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The 250 grain TSX was my first choice but unfortunately my gun will not shoot them. I shot two boxes over 5 different powders and could not get consistent groups of any kind out of them. The best groups were 2+" which really surprised me because my gun will shoot every other weight of TSX bullet. My gun will only get the 235 grain bullets to just over 2900 fps so I have no confidence that I could get the 250's over 2800 fps. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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That was my experience also. Frank, Have you tried the 250GMX? Also, if you have range finding and know your holdovers I wouldn't sweat 100fps. I shot my wildebeest at over 300 yards with 350gr bullets. Just put the horizontal crosshair on his backline and down he went. Of course that was after I hit a tree that was at 250 yards twice.  Have gun- Will travel The value of a trophy is computed directly in terms of personal investment in its acquisition. Robert Ruark | |||
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The wind drift is more critical than drop. The BC of the 235TSX is about .270 while the BC of CEB's new extended range 235 grain is .337. Try out some CEB's, you might even get the brass bands to allow 2950fps, but even 2850fps will work fine for 300 yards. +-+-+-+-+-+-+ "A well-rounded hunting battery might include: 500 AccRel Nyati, 416 Rigby or 416 Ruger, 375Ruger or 338WM, 308 or 270, 243, 223" -- Conserving creation, hunting the harvest. | |||
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I shot the 235 Raptor ER and they got 2912 fps with 78 grains of R15 and 2941 fps with 78.5 grains. I haven't seen any pressure signs yet with either load so I can probably get 3,000 fps with 79 - 79.5 grains of R15. Since I shoot a lot in practice I thought that I'd try to get the Barnes bullets up to that speed since they cost about half of what the CEBs go for. I may have to just bite the bullet (joke) and buy a couple of more boxes of Raptor ERs. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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Have you tried the 250GMX? Have gun- Will travel The value of a trophy is computed directly in terms of personal investment in its acquisition. Robert Ruark | |||
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Not yet, everyone's been out of stock of those and I got a deal on four boxes of 235 TSX for $100 so I was trying to build a load with them first. Frank "I don't know what there is about buffalo that frightens me so.....He looks like he hates you personally. He looks like you owe him money." - Robert Ruark, Horn of the Hunter, 1953 NRA Life, SAF Life, CRPA Life, DRSS lite | |||
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