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Ballistics Charts - Weatherby, Inc. ; inches = "; MPBR = Maximum Point Blank Range; BT = Ballistic Tip; FP = Flat Point, HP = Hollow Point; RN = Round Nose; Sp = Spitzer; SP = Spire Point; SSp = Semi-Spitzer. Please let me know how it can be improved upon. That bullet may take 0.2 more seconds to reach the target. Of course, the actual distance the bullet should hit above the point of aim at 100 yards (or 100 meters, which is about 108 yards) varies with the individual caliber and load. >> More mid-range rise can be accepted when hunting larger animals (a 4 inch MRT might be appropriate when hunting mule deer, for example), but if a mixed bag hunt for larger and smaller species is envisioned, then the 3 inch rise used for this table is probably safer. The .338 Winchester Magnum is a popular and powerful caliber designed as a hunting round. With an extremely long effective range, the 338 Lapua has successfully bridged the gap between 300 Win Mag and 50 BMG. It is excellent to 800 yards. The .458" and .264" bore diameters were certainly no strangers to the hunting and shooting community; those bore diameters date back to the . Mag. 22 0 obj This past summer I dusted off the Ruger .338 in preparation for hunting season. When it was introduced in 1958, the .338 Win. Furthermore, the muzzle energy of a .300 Weatherby Magnum round averages out to 4070 ft-lb, while a .338 Winchester Magnum round averages out to about 3920 ft-lb. .270 WinchesterThe .270 is very resistant to wind drift when coupled with a high BC bullet. Get the most of rimfire with loads that offer both accuracy and violent expansion on impact. Rightly so: It offers tremendous performance on an incredibly broad spectrum of game at an affordable cost in recoil. The 338 win mag, with a 225 grain bullet has a muzzle velocity of 2850 and 4200 ft lbs with the Superformance ammo. Conclusion. Subscribe to my channel: http://bit.ly/RonSpomerOutdoorsSubscribeAffiliate Links:Handbook for Shooters and Reloaders (Volume 1) Paperbackhttps://amzn.to/3aOX. We have identified anomalies in your browser or connection settings that have flagged this request as potentially malicious or automated. . /N 1 /Bounds [0.997033] Factors to Consider when Buying a Scope for .338 Win Mag.
Rifle Trajectory Table - CHUCKHAWKS.COM 29 0 obj Mag.. The .338 Federal launches 180-grain bullets more than 100 fps faster than . Requested URL: www.sportsmansguide.com/ballisticscharts/rifle/.338%20winchester%20magnum, User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/15.5 Safari/605.1.15. Brand: Thompson Center. That placed the new Magnum directly between the .375 H&H and the .300 Weatherby. Thus, the time it takes for a bullet to reach the target is an important factor in determining wind drift. Obviously, the piece of paper. Backfire LLC owns and operates this website. The .338 bullet had poked a neat hole through it with no bloodshot meat.Elk are the main reason hunters carry a .338 Win. Hits like a 9mm Luger. But if you reload this is what you can do with each. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Your email address will not be published. /FunctionType 2 Thanks to their .338-inch diameter, .338 bullets can weigh as much as 250-grains and still shoot about as flat as a 180-grain 300 Win. *Casing image above is an artist rendering and not a real photo of .338 Winchester Magnum Ballistics cartridge. Vortex Optics Razor HD LH 2-1040 SFP Riflescope. Youre looking at 300 yards. Hornady The below 338 Winchester Mag ballistic table shows 200 grain Hornady SST Superformance rounds. Grizzly tracks pocked the dust. It resists wind drift well. This rifle/cartridge combo is not for the best choice for a recoil sensitive shooter. That was enough of a recommendation for me to buy a Ruger M77 chambered in .338 back in 1981. Wind drift and wind deflection are used interchangeably in common conversation, but wind deflection is the more correct term because it highlights how the wind makes a bullet fly slightly askew as it travels forward.
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338 Winchester Magnum Ammo - Sportsman's Outdoor Superstore Ballistics Calculator - Federal Premium Ammunition Cartridge. /Domain [0 1] /C1 [1] 338 Win Mag 200 gr SST Superformance Item #82223 | 20/Box US Patent: 8,161,885 | 8,413,587 Increase your rifle's performance up to 200 fps without extra chamber pressure, recoil, muzzle blast, temperature sensitivity, fouling, or loss of accuracy. A bull broke out of the timber and in a moment I had the rifle off my shoulder and in my hands. /CS0 13 0 R holds about 48.6 grains of water. In a 10mph full-value wind with an average load, it drifts 6.3 at 300 yards, 18.5 at 500 yards, and 88.5 at 1,000 yards.
