ORIGINAL: trophy1
Skeeter...thanks for the info about your Savage. At 500 yards with 200gr of Pyro and a 300 gr Hornady SST the Ultimate still has over 1000 lbs. energy. That could, in the hands of a real marksman (that leaves me out!) make for some tasty backstraps. Good hunting to you. Donn
trophy1, how can the ultimate ML have 1000 fts at 500 yards vs the data I posted????

The ballistical data I gave was based on the exact same bullet (weight, diameter, SD and BC)you mention, the aboveMVis actually faster then that you posted with a 200gr pyro load of 2380fps.So in fact the 200gr pyro/300gr sst flung from the ultimate ML is even less then that I posted.The data wouldbe close and felt it may of interest to those following this post. It also illustrates my original point to a T that even with more powder and seemingly fast MV's for the class, ML's areis limited by the size and characteristic of the bullets.A rebutal tocleaver marketing used today, if you will, they still are limited in range and not even close to a CF(which is a good thing IMO). Lastely it is real time data, fired in the great outdoors from a hunting rifle by a hunter over his chrony.
Sorry I assume you had some working knowledge of ballistics, however the above demonstrates otherwise. I suppose the tip off should have been the comparison with a 300wby...

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