Thread: 223 on deer

Originally Posted by 7mmsaum

Time to put some effort into these

G1 bc of .485

G7 bc of .244

Velocity will be interesting in a Sako with its long throat and spacious magazine

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They are about the only pill I couldn't get to shoot in my Tikka 1.8 twist

Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag

They are about the only pill I couldn't get to shoot in my Tikka 1.8 twist

Same

Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag

They are about the only pill I couldn't get to shoot in my Tikka 1.8 twist

Same for me be interesting to see how they go in the SAKO

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Originally Posted by 7mm Rem Mag

They are about the only pill I couldn't get to shoot in my Tikka 1.8 twist

I initially had them shoot great in my 1:8 tikka @2920fps. But that was in hot weather and only one batch of pills which measured 0.020" shorter than the next batch lot I got. It was erratic as after the temperatures cooled off.
The 80gr are too long to stabilise in 1:8twist at that speed or less. If you change temp and barometric pressure in your ballistic app you can see the stability calc go up and down accordingly.
I ground 80% of the red tips off some as a test and they shot good again but their BC was degraded down to about G1 0.290!