bullet selection- what do you think?
quebechunter
3/18/09 5:24pm
hi everyone!
i'll tell you how i chose the bullet i want to reload for my 300 rum and you tell me your ideas or advices on the subject.
since the rum is a pretty fast cartdridge. i ruled out all the normal jacketed bullets
for the same reason, i kept only the 200 grainer in bonded bullets, i only found the accubond.
other great bullets would have been the trophy bonded bear claw and the a frame in 180 grains
but they're 2.00$ a piece over here. so, ruled out also.(the a frame also have poor b.c.)
i took a good look at the barnes tsx. but torough searching on the net revealed a lot of
problem with expansion. another search on the 200 accubond gave fragmentation problem. ](*,) the nosler partition are great i use them and they 've always been reliable but they're not as pretty as a bullet with a polymer tip (**!!).
since the most regular problem i've had with this caliber was fragmentation i decided
to try the 168 gr. barnes ttsx. the polymer tip, larger nose cavity and higher speed (compared to 180 or 200 gr.) should give me reliable expansion. and its almost 100% weight retention
should make it penetrate as a 200 gr partition or accubond that lose 30-40% of its weight.
what do you guys think of this reasoning?
i'll tell you how i chose the bullet i want to reload for my 300 rum and you tell me your ideas or advices on the subject.
since the rum is a pretty fast cartdridge. i ruled out all the normal jacketed bullets
for the same reason, i kept only the 200 grainer in bonded bullets, i only found the accubond.
other great bullets would have been the trophy bonded bear claw and the a frame in 180 grains
but they're 2.00$ a piece over here. so, ruled out also.(the a frame also have poor b.c.)
i took a good look at the barnes tsx. but torough searching on the net revealed a lot of
problem with expansion. another search on the 200 accubond gave fragmentation problem. ](*,) the nosler partition are great i use them and they 've always been reliable but they're not as pretty as a bullet with a polymer tip (**!!).
since the most regular problem i've had with this caliber was fragmentation i decided
to try the 168 gr. barnes ttsx. the polymer tip, larger nose cavity and higher speed (compared to 180 or 200 gr.) should give me reliable expansion. and its almost 100% weight retention
should make it penetrate as a 200 gr partition or accubond that lose 30-40% of its weight.
what do you guys think of this reasoning?
5,025
Best of Luck
the worst grouping came out at 1.5" which i would be happy with in a hunting rifle.
91,92,and 94 grains had holes touching. looks like THIS load wont be long and expensive to develope. :thumb
i should be able to test them thru a chrono sometime next week.
i bought one on e-bay, and the tracking device from ups show me its in the custom since tuesday.
i bought a CED prochrono