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I recently purchased some Cutting Edge Bullets(CEB) 44 cal 250 gn Maximus bullets. They are CNC machined, controlled fracturing bullets. CEB says they are for 1 in 24" twist or faster and claim a .311 ballistic coefficient. I have range tested them out of my Accura MR, which is only 1 in 28", using a smooth green Harvester sabot and 120 gn of BH209 in order to keep the velocity as high as I can to aid stability. At 100 yds, they are dead nuts accurate and are punching clean holes and appear to be stable. Our late winter deer season starts Thursday and I would like to use this bullet. From my blind, any shot opportunity will more than likely be under 120 yds but there are a couple of lanes that could present up to a 185 yd shot. It's going to be way to windy here the next couple of days to get a good range test of the Maximus bullet at longer distances so my question to you long range shooters is this. Since I'm not spinning these bullets as fast as preferred for best stability, can I expect them to lose stability over the longer distance as velocity decreases and avoid any shot over 100 yds or do you think stability would hold up to 180 yds? I haven't had a chance to shoot them through a chronograph yet but with 120 gn BH209 I would guess they would be a bit over 2000 fps. I ran the numbers through a ballistics calculator and with the high bc, they would still be going around 1600 fps at 200 yds. Would the spin at this velocity, out of a 1 in 28" barrel be enough to keep the bullet stable? I've attached a photo of the bullet to show it's profile. The 250 gn Maximus is on the left. A .430 265 gn FTX is in the center and a .430 300 gn XTP is on the left.