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.22 RF ammo help please

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  • 05-12-2005 11:00pm
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    demonloop
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    Hi everyone,
    I was wondering does anyone know anything about the different bullet diameters offered by Lapua in their high end target ammo and I think eley tenex have 2 diameters as well

    Lapua Master and Midas come with different diameters and my rifle is new so would the smaller diameter be better?

    I can't really do tests on both as I have to buy it in bulk.

    Anyone shed any light on Lapua or Tenex?


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    jaycee
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    If you visit http://www.lapua.com

    scroll down it gives the size of the rounds .


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    demonloop
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    Hi mate, I know what the sizes are, I was wondering if anyone knew which of the sizes would be best for my rifle, without testing both diameters.

    I'm shooting a new 2013 action by the way


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    jaycee
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    Why not invest in a couple of boxes of each and do a test ,

    Either that or arrange to send your rifle to the Lapua factory to have it batch tested.


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    Sparks
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    demonloop wrote:
    Hi everyone,
    I was wondering does anyone know anything about the different bullet diameters offered by Lapua in their high end target ammo and I think eley tenex have 2 diameters as well
    Lapua Master and Midas come with different diameters and my rifle is new so would the smaller diameter be better?
    I can't really do tests on both as I have to buy it in bulk.
    Anyone shed any light on Lapua or Tenex?
    What I was always told was that the Lapua lines of Midas M that didn't pass muster became Multimatch (now Master M) and those of Midas L became Master (now Master L). Doesn't make much sense to me anymore though, because the ballistics data for Multimatch is all different:
    Velocity(m) Trajectory (M) Wind drift (MM) 4 Msec
    Brand 0 25 50 100 25 50 100 25 50 75 100
    Lapua Midas M 325 310 297 276 21 0 259 8 30 68 117
    Lapua Midas L 325 310 297 276 21 0 259 8 30 68 117
    Lapua Master 325 310 297 276 21 0 259 8 30 68 117
    Lapua Multimatch 335 318 304 282 20 0 244 9 32 71 122

    I used to hear very similar tales of Eley ammo, but Eley deny them quite strongly. Mind you, having seen comparison groups from batch testing on both Eley Tenex and RWS R50 & R100, I don't think I'd be too worried - I'm not buying eley again for quite some time (except maybe for 25yd shooting for the nice clean holes that discourage gauging out that last point or two :D ).


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