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ronlaughlin said:
ronlaughlin said:
Your question about the diameter of this bullet got me, and i was headed out to the shop to take a measurement, when i remembered the orange sabot, which is used for 0.458 bullets. This bullet only worked for me in the loose barrel Dream Season, where i could use a black crush rib, in lieu of the orange sabot. In the X7 with a tighter barrel, this bullet needs to be used with the orange sabot, and it didn't seem to be accurate. PLease understand i haven't shot this bullet near enough times, to really 'know' it's accuracy.
Most of my paper shooting in life, has been done at 3000 feet up to 5000 feet. Published BC have always seemed quite correct, in my experience. Long have i read, that published BC are normally inflated, but i have never found this to be true. Many times with many bullets, i have used a ballistic program to calculate how much to twist the elevation dial when the rifle is zeroed at 100 yard, to impact the target at longer ranges. This has worked for me at ranges of 200 yard to 1/4 mile. My experience with these particular bullet is quite scant; there is no way i can comment on the BC.
Hornet22savage said:You may be surprised about what a MMP sabot can handle. I'm using the MMP Orange with the Hornady 325 FTX and it measures at .505 loaded dia. The Orange sabot is from their HPH series which is meant to handle magnum powder charges. Heat will be your worst enemy. I shoot the MMP green out of my 50 with the Hornady 265 FTX over 130 gr. BH209. I'm not going to try and compare pressures since your pellets most likely reach a higher peak pressure and they do it faster. However my load is under pressure longer due to the progressive nature of BH209. I also have more unsupported sabot that would allow a failure easier. The only failures I have experienced have been when not allowing the barrel to cool down during summer shooting. Try them they may surprise you.
ronlaughlin said:Measurements made of 7 Nosler Ballistic Tip MZ bullet/sabot using 2 different caliper.
Hornet22savage said:I personally have not clocked them since I don't have a chrono yet. However I did send some to Omega45 and he clocked them with 120 gr. and got an average of 2150. I have been working towards getting a chrono however every time I get close I find another ML I want and spend my money.
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