These just arrived. The 115 DTAC HBN coated has been one of my favorite bullets and if David Tubb is equally demanding with the 299, these will shoot very well. There’s not a lot published on these. David has these pegged at .845, which I hope is right, observing that’s a lot higher than the 300 grain bullet Sierra sells. (Sierra’s box bullet would basically perform in drift like a 195 from a .284 with Reloader 25, which is an expensive way to get the same drift, when the terminal energy is immaterial).
The change of caliber plans for next week is due at the surface level to those two blowups, but beyond that, it’s only about a break even proposition so far for my string fire aggregates, in most range conditions, so other than having 900 rounds ready, which will get used, I’m not feeling a downside. One of my most accurate barrels is a 5R .338.
By this afternoon, I will have a comparison between these DTACS in gusty wind, and already loaded Scenars and A-Tips. The Fclass / benchrest stocks are a no-go for the .338, they were tested multiple times, in multiple versions, above, and were less accurate than angled butt stocks steered from the rear and secured by the body and rest in the traditional way. It’s an aside, but I feel they are only equally accurate, in small calibers. I do give them the ease of use and low chance of crossfire advantage, as I shot the target left of me last week with an angled butt.
I’ll have a .284 with 195’s, saum, and 338.

Edit: they deserve an unrushed development. A few that were soft jammed shot a good group, then a tall group, while the Lapua’s remained flat.
The change of caliber plans for next week is due at the surface level to those two blowups, but beyond that, it’s only about a break even proposition so far for my string fire aggregates, in most range conditions, so other than having 900 rounds ready, which will get used, I’m not feeling a downside. One of my most accurate barrels is a 5R .338.
By this afternoon, I will have a comparison between these DTACS in gusty wind, and already loaded Scenars and A-Tips. The Fclass / benchrest stocks are a no-go for the .338, they were tested multiple times, in multiple versions, above, and were less accurate than angled butt stocks steered from the rear and secured by the body and rest in the traditional way. It’s an aside, but I feel they are only equally accurate, in small calibers. I do give them the ease of use and low chance of crossfire advantage, as I shot the target left of me last week with an angled butt.
I’ll have a .284 with 195’s, saum, and 338.

Edit: they deserve an unrushed development. A few that were soft jammed shot a good group, then a tall group, while the Lapua’s remained flat.
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