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. After 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. ter Weeme to expand the load data and look at commercial production of the ammunition. 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. And a good 9mm pistol suppressor should be useable, at least with subsonic loads. 300 whisper (comparing subsonic to subsonic), without much added expense. 338 spectre will give you a pretty big boost in power & BC over the. 500 phantom is just too danged expensive to shoot, whereas the. This seems to be the better goldilocks choice than the. Not to mention a lot cheaper to build, and easier to retain your brass. I can't see needing or wanting more than one immediate shot from such a rifle (I'm not an 'operator'), and it will be quieter and possibly more accurate as a turnbolt than a semi. 338 spectre - but mine is going to be a turnbolt SBR with about a 10' bbl & can, probably on a Savage action, with a 1 in 6.5 bbl, to stabilize 300s+. Just have to know your drop & drift, like anything.Īccuracy, of course, is a function of barrel quality, chamber specs, crown, ammo quality, etc.įWIW, I'm very interested, and have as one of my next 4-5 guns to acquire (very high on my 'list'), a. But it will retain the majority of its (small) initial energy with the very high BC and heavy bullet, for a looooong ways. If you know your holdovers, then it could be quite effective out to 400 yards or more pretty easily, albeit with a lot of drop. So your PBR will be that or a bit more (maybe 110-120 yards PBR for a man-sized kill zone would be my guess possibly a little less 80 yards easily though, for a 6' kill zone). Well, as far as range, 9x19mm is good to around 100 yards without *much* holdover, and this is similar velocity (your subsonic load) - just a heavier bullet with a better BC.