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Old Remington Extended Range ammo

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10 February 2006, 17:29
Terry Blauwkamp
Old Remington Extended Range ammo
Just came across some 300 Win 190 gr Extended Range ammo.

Anybody ever use any?


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16 February 2006, 16:27
Terry Blauwkamp
I took these 190 gr BT ER to the range yesterday and was absolutely impressed with MOA, and 2982 fps.

I think those would make a fine Cape Kudu load


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16 February 2006, 17:31
Bobby Tomek
Basically the predecessor to the High Energy and Light Magnum loads, Remington's Extended Range ammo was a good idea that never really caught on. The approach Rem took was to offer a heavier than standard bullet with a higher BC to maximize long range performance. But in some calibers, such as the .243 WCF, the 105 grain offering was a bit more than many rifles would stabilize properly. Thus, accuracy suffered -- as did the reputation of the ammo. But as you have found, in certain versions, it worked -- and worked extremely well.


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16 February 2006, 17:42
perry
You may want a tougher bullet. If I am not mistaken that round is loaded with a Ballistic Tip, which would be fine for teh smaller plains animals but I'd want something that penetrates better for Cape Kudu.
16 February 2006, 21:49
Bobby Tomek
Perry-I could be wrong here, but I don't recall any of the ER ammo using Ballistic Tips. The "BT" stood for boat-tail. But then again, I don't use factory ammo other than in rimfire applications.

If I remember correctly, the 190 grain ER version utilized a bullet that much resembled the Hornady 190 grain BTSP.


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16 February 2006, 22:00
Terry Blauwkamp
Bobby, your are correct. It is a SP Boat Tail, with no "plastic tip".


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16 February 2006, 22:14
Bobby Tomek
Terry-Thanks for posting. That's what I thought -- and as such, it would certainly make a good Cape kudu load.


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17 February 2006, 04:02
Magnum61
I've been trying to find some of that for the longest time. It shot under an inch out of my 300 win 700 bdl ss.

Nice find!


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