ORIGINAL: outdoorsmen
what longer range bullet will shoot good in my master hunter. Knight gave me a target 100yds that was 1.25" with 250 mz's and 120gr 777.
i don't consider the mz a long range bullet due to the big nasty hole that makes it so good at, in my opinion, 125yds and less.
I've got 3 rifles I'm trying to figure out but i don't know if i should even worry about wasting any bullets and such till blackhorn209 comes out. that may change everything.
Here is the various Barnes bullets and their BC for 50 cal MLer:
Barnes #45105 275g XPB BC of .141, usiing HPH12
Barnes Expander MZ 300g #45131 BC .207, using HPH12
Barnes Origonal 300g #457010 Spitzer SP BC .291, using MMP Orange
Barnes X-bullet 300g XFN 45832 BC .204, using MMP Orange
Barnes X-bullet 300g FB 45802 BC .235, using MMP Orange
I just shot the Barnes Origonal with a BC of .291, that beats a ShockWave and has plenty of energy. I have shot Crushed Rib, MMP Orange and 3 Petal EZ with Barnes Origonals out of my Savage, and the CR did very well with 3 touching and about a 1.25" group. The Orange MMP were very loose, but they can be tighten up by kurling with a file. Any of the Barnes bullets is good.Look here for some high BC bullets that I have tried in my Savage:
http://www.the-gleasons.com/this_is_my_savage_10_ml_page.htm
Chap Gleason