338 SPECTRE AMMO FULL

Some at 180, some at 70, some at 0, well you get the point. The 250's usually went in strait until 7-8 inches and make 1-2 revolutions before ending up where they stop.

338 SPECTRE AMMO FULL

As we both figured they tumble, and tumble, and did I mention they rotate a little? the 300 was the best beginning somewhere around 3-5 inches (a little hard to tell with goo everywhere) and proceeded to make 2-3 full 360's ending (almost 100% of the time) base first. Ever seen a 15# block jump out of it's holder? It's a little nerve racking. The 250 and 300g SMK's both beat the hell out of the gel. Knowing that, thought, hopefully I can get Hawk Bullets to draw up some jackets in that range that are consistent and make some nice hunting loads for the general public. The best one of them all went out at 1735fps ended up just opening the tip where you could see that it was forming petals real well with a. Unfortunately they are not made to expand at that velocity, and pretty much look that way. Saw some great velocity figures with the 160's, AV of 1712 for 25 shot profiles, not too shabby for a 10'er. Testing today consisted of mainly 225g Hdy Sp and 200g Hdy SP, a few 250smk and 300smk and the 160g Barnes X bullets. Expansion was pseudo-typical mushroom ranging from. Had good luck today doing some testing, finally got the 200 and 225g Hornady's to expand reliably.

338 Spectre can be obtained from CH Tool and Die (Loaded ammunition is available through Reed’s Ammunition & Research.(Update from Ron from testing done today The wide range of available projectiles should appeal to both the recreational shooter as well as the professional. 338 Spectre offers a user-friendly cartridge in terms of brass forming and reloading, with light recoil and excellent performance on small to medium size game.įor the law enforcement professional, it offers solid terminal ballistics from one of the most-widely used weapons platforms with minor modification. 300 Whisper ® load.įor the sportsman, the. By loading the 300-grain Sierra HPBT MatchKing bullet at subsonic velocities (1,040 ft/sec.) for suppressed applications, the muzzle energy measures 720 ft-lbs., surpassing both the high velocity 115-grain load for the 9mm Parabellum as well as the 240-grain. 338 Spectre will launch the 180-grain BT at 1,800 ft./sec., approaching 1,300 ft-lbs. 35 Remington or even the 180-grain load for the. 338 Spectre offers something for everyone.īallistic performance is comparable to the. With it's ability to launch a wide array of bullet weights combined with it almost non-existent recoil and extreme accuracy, the. ter Weeme to expand the load data and look at commercial production of the ammunition.Īfter a bit of R&D we found that there are several powders that work very well, consisting of the slower magnum pistol powders and fast burning rifle powders. In November of 2005 Reed's Ammunition & Research got together with Mr. The cartridge has a wide array of applications Including small to medium game hunting, match target, and suppressed sniper shooting. The 'sales pitch' and pictures follow below I do not have pictures of the 300 gr load tests but Ron reported that they started tumbling IMMEDIATELY upon striking the target. With the 250 gr loads, tumbling occurred after as little as 6 - 8' of penetration and the projectile penetrated a full 24' before lodging against the back stop. 300 Whisper's ability to tumble with subsonic loads, Ron did ballistic gel tests that unequivocally put the debate to rest. Having read an article casting doubt on the. Loads range from 160 gr up to 300 gr subsonics and Ron reports excellent accuracy and energy retention. 338 Spectre ammunition is now available from Reed's Ammunition and Research ( Ron has developed a number of loads using our 12.5/4.5 T&E upper that cycle the shorter barrel/gas system without an issue. We are happy (and proud) to announce that factory loaded.

338 spectre ammo