Ammo prices. 300nm. 300prc. WTF !
- Thread starter BurtG
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If your hunting at distance. Are you pulling a 30 oh 6 out the closest or the 300nm
Not to mention all these newer cartridges are loaded hotter and more accurate cause the chambers etc are cut more precise and they don’t have to worry about jim bob putting it in some worn out semi auto
Etc
Uh wtf do u think is going to Ukraine chief....you won't see a round
Interesting thought... I def don't see that ending in the next few years but I got no crystal ball
If it does, they already have another one planned.
Its laughable isn't it. There are a whole bunch of elk that would very much disagree with that, if they were alive. It has plenty of juice to kill elk out to 800 and probably beyond
There's still some old timers that thought I was crazy shooting a huge 25-06 at elk. They never needed anything more than a .243!
I had a guy tell me his 6.5-06 bullet didn't go through the first shoulder on an elk, so he was building a 6.5-300.
There will always be the bigger is better crowd.
I was going for cheap
here is better
and still cheaper than most of what I see posted in here
Sportsman's Warehouse local to me used to sell the standard 180 Spitzer in .300 Wby for $36 for 20 about 5-6 years ago. I bought the 2-3 boxes on the shelf until I had 15 boxes. Now I have enough brass to reload for the rest of my life. (I have 2000 Federal 215 too).
Now that same box is going for $72 but goes on sale for $49 once in awhile.
I had a .340wby for years. Killed a lot of elk with it. I reload for just about everything I own, but sourcing brass used to be a challenge. Thought I got a smoking deal on the mkv… then I started checking ammo prices. I paid like $125/box for the 225 tsx rounds.
I don’t know what my 338lm loads cost. I don’t want to. It’s funner that way.
Who brings that to hunt things 800 yards away.
A .22 will kill deer way past 100 yards. Doesn’t mean it’s the right tool
Brunch of slackers!!!
70 posts in and not one single.....
Go Be Poor Somewhere Else!!
70 posts in and not one single.....
Go Be Poor Somewhere Else!!
Good question. I questions guys that cant get closer than 800 yards. Most of mine have been pretty close. I "had" to shoot one at 615 once and it died just fine with the lowly 06. I have a buck pronghorn tag this year in an area where they are notoriously skittish. May have to sling one way out there and Im leaving the 06 at home. Bringing the .260, GASP! Easier to spot my hit and less meat damage. Like you said .22 kills a deer just fine. Ive killed elk the last 2 years with a Grendel and guys are lugging norma mags, LOL. Meat preservation is a thing. I guess if I was going to shoot them in the ass and hope for a kill shot I'd bring a NM. Poking them through the lungs just doesnt take that much energy.
You missed it in post #3
I am going to guess at shorter ranges, what sort of luck have you had with it at 1000 yards?
I never tried the 131 soft points
I tried the S&B 140s and it was good to about 300 yards, then at like 6-700 started walking all over the place.
It was more a positional practice round for 500 and in on full sized IPSC plates.
I used to have one of those and a few other weatherbys that I got from my father. He'd always tell me about the ballistics of the 30-378 and the 416 and blah blah blah. He shoots a 6.5 creedmoor now.
The only hunting rifle I own is a 270 for if/when an Elk tag drops out of the sky.
Not sure where you going with that but if it's in relation to the 300 Norma and ASR. Hornady didn't get the contract for the ammo. Sig won the solicitation for the ammo contract. Out of all the ammo makers that submitted for it. Again Sig won it. I don't if I recall correctly Hornady didn't want any part of ASR. They already have Devgroup using the 300PRC and using Hornady ammo.
The Hornady PRC is cheaper cost wise vs the 300 Norma on everything I'm seeing. I just looked up Midway USA and I'll say the average box price is around $60 depending on the ammo/maker listed there. The Norma is like double the price.
Is it possible that 300 Norma is being exported over to support the festivities in Ukraine?
The 340 hammered the wapiti. Pretty sure they died as I was pulling the trigger. Never should have sold mine. I’ve owned/own bigger, faster, full custom hot rods, but I always had complete confidence in that stainless, Tupperware stocked mkv.
I'll say no but anything is possible.
I know 338 Lapua is going over there like it's going out of style though along with 5.56 and 7.62/308 ammo.
Also factor in Lapua suspending on making a bunch of different brass cases late last year I think it was. I would assume they are shipping stuff from Finland down to Ukraine. Only makes sense...as they are basically down the street vs shipping all the way over to North America. 308, 338 Lapua, 7.62x39 etc... all are priority's amongst other things.
My .02.
If not directly, then the production capacity is probably being pushed that way.
340 is huge like 338 lapua, only elk I have ever killed with with a 3006. Pretty sure that my sears/roebuck 270 would do it as well.
6.5 manbun is really coming back down in price fast, especially those cheaper rounds. I am not an ammo snob, I will shoot the cheaper rounds if I am just practicing at 100 yards. S&B 140, the American gunner, etc, all work fine at shorter distances for me
but if I know I am shooting longer range, I will opt for the Hornady ELD bullets, my gun really likes them (I use them in my reloads)
I remember not too long ago when the S&B cheap manbun bullets were $3 each, if you could find them
but if I know I am shooting longer range, I will opt for the Hornady ELD bullets, my gun really likes them (I use them in my reloads)
I remember not too long ago when the S&B cheap manbun bullets were $3 each, if you could find them
First few elk were with a 270. All dead, but guarantee the 340 was a bit more dramatic and anchored everything immediately. No fuss, no muss, just the instant lightning bolt and folded right there. We can argue up, down, left and right til we’re blue in the face, but the 20 or so elk (not a brag, just a fact- many more have MUCH more/different experience than I do) tell me, anything can do the job, but there are bigger, better tools. I hunt with a 28 nosler now, full custom, proof carbon…blah blah blah, but that bone stock mkv 340 killed em dedder.
The situation has gotten markedly better for 22LR Match, 6.5 CM and 308. I only have the benefit of 300 yards where I am so I only shoot match ammo for groups versus metal. Shoot a lot of dot drills as well.
My barrel's favorite for 6.5 CM is FGMM using the Berger 130 grain. The price has gone from $41 to $32 in the last 9 months. I can get FGMM 308 168 or 175 grain for a similar price.
338LM...Not so much
Any interest in 168gr FGMM 308?
Gold Medal Match | 308 Win | 168gr | SMK
Federal Gold Medal Match 308 Win 168gr SMK Match OTM Ammo. GM308M.
www.recoilgunworks.com
200 for $235 is the best I have seen, was in stock as I am posting
edited to say out of stock a day later, someone got a good deal
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BUY MORE AMMO....Story of my lifeAny interest in 168gr FGMM 308?
Gold Medal Match | 308 Win | 168gr | SMK
Federal Gold Medal Match 308 Win 168gr SMK Match OTM Ammo. GM308M.
200 for $235 is the best I have seen, was in stock as I am posting
