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Old 09-10-2006 | 08:21 AM
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Default RE: Ideal Caliber for Short Barrels

Had a .358 Winchester in a Browning BLR with a 20" barrel. Using WW748 powder, this rifle would shoot 250-grain Speer spitzers at 2450 FPS MV, and all would stay in a 1" circle at 100 yards from that short barrel.

Contrary to popular opinion, a 250-grain pointed bullet at 2450 is NOT a short-range load! It has as good a trajectoryas a .303 British with the 174-grain miitary bullet, and MORE ENERGY at all ranges!
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