Midway has Woodleigh 300gn Weldcores on clearance for $47.51 a box.
That is a real thumper in .338 caliber.
John
Wonder what it would take to stop that bullet. Seems like a 338 could push it pretty decent too.
Cartridge : .338 Win Mag.
Bullet : .338, 300, Woodleigh SN WeldCore 58
Useable Case Capaci: 72.595 grain H2O = 4.714 cm�
Cartridge O.A.L. L6: 3.340 inch = 84.84 mm
Barrel Length : 25.0 inch = 635.0 mm
Powder : Alliant Reloder-22
Predicted data by increasing and decreasing the given charge,
incremented in steps of 2.0% of nominal charge.
CAUTION: Figures exceed maximum and minimum recommended loads !
Step Fill. Charge Vel. Energy Pmax Pmuz Prop.Burnt B_Time
% % Grains fps ft.lbs psi psi % ms
-20.0 83 56.00 2036 2760 31356 8135 94.0 1.826
-18.0 85 57.40 2086 2899 33505 8369 95.0 1.776
-16.0 87 58.80 2137 3041 35810 8592 96.0 1.728
-14.0 89 60.20 2187 3186 38277 8804 96.8 1.678
-12.0 91 61.60 2237 3334 40924 9002 97.6 1.626
-10.0 93 63.00 2287 3485 43762 9187 98.2 1.577
-08.0 95 64.40 2337 3639 46810 9356 98.8 1.529
-06.0 97 65.80 2387 3796 50085 9510 99.2 1.483
-04.0 99 67.20 2437 3955 53599 9648 99.6 1.439
-02.0 101 68.60 2486 4117 57344 9768 99.8 1.396 ! Near Maximum !
+00.0 103 70.00 2535 4281 61359 9870 100.0 1.355 ! Near Maximum !
+02.0 106 71.40 2584 4447 65672 9953 100.0 1.315 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+04.0 108 72.80 2632 4615 70311 10027 100.0 1.277 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+06.0 110 74.20 2680 4785 75307 10097 100.0 1.241 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+08.0 112 75.60 2728 4957 80695 10164 100.0 1.205 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
+10.0 114 77.00 2775 5131 86517 10227 100.0 1.171 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
Results caused by � 10% powder lot-to-lot burning rate variation using nominal charge
Data for burning rate increased by 10% relative to nominal value:
+Ba 103 70.00 2634 4620 74537 9439 100.0 1.257 !DANGEROUS LOAD-DO NOT USE!
Data for burning rate decreased by 10% relative to nominal value:
-Ba 103 70.00 2388 3798 48878 9972 96.6 1.486