Schauckis
(.300 member)
17/05/08 05:08 AM
Re: .318 WR vs 8X57, etc...

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I'm wondering if anyone here has chronographed any Kynoch loads and what the actual performance of the cartridge was.




I have not, but Boddington has. He states (Safari Rifles, p. 44):
"- - - I chronographed several batches of old Kynoch ammo, and the velocities I got weren't even close - the 250-grain loads didn't come up to 2,200 fps. One has to wonder if that was because the ammo was half a century old, or if it ever reached published velocities."

According to Boddington, the factory figure was 2,400 fps.
Kynamco still quotes the same figure of 2,400 fps - in a 28" barrel! Kynamco site
I seem to recollect that WR often fitted their bolt-action rifles with quite unnecessarily long barrels which would explain this. But, really - 28"? C'mon!



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