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BJE80 · February 6, 2013, 01:17 PM

Major,

I like you’re thinking and using a 150 grain bullet was something I had in the back of my head already but I figured I was long winded enough with my original post.

I researched what the recoil difference would be between the 130 & 150 grain bullets and found Chuck Hawk's charts.

http://www.chuckhawks.com/recoil_table.htm

The recoil energy goes from 16.5 to 17.0 or increases by only 3%. But like you said it slows down the velocity to a much more manageable 2850 FPS vs. 3100 FPS for the 130 grain bullet.

I never thought of the reduced coil ammo. I will look into that.

February 6, 2013, 01:17 PM	#11
BJE80 Member Join Date: February 5, 2013 Posts: 43	Major, I like you’re thinking and using a 150 grain bullet was something I had in the back of my head already but I figured I was long winded enough with my original post. I researched what the recoil difference would be between the 130 & 150 grain bullets and found Chuck Hawk's charts. http://www.chuckhawks.com/recoil_table.htm The recoil energy goes from 16.5 to 17.0 or increases by only 3%. But like you said it slows down the velocity to a much more manageable 2850 FPS vs. 3100 FPS for the 130 grain bullet. I never thought of the reduced coil ammo. I will look into that.