Just broke the rifle in with 155 gr Scenars and planning to use them this fall on mule deer and white tails. Was going to keep playing with seating and powder but think around 2825 I am calling it good.
I know it's been discussed before, and specifically mentioned by Pat, that the bearing surface changes from lot to lot. I also noticed that on my most recent purchase of them, the meplat is significantly smaller, and the transition from bullet shank to ogive is much more dramatic. It's a sleeker bullet in this batch for sure. Has anyone noticed this in their batches and/or noticed a difference in terminal performance? I'll be opening up the tip just a tad, but it's still not as open as my previous lots. If I could figure out why my pictures don't post on this site, I'd show you guys what I'm talking about.
Anyways, the new Ridgeline 300 Win Mag arrived this week, and I'm going to test some sedate Varget loads. If I can get away with 60-61gr of powder for 3100-3200fps in a light rifle, you best believe I'm going that route!
I know it's been discussed before, and specifically mentioned by Pat, that the bearing surface changes from lot to lot. I also noticed that on my most recent purchase of them, the meplat is significantly smaller, and the transition from bullet shank to ogive is much more dramatic. It's a sleeker bullet in this batch for sure. Has anyone noticed this in their batches and/or noticed a difference in terminal performance? I'll be opening up the tip just a tad, but it's still not as open as my previous lots. If I could figure out why my pictures don't post on this site, I'd show you guys what I'm talking about.
Anyways, the new Ridgeline 300 Win Mag arrived this week, and I'm going to test some sedate Varget loads. If I can get away with 60-61gr of powder for 3100-3200fps in a light rifle, you best believe I'm going that route!
I know it's been discussed before, and specifically mentioned by Pat, that the bearing surface changes from lot to lot. I also noticed that on my most recent purchase of them, the meplat is significantly smaller, and the transition from bullet shank to ogive is much more dramatic. It's a sleeker bullet in this batch for sure. Has anyone noticed this in their batches and/or noticed a difference in terminal performance? I'll be opening up the tip just a tad, but it's still not as open as my previous lots. If I could figure out why my pictures don't post on this site, I'd show you guys what I'm talking about.
Anyways, the new Ridgeline 300 Win Mag arrived this week, and I'm going to test some sedate Varget loads. If I can get away with 60-61gr of powder for 3100-3200fps in a light rifle, you best believe I'm going that route!
Scenar L vs Scenar maybe??
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Add a Bull Shiras Moose to the scenar kill list - say it once, say it again - absolute bone crushers. Only bullets we use. Once again this was from the 7 mag 150grainers at 3150 (This combo has to be around 20-25 animals deep in the last 5-6 years)
265 yards - broadside thru the lungs...Pencil size entrance, busted two ribs, exited about the size of a 50 cent piece...Moose took 5-6 steps, shook his head and tipped over. Wouldn't hesitate to hunt much of anything within reason with this combo...
Apologies if this has been covered, but how do these do when moving slow? I picked up some of the 100gr 6.5mm to potentially use as a substitute for the BTs I can’t seem to find. Will these do ok on whitetail inside of 100 yards started at around 2300 or should I save the BTs I have left for that and use these for practice?
After reading through all of the responses, I wanna give these bullets a try in a prc. But first can someone explain to me the difference in bullets? I see scenar, scenar-L, OTM, and hpbt? I can not seem to locate any of the 139 but some sites have the 123s available, which would be best for deer/elk?