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Offline beng

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Light or heavy 385 V 500 bullet
« on: January 27, 2011, 08:10:05 AM »
At 200 to 300 yds,  1-20 twist,  smokeless powder, 32" BC,  which is a better bullet for target/silhouette shooting only, a 385 round nose or 500 round nose buller?   (Lyman 457124 or 457125)   Was told to use the 385 for 300 and less and 500 for longe range 500+ yds.   The 500 would be more stable would it not?    Need help     Thanks  beng
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Re: Light or heavy 385 V 500 bullet
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2011, 09:27:37 AM »
405s are good too.
In fact, that was THE gov. bullet after they backed off the 500.
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Re: Light or heavy 385 V 500 bullet
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2011, 03:08:28 AM »
We know there is also a 405, what we want is the accuracy between a light bullet and a heavy bullet of the same type of mould at a given distance (midrange)  ( all else being the same)   Know, I do not have the moulds to try.   It is a question that came up at the range.    beng






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Re: Light or heavy 385 V 500 bullet
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2011, 08:19:10 AM »
FWIW, knowing how rifles in general are often particular about what they like to shoot I guess I would have to check it in my own. My instinct tells me that if the 385ish was so good it would be the bullet that had the history.
When you say target/silhouette that is a wide spectrum. What size target, paper or what, real competition or just friendly, etc.
The BPCR-sil. game is well defined and has a lot of record keeping behind it. See what those boys have been shooting and emulate that.
The Cast Bullet Assoc. has competitions in about every class of arm on paper. The shooter/gun stats show what works there too.
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Re: Light or heavy 385 V 500 bullet
« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2011, 05:15:57 PM »
The 385 would probably have a bit less recoil and therefore people would think it is more accurate. (less flinching maybe) The 500 gr would ride the wind a bit better and retain more down range energy. No big deal on paper but hitting a silhoutte at that disatance extra energy helps.

I wouldn't worry to much about it, shoot what you got and have fun, if you decide to be a hardcore competitor then get some molds and a couple lbs of powder and run some tests.

Silhoutte and paper punching aren't really the same, you can hit a ram in the butt and still win the match.

The 405 was made as a good compromise between light and heavy bullets for the carbines. Good downrange energy without being to brutal on the shoulder.
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