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bungiex88

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Can anyone explain why the 110gr 308 vmax bullet isn't a boattail. It seems like a lot of light bullets don't have a boattail and the onyx reason I could think of is they need more surface area to make sure there's enough bullet the that the case is griping
 
I wanted to start a varmint round for my 308 and I'm liking the 110gr vmax because of price but without it being a boattail is it still going to be pretty accurate at longer distances. It will be used for varmint and target only.
 
Made for .30 Carbine, mostly. Anyway, BT's are for long range. As in more than 300ish. 110's grains is not. You'd also lose a lot of bearing surface on a 110 by putting in the BT.
 
I doubt it is intended for 30 carbine. It is a varmint bullet for 308 speeds (3300 fps or so) that will shoot laser flat to about 200 yards. Having a boat tail and jacking up ballistic coefficients starts coming into play more with longer heavier bullets and beyond 300-400 yards. A 110 gr bullet is going to lose speed fast beyond 200 yards and putting a boat tail on it isn't gonna make much difference.

Just for fun I ran the numbers. One of the new 212 gr Hornady ELD-X bullets leaving the muzzle at 2500 fps will be faster at 400 yards than one of the 110 gr V-max bullets started at 3300 fps.
 
What I'm looking for is a short and long distance varmint bullet. I'll have shots up to 700 yards mostly probably around 250 to 400 yards. I was looking for a cheaper bullet like a hornady v max. But they only make the vmax in a 110gr flat base for the 308.
 
Too many hunting bullets have boat tails and you don't shoot that far. Its a PR thing in my opinion.

If it shoots ok use it, if not find something that does.
 
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