Ballistic Coefficient - Hornady Manufacturing, Inc And in 2018, the Marine Corps gave the round the nod for its Mk13 M7 sniper rifle, replacing the 7.62 NATO cartridge. Up to just beyond the 500 yard mark, the .300 WinMag has the flattest trajectory of the group. It in no way increases the amount you pay and helps us stay in business. Messages. 151. In the table below I used the term "mid-range trajectory," abbreviated "MRT.". A-Frame bullet was recovered from a bull elk. I watched deer going in and out of a long and timbered draw. But then anything over 800 yards is stretching the killability of most unless you make a perfect shot or shooting one of the big 338's. RockyMtnMT Official LRH Sponsor Like the .300 Win. If you are looking at large big game like elk the 338 winchester is the best at any range with proper bullets. With the best magnum performance in a standard action, the 30 Nosler was introduced as a more evolved cartridge option. 14 0 obj .338 Lapua Magnum, .500-465 Nitro Express, .375 Remington Ultra Magnum, 7.21mm (.284) Lazzeroni Firebird, .270 Weatherby Magnum, .257 Weatherby Magnum, 6.5x54 MS (6.5 Mannlicher-Schoenauer), .458 Lott, 6mm Remington, .300 Dakota, .450 Dakota, .225 Winchester, 8mm Remington Magnum, 6.5x57 Mauser, .308 Winchester (7.62mm NATO).
.338 Lapua Magnum - BallisticStudies.com stream /ExtGState << /X0 18 0 R Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 23 0 obj Its casing is adapted from the 338 Win Mag, which itself is a shortened version of the 375 H&H Magnum. .338 Winchester Magnum Ballistics Ballistics and Drop for the .338 Winchester Magnum Cartridge Type: Rifle Height: 2.5" Width: 0.532" Average FPS: 2819 Average Energy: 3916 Average Gr: 222 Recoil: 2.93 Power Rank: 6.26 of 20 The .338 Winchester Magnum was designed in 1958 by Winchester Repeating Arms Company. Hunting with the rifle again, I also rediscovered the .338 is a great hunting cartridge for deer and elk. The company made its humble start in 1963in Gussago, Italywhen Giuseppe Pietta made a commitment to produce guns as authentic and true-to-original as possible. ShootersCalculator.com is in the process of being massively overhauled. endobj With the 300WM, I would go straight to the 208 a-max, or 210 something. is an accurate cartridge, shown by this group fired with Swift 225-gr. These figures tell me the "hundred-yard equality" distance for those cartridges compared to the energy of a .30-30. Maximum point blank range is 315 yards. << As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Mag. Not surprisingly, as it uses heavy bullets with a moderate velocity resulting in a well-controlled expansion and a very good penetration - the time proven recipe of an efficient killer. 338 Winchester Magnum. I heard from a pretty well known long range shooter that bullet weight after a thousand yards is one difference. Even if the weight of the objects is the same, the piece of paper will catch more of the wind and thus be pushed further.
The 338 Winchester Magnum: Best for Elk, Bear? - Ron Spomer Outdoors Mag. With 150-grain bullets, figure about 3,420 fps for the .300, 2,997 for the .308, according to a Nosler Handloading Manual. The .338 Winchester Magnum is adequate for hunting heavy game weighing up to 600kg (1300lb) and sometimes heavier, utilizing premium bullet designs doing its best work when used at closer ranges where impact velocity is high in order to maximize wounding potential. done deal. These cartridges were based off of the 375 H&H magnum brass with less taper in the body to allow for more powder. We worked with engineers from Springfield Armory to create Custom Shop loads specifically designed for the utmost performance from the new Model 2020 Waypoint rifle. Typical bullet weights for factory ammunition are 200 gr (13 g), 210 gr (14 g), 225 gr (14.6 g) and the 250 gr (16 g). In a 10mph wind, It drifts on average 0.9 at 100 yards, 6 at 300 yards, 18.7 at 500 yards, and 91.4 at 1,000 yards. The 300 Win Mag was developed by Winchester, and based entirely off of their own 338 Winchester Magnum cartridge by moving the shoulder area of the cartridge forward .156, . <<
How Do the .308 Win, .300 WinMag, and .338 WinMag Stack Up? The .338 Win. << /Functions [16 0 R 17 0 R] /Coords [0 0 1 0] More reloads and better patterns for the most elite trap, skeet and sporting clays shooters. /FunctionType 2 In years gone by, when shooters want to find a cartridge with excellent ballistics, they often look at how much the bullet drops in its trajectory; however, with the popularity of laser rangefinders, the amount of drop is not nearly as important as the wind drift or wind deflection of the bullet.