Is their a high BC (VLD) type bullet for the .350 Remington Magnum

[diverdon]

I have a .350 Remington Magnum in a Remington XP100. I would like to stretch it out a bit on White tails, but I have not been able to find a good bullet for that. I would like to be able to get reliable 500 yard hits with a 15-1/2 barrel. Does anyone know if this is possible?

 

[former naval person]

Depends on your capabilities. Pistol whipping a deer at 500 yards with that XP is going to be dicey. I don't like wounding deer and having them die hours later in a place you can't find them. JMHO

 

[diverdon]

Depends on your capabilities.

Which are up to me to determine. Part one of that determination is seeing if there is a bullet suitable ballisticlly.

Pistol whipping a deer at 500 yards with that XP is going to be dicey. I don't like wounding deer and having them die hours later in a place you can't find them.

What a cute way to imply that I would like that, or perhaps that I am just too dumb to have considered it.

I do not think We are likely to become friends and I have not found your advice useful or responsive. Might I suggest to you that in your case it may be better to keep your mouth shut and have people think you are stupid than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

 

[BobinNC]

The Nosler Accubond 225 gr. has the highest G1 BC (0.430) that I know of for .358 diameter projectiles. If you started it @ 2400 FPS with 100 yd zero your drops would be down around 4.6 MILS or 15.7 MOA @ 500 yds and still have almost 1500 ftlbs of energy. So a 500 yd shot seems doable......

 

[diverdon]

Bob, Thanks for the input. I had been operating under the assumption that I would need a BC over .5 to get where I needed to be. Your numbers have opened my eyes to the possibility of doing the job with this lower BC bullet. I think it is going to be a bit of a challenge to get to 2400 fps with a 15.5" barrel. Hodgdon list max loads for a 220 gr bullet as 2640 fps with a 26" barrel. I will order up a box of these and see how they preform.

 

[BobinNC]

Don,

Even at only 2200 FPS @ 500 yds you'd be only

5.6 Mils

or -19.1

MOA of drop. Still not too bad....I used JBM Ballistics for the calculations as it has the .358 225gr Nosler Accubond listed.

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[diverdon]

Don,

Even at only 2200 FPS @ 500 yds you'd be only

5.6 Mils

or -19.1

MOA of drop. Still not too bad....I used JBM Ballistics for the calculations as it has the .358 225gr Nosler Accubond listed.

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Bob, I got a box on order. Thanks again!

 

[X-Ring Hunter]

Hornady has an excellent ballistics program on their website. From what I have learned from fiddling with this software is that ballistic coefficients are somewhat overrated. Inside 600 yds when comparing a .450 BC to a 0.550 BC bullet drop will be more a function of muzzle velocity than BC. IE the load that is moving the fastest will have the less drop. The drop between the will be within an inch or two. Check out the Hornady website. It will give you some data to start with.

 

[TravelingMan]

I always wanted a 350 Remington Mag. in a pistol. I have a Thompson Contender 45/70 pistol. I'm going to PM you..

 

[TRAAV]

We used the 225 accu bonds last year for deer with our 358 Grant 1.8's (legal indiana deer wildcat ) with great success. We were pushing the quite a bit faster due to barrel length but they worked great. Here is the thread that talks about them
http://www.snipershide.com/shooting/snipers-hide-reloading/198392-358-grant-1-8-a.html
On a side note they are really hard to find right now but I spoke with nosler a few weeks ago and they said they were going to make another run on them in September 2014