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Has anyone loaded the 440gr Woodleigh soft point in the 500 A Square? I am thinking this would be a great North American bullet loaded to say 2500 fps. Thanks | ||
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Woodleigh only reccomends 2000 FPS max. | |||
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I am aware of Woodleigh's recommendations. However, the trajectory at 2000 fps sucks! At 2500 fps I can get descent range. The plan was/is to use this load for elk and such. Do you think that this would be a problem with that bullet at that velocity? Thanks | |||
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And to think I thought my 375 H&H was overkill on elk. | |||
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Scott, please stop baiting people on your 500 A2 and knowledge of reloading. Take you 570 load and work up. of COURSE there's a problem with a 2000FPS bullet with an impact speed higher... bullet failure is the problem. jeffe opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club Information on Ammoguide about the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR. 476AR, http://www.weaponsmith.com | |||
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Jeffe, Is that really Axel? Judy? POSeur? Does seem like a pretty silly question. Very like | |||
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Ron, Scott Sweet, Axel, 500AHR, Judy, Axel, Posuer, Teg, Sniperinthegrassyknoll, and probably 10 I didn't bother "hunting"... Yeah, it's Scott "i had a 500AHR but had to sell it without shooting it" Troll. opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club Information on Ammoguide about the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR. 476AR, http://www.weaponsmith.com | |||
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I know this is a rather simplistic answer, but that's what you get after I've spent 4-5 hours trudging up and down the aisles at the Boise gunshow all day. Just keep tipping the powder can until you get the MV you want and then shoot it into a bundle of soggy phonebooks separated by 1-inch sheets of plywood? They are passing out new books here, so I can load up again for testing. regards, Rich | |||
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Scott, If you are serious, you better get some of GSC's 450 grain HV's for your 500A2 and tip the powder can, as Rich says, until you get an MV of 2789.666 fps. That will flatten the trajectory considerably, especially with an aerodynamic, hollow point, boat tail, monometal bullet that can tolerate impact at 25 yards or 500 yards. You will then have the ultimate African Sheep Rifle (ASR), thus a fully qualified DGR-ASR. This would be a perfect use for the .510 Kayser Express also. However the 500 Mbogo throat may be too long for the short bullet. I wouldn't want to torch the throat with a short bullet that won't seal the bore before the full diameter shank portion clears the case mouth. | |||
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What powder would you recommend? | |||
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I would start with 115 grains of RL-15 or Varget Extreme and work up. The discontinued RL-12 would have been perfect. Maybe you could blend RL-7 and RL-15 for excitement. But hey, there is now RL-10. Why don't you try that and enlighten us. I have never tried that one. What do the AccuLoad and QuickLoad programs say? | |||
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Rip., if you recall correctly, he wrote his own problem to predict loads.. and it was "far more accurate that anything commerically available" .. that's how he get 2150+FPS with a 405 winchester!! in a LEVER gun.... And, of course, he certainly knows his 1/2"+ big bores, if you can believe his postings
Besides, does a guy that can make THIS post seem like someone that needs SD explained to him? He's baiting people
opinions vary band of bubbas and STC hunting Club Information on Ammoguide about the416AR, 458AR, 470AR, 500AR What is an AR round? Case Drawings 416-458-470AR and 500AR. 476AR, http://www.weaponsmith.com | |||
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Jeffe, Excuse me from this discussion please. | |||
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Dr Berry, Thank you sir! I'll give that Rel 10 a try, what do you think start out at ~ 105 gr and work up? | |||
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