338 fans

09 November 2011, 04:28

I Bin Therbefor

338 fans

http://forums.accuratereloadin...901081661#8901081661

Check out the bullet performance in this thread.

09 November 2011, 04:40

boom stick

Looks like we both posted on the same topic.
We now have a new king of the hill 338 when it comes to terminal performance.
Go Raptor!

09 November 2011, 06:08

I Bin Therbefor

quote:
Originally posted by boom stick:
Looks like we both posted on the same topic.
We now have a new king of the hill 338 when it comes to terminal performance.
Go Raptor!

Better two than none.

But I would like to believe that in the future there will be a dependable means for insuring that the testing that occures on the Big Bore Terminal thread relative to the appropriate mid size bores gets to this site promptly.

09 November 2011, 23:39

SkiBumplus3

Thanks guys. I shoot a 338 WM and appreciate data.

Ski+3

12 November 2011, 20:09

Atkinson

Love the .338, I have shot everything from tiny Duiker to Cape Buffalo with it.

It is the perfect elk,or all around rifle for the North American continent IMO.

A 210 Nosler at 3000 plus a tad FPS and a 300 Gr. Woodleigh PP or RN at 2500 FPS are pretty awesome solid balistics..Thats the only two loads I use anymore for all my hunting with the .338 Win. Jack Atcheson says it just numbs'em and I'll by that.

12 November 2011, 20:49

boom stick

quote:
Originally posted by michael458:
Here is yesterdays work with the .338 225 ESP Raptor, 338 Ultra.

Now I really have to tell a short story about testing the Solid end of the Raptor, with the 338 Ultra. The other day when I first filled the boxes with test medium, I still had some medium in the back that was untouched, so I added to that and went forward with it. At some point I had put 3 big thick dry catalogs in the very back of the box, to prevent an unexpected pass through while testing the various Raptors, should something exceed my expectations. This particular box has a 2X4 across the top, I can't see the last 4 inches of test medium in the back of the box. So these dry catalogs remained back there, I had forgot.

Testing the Raptors as solids in the 338 WSM and it's velocity, 58 inches, I knew at the higher velocity the Raptors in the 338 Ultra would burn through 64 inches, and out the back, so I backed the first box up, with the second box, as normal for deep diving BBW#13 Solids. I fired the first two, looked at the back, NO EXIT??? Hmmmmm?????? Moved the box over to make sure it was lined up for the next two in the series, and again No Exit??? Checking the witness cards as I moved back in the box I got to the part under that 2X4, and there were the dry catalogs perfect 4 holes in them, and in the last one was ALL 4 Of the Raptors, 100% dead straight penetration, all stuck nose forward in that last Norther tool Equipment catalog! Dry as a chip! If it had not been for that, they would have burned through to I don't know where? I gave it 64 Inches.

Michael