Quote Originally Posted by Dave Hoback View Post
Yobuck, I’m sure Mike simply enjoys 30cals, just as I and others enjoy 6.5 & 7mm’s. To the point of the extra long range, he is going to be using 220gr solid bronze billets, with a BC approaching or above .700. Makes the 168gr SMK perform like a TUNA CAN!
Well there is long range, and then there is long range. Anybody who has ever shot or watched as others have, at the extreme long distances, need no convincing that the heavier the bullet the better it will perform. Especially the ones having the case capacity to create velocity, which frankly the Win Mag dosent, at least for those type of distances.
Having a scope setup that will permit dialing the distance, wont over come the fact that the bullet has long since stayed in the air due only to the trajectory height.
Which in fact is true with all of them, but the accuracy factor will be better when using a 300 gr at 3000 fps as opposed to using a 220 at 3000 fps.
Anybody who thinks otherwise is in for an awakening.
Frankly, even a 338 that is capable of driving a 300 gr bullet 3000 fps is not necessarily a good choice for a 2000 yd gun as far as accuracy is concerned.
And that would rule out quite a few 338s.