Thanks!

Thanks for the comment!

Thanks!

I’ve been shooting 145 grain copper bullets (Hammer Hunter) sub 1/2” all day at 100 yards and have taken game successfully at 501 and 496 yards. Very happy with the accuracy and performance. 28 Nosler from a case design does really well with a factory reamer in normal hunting bullet weights for 7mm. The 7PRC can shoot those lighter weight bullets, but it isn’t taking advantage of how the cartridge is designed.

There is a problem understanding the balance between a cartridge and the best bullets for it. The 7-08 was designed with 140-145 Grns bullets in mind. You can load whatever including 180 grns, but speed/weight relationship is to be considered, The old 7mm Mauser common load was 175 Grns, back when heavier/slower bullets were the norm. The 160-168 is about the sweet spot for 7RM and 7WSM and 7PRC that have about the same case capacity. For the 28 Nosler, which is the hotrod, it shines with 180 grns. Of course you can combine any bullet with cartridge, and everyone has its favorite. For Big heavy game 160 to 180 grns prefered. But K.Bell shot well over 800 Elephants with a 275 Rigsby(7x57 Mauser). Go to Nosler load data and see the pictures of cartridges and loads to compare Speed/Weight to get the ballance you think you need. Then pay atention to cartridge availability. The 7mm Rem Mag is the most available in the most bullet/weight comb. Me Personally, 7-08 (140-145), 280AI (150-168), 7RM-7WSM-7PRC (168-175), 28 Nosler all the ones before pluss 180-190 Grns. the 7PRC was designed to be used in a Std lengh long Actions with 180 grns bullets seated way out(the same as a 7WSM in a long Action). All the others fit the same long action but without the posibility of seating out and taking advantage of long bullets, unless you have a Rifle with a 3.7-3.8 lengh Action/magazine

I appreciate the comment. For me, these discussions are part of what makes hunting fun - a few things: 1. “Extremely irresponsible to claim BC is the last thing to be worried about.” - I’ll stand by my comment. Worrying about a bullet BC that doesn’t really come into play until you’re past 300-400 yards for most cartridges is irrelevant for MOST hunters. If I polled hunters, most would think creating a video where I encouraged hunters to shoot 800+ yards would be “extremely irresponsible.” I would disagree with that assertion as well. Practice, know your dope, and understand the limits of you and your equipment. From my view, encouraging thought beyond “wow, look at this bullets high BC,” is valuable to the hunting community. The importance of BC from my view is minimal, and the data on average shot distance means it’s importance should be minimal for most hunters. Perhaps not you or others, and that’s totally fine with me. 2. Velocity and energy on target absolutely matter, but so does bullet construction. High impact velocity is great for coppers, and bonded bullets handle it quite well. Target bullets mascarading as hunting bullets mileage varies - especially at “typical hunting ranges.” I know a lot of hunters have had great success with them, and I know others have a lot of stories involving wounded animals. Of course, shot selection, accuracy, etc plays a part (see above comment on knowing your equipment). 3. Easy to dial is relative, and animals aren’t static. I talk about a real world example where this applies to me in the video and just had another fine example of a friend who returned from a mule deer hunt. He heard “375” as the distance, when it was really “275.” Result was a missed deer (given this was a 308 win). Faster and flatter shooting would have negated that issue. I’ll take the margin of error afforded by high velocity. Best of luck to you in the hunting season! I truly hope you have great success!

Like you mentioned, if someone just wanted and off the shelf do everything hunting, and cartridge available, just say .308 Win. Or 7 mag if you want more power. That 28 Nosler is awesome. But a real barrel burner.

Nice to have " some " meat left worth eating !

Love the reasoning! I tend to agree that there is a line somewhere between 600-800 yards (depending on cartridge) where the advantages of a BC become much more pronounced. I also tend to think most shots are made so close, that optimizing a bullet choice for those hunting conditions should be favored by MOST hunters. Thanks again for the comment and best of luck!

That’s awesome!

I’ve been looking at the 257 Weatherby more and more. I’ll run some numbers and post a cartridge overview with it. Any specific bullets you are interested in?

Barnes 101gr and up to 120+ long range ttsx bullets bc isn't as important to me as fps and power at impact at 500yds.and up? Thank you. Also stabilization in a 26" barrel +2" muzzle break with a 1x10 twist

Totally - if you can have two bullets with the same weight and the same terminal effect and you can get the velocity you want, you absolutely should go with the higher BC bullet. TYPICALLY, you see the BC marketing favor heavy for caliber bullets, which have a markedly different trajectory compared to lighter weight fast bullets.

And thank you for watching and the comment!

Thanks for the comment - I love the margin of error reduction for a fast cartridge. It is a real advantage in the field.

Should just go to a 7 RUM instead. Good point.

That’s a good reason. Can be times the hunt happens fast where a person can’t use a different optic.