Sellier & Bellot's 147-grain FMJ is a heavy range load for shooters who want a 150-class bullet with more speed behind it. It fires a full metal jacket bullet, a plain jacketed bullet with a closed nose, made for practice rather than hunting. The bullet has a G1 BC of .407 and leaves the muzzle at 2,077 fps from Sellier & Bellot's 16-inch test barrel. Zeroed at 100 yards, it drops about 28 inches at 300.

Compared with Federal's American Eagle 150-grain FMJ, the Sellier & Bellot starts 177 fps faster. At 300 yards, a steady 10 mph wind blowing across the range pushes the Sellier & Bellot about 12 inches sideways and the American Eagle about 14, and from the same zero the American Eagle drops about 35 inches there. Compared with Remington's 150-grain Full Metal Jacket, the picture is much the same: the Remington starts 172 fps slower, lands within an inch of the American Eagle at 300 yards and kicks about 4 percent less in the same rifle.

Buy the Sellier & Bellot 147 if you practice with a heavy bullet out to 300 yards and want a flatter path than the American Eagle or the Remington. Pick the American Eagle if you want a load Federal sells for competition and target shooting, or the Remington, which Remington sells for target shooting; either gives up only a few inches at 300 yards. Pick Armscor's 147-grain FMJ if you want the same bullet weight with softer recoil; it kicks about 12 percent less. If you hunt, Federal markets its Power-Shok 150-grain soft point for big game; it leaves the muzzle at 1,900 fps.