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Hornady 165 gr btsp interlock with h4831 for over 20 years. Keeps my dads freezer full. I 2nd that.
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200 grain Nosler partition in both my 300 WM
That is 300 Weatherby Mag’s and 300 Win Mag.
For each it is also the most accurate bullet/load I’ve tried.
I prefer classic.
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I used to run with the hare. Now I'm envious of the tortoise and I do my own stunts but rarely intentionally
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165 Barnes is what I use, also in 300 Weatherby’s I stated in my reply since this was the long range forum I gave the OP bullets for long range application, The 165gr Barnes TSX has a BC of .398 that is not in the realm of a long range bullet..........I shoot 22cals with a better BC than a barnes I don’t shoot past 275 yards, the 165’s are plenty good for that. Are the 168’s better?
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For long range I seem to use more 190 ABLRs than anything these days, over 80-81 gr of H1000. Use it in 3 different 300 Wins. I've had mixed success getting ABLRs to shoot but that particular one usually works. Trajectory and windwise it launches the .300 Win into heavy bullet STW land.
One rifle was being fussy, but the 185 Classic Hunter and IMR 4831 fixed that right up.
For more general use I use 180 Accu-bonds and NBTs for that matter.
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For long range I seem to use more 190 ABLRs than anything these days, over 80-81 gr of H1000. Use it in 3 different 300 Wins. I've had mixed success getting ABLRs to shoot but that particular one usually works. Trajectory and windwise it launches the .300 Win into heavy bullet STW land.
One rifle was being fussy, but the 185 Classic Hunter and IMR 4831 fixed that right up.
For more general use I use 180 Accu-bonds and NBTs for that matter.
Life begins at 40. Recoil begins at "Over 40" Coincidence? I don't think so.
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The 200 AB over 73 grains RL22, lit by WLRM primers for 2970 fps from a 24" Savage into sub-moa. About 3000 fps from a 26". Bob www.bigbores.ca
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Being old school and still living like its the 1950s...
220 grain Round Nose, with a charge of 82 grains of 4831SC....
when hitting steel with it at 300 or 400 yds... other people on the range stop and notice...
its a hammer...
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That's only 10 or 11 grains over Hodgdon's max. Pressure probably 100,000+ psi. Hard on brass and bolt lugs.
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Since this is the long range hunting rifle channel…
Berger 215 hybrid
Hint…..
“There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot.”
ALDO LEOPOLD
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My 300 Win Mag and my 300 Weatherby Mags like Reloader 26 and 200 grain partitions. Most accurate load in any of them.
Last edited by Bugger; 02/20/22.
I prefer classic.
Semper Fi
I used to run with the hare. Now I'm envious of the tortoise and I do my own stunts but rarely intentionally
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That's only 10 or 11 grains over Hodgdon's max. Pressure probably 100,000+ psi. Hard on brass and bolt lugs. Yeah. Hopefully it’s a typo.. 😂😂😂
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200g Nosler AB in Nosler Brass with Nosler max book load of H4831sc. FGMM primer. 24" Kreiger bbl. Sub moa in my rifle. Those 200.20x Bergers interest me too.
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Easy, 215 hybrids all around bullet. This is what I've been using for 6-7 years in my 300 wsm. Two bull elk, one buck antelope, and 4 or so mule deer bucks all down with 1 shot each. Ranges from 100ish yards to 550 yards. Kills very well and handles wind well. My MV is 2800 fps. Bb
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Nosler Combined Technology 168 grain Ballistic Silvertip for deer and antelope. Longest shot with that bullet on a deer was half a mile, but that was out of a 300 Weatherby. Same here. Best groups of all I've tried, 3000fps, Elk out to 450 yards. Use them in other calibers as well.
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208 eldm dumped a cow elk at 520 yds this year. One shot zero steps. The 208 is perfect in the 10 twist 300s
Good bullets properly placed always work, but not everyone knows what good bullets are, or can reliably place them in the field
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