Thread: bullet help please

Originally Posted by zimmer

IIRC they were boat tail 150gr but could be wrong about the boat tail.

Yes, the .30-06 M2 should have been made with a boat tail but was in fact a flat-bottom spitzer... even though the advantages of boat tails were well known at the time.

The M2 was deliberately made flat-bottomed to decrease its maximum range, allowing it to be shot safely on certain US Army shooting ranges. This inbuilt handicap goes some of the way to explain why the .30-06 M2 goes transsonic at less range than the .303 Mk VII, the Mk VII in fact overtaking the more powerful .30-06 M2 downrange when fired simultaneously. The heavier, longer tortoise vs. the short, light, faster hare, but a friendly match.

The 8mm Mauser would take them both in that comp, only goes transsonic after a kilometre or more, but I have decided to disqualify it because it hurts your shoulder... )o:<

Originally Posted by Cordite

Yes, the .30-06 M2 should have been made with a boat tail but was in fact a flat-bottom spitzer... even though the advantages of boat tails were well known at the time.

The M2 was deliberately made flat-bottomed to decrease its maximum range, allowing it to be shot safely on certain US Army shooting ranges. This inbuilt handicap goes some of the way to explain why the .30-06 M2 goes transsonic at less range than the .303 Mk VII, the Mk VII in fact overtaking the more powerful .30-06 M2 downrange when fired simultaneously. The heavier, longer tortoise vs. the short, light, faster hare, but a friendly match.

The 8mm Mauser would take them both in that comp, only goes transsonic after a kilometre or more, but I have decided to disqualify it because it hurts your shoulder... )o:<

would shooting the m2 that i have be reasonable at 800m on the range? cheers

Originally Posted by Blisters

would shooting the m2 that i have be reasonable at 800m on the range? cheersAttachment 138101

Half the answer is in seeing how accurate it is at 100m.

How consistently were the tips filed and drilled?

And do they clickbang?

Also as bullets are lightened with a slightly blunter tip, so BC must be less.

Who knows. Probably OK, but if they go off fine you definitely have a small shoebox of mighty fine bush hunting rounds.