Once again, the animal was harvested cleanly with one shot featuring the 136-grain Terminal Ascent load. This bullet did not expand quite as much as the 7mm bullet did on gemsbok, but at this distance it still performed effectively. Despite the ballistics table, the 7mm projectile’s measured...
particularly the 290 grain flat base T-EZ and the Barnes Original .458 300 grain. The Parker Ballistic Extremes have also been excellent. I'm interested to see if the 1:26 barrel at 2200 fps is enough to do the trick with the Parker Match / Hunters, but that will have to wait until...
Sierra produce a 50 grain flat base soft point, a second FBSP but with a thin “Blitz” varmint style jacket, a 50 grain semi point soft point and the BTSP BlitzKing. The more typical .223 Rem projectile weights include the 55 grain Blitz (flat based), the 55 grain BlitzKing BTSP, ...
The .280 can be loaded with light 120 to 130 grain bullets for use on varmints to light game however most 139-140 grain bullets give just as spectacular (usually more so) killing along with superior exterior ballistics. Nevertheless, where a light recoiling down load is required, the two ...
it is somewhat akin to a 110 grain .30 caliber soft point projectile, though more emphatic in its performance at mild impact velocities. The SD of the 150 grain Remington bullet is .168, the BC is .184. A typical 110 grain .30 caliber soft point has an SD of .166 and a BC in th...