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Socrates · August 18, 2008, 08:41 AM

Chuck:
Would you please run numbers on 500 and 600 grain bullets, maybe 550's too, in 458, and .475, at 500 yards zero?

Maybe 400's too. 400's at 2900 fps would make a real intresting cat and buffalo load...

August 18, 2008, 08:41 AM	#55
Socrates Junior member Join Date: January 5, 2005 Location: East Bay NorCal, People's Republik of Kalifornia Posts: 5,866	Chuck: Would you please run numbers on 500 and 600 grain bullets, maybe 550's too, in 458, and .475, at 500 yards zero? Maybe 400's too. 400's at 2900 fps would make a real intresting cat and buffalo load...