rifles around the hills, it fires 338 cal 300 gr Accubonds at 3000 fps, it's one of the ones I sent you a bughole target pic of Beretzs.
Running the numbers on a .7 bc at 3000 fps and 300 grains translates into some really good LR power/wind/momentum numbers.
Geez, Gunner, what type of artillery are you using that launches a .338" 300gr AB at 3,000 fps?
I don't reload, and the only option I have for the 300gr AB in the .340 Wby is one loaded by Nosler. My chrono gave me an average of 2,538 fps out of my rifle with those--right at about what Nosler claims: 2,540 fps. I was surprised because, in my experience, Nosler generally inflates the velocity numbers in their specs. The published B.C. for that bullet is a full 0.720, which is getting up there. Plugging that 2,540 fps into the computer gives about 1,975 fps at 500 yds (2,601 ft-lbs), which is slightly better in terms of energy than the 225gr TTSX load described above. If you're starting out with 3,000 fps, it still should be moving at 2,371 fps (3,745 ft-lbs) at 500 yds. But you're talking about 6,000 ft-lbs of muzzle energy. What cartridge/rifle does that?
