Thread: Realistic range of 16" 708?

1000 Ftlbs is a nice guide. But to be honest knowing at which impact speeds your bullet of choice works is more important. Ie most solid copper bullets require 2000+ fps at impact, whereas something like an eld M may only require 1600fps but will blow up when run too fast. Also each individual bullet of a model isn't the same it I've often found 308 eld ms softer than 6.5 eld ms at similar impact velocities etc. As above I tend to use 1800fps for most lead core bullets as a safe guide and then if it meets that I check the ftlbs after and check it's not outrageously low but velocity is my first check. Plenty of heavier bullets have 1000ftlbs but not enough energy to expand whilst some light bullets barely have 1000ftlbs but have heaps of velocity and work much better.