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Any experiences with this one on game? I am thinking about loading it in my 378 Wby. | ||
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Worked fine for me on a bull elk - beautiful mushrooms and all went clean thru. One dead elk at 350 yrds. AIU | |||
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Did you use a 378? | |||
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Have some sitting on the bench for a .375 Roy. Not tried them yet. The 250 SGK is flat awesome up to (at least)3060 fps. Put one darned near clear through a PA black bear just under 700 lbs..............lengthwise. Founder....the OTPG | |||
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Accurate, but soft... so long range is a good choice for this one. Killed Moose and Caribou with it years ago. .375 H&H at 2550 ft/secs  Member NRA, SCI- Life #358 28+ years now! DRSS, double owner-shooter since 1983, O/U .30-06 Browning Continental set. | |||
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All I can say is that about a year ago I bought 300 blems for $10/100. The shoot GREAT. Haven't hit anything but paper with them yet, but I would gladly use them on Non-DG critters. Regards, Robert ****************************** H4350! It stays crunchy in milk longer! | |||
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Used them 15 years ago for a few years as back-up in the H&H with pig hunting clients. Of course I loved the accuracy, but I eventually moved on because too often I'd only find the bottom of the empty cup left of the bullet. There are so many better choices for penetration. I was only pushing them about 2,400 so I would think they'd really turn inside out at .378 velocities. Especially if you had to use one at close range. | |||
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AIU, Not sure I understand...they all went clean through but you had beautiful mushrooms? If they all went thru...how do you know you had beautiful mushrooms? Did you find the slugs on the ground on the far side of the animal? Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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gamekings? those tend to be accurate and soft ... at 378 speeds, its a cheap bullet that will blow up 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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Mike, the slugs were caught under the skin on the opposite side. For me that's "clean thru" enough, since animals don't die of opposite side skin damage - at least, not in my experience. Also, they didn't "blow-up" at 378 speeds. I loaded those 300 gr. SBTs to 2930 fps. Regards, AIU | |||
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Since so far I can not get my 378 Bee to like AB's I was thinking about using this bullet. I do not really trust them with the jacket core separation so I played with it. Out of curiosity I shot one 300 gr Sierra gameking in wet newsprint out of my 378 Bee at 3050 fps MV. Impact was at 40 yards. Opened up to 70 plus caliber and retained 214.5 grains. Now if all of them do this I am IMPRESSED! Will found out tomorrow what they shoot like.   | |||
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