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Post by backhoeboogie on Jan 21, 2020 14:36:58 GMT -6
Nosler 6.5 129gr accubond at 600 yds: 1889 fps, 1022 ft/lbs energy. Certainly enough to drop a white tail with this bullets terminal ballistics and SD. Of course, none of it matters without correct bullet placement. No one(ethically speaking) has any business taking a shot of that distance without first putting the time in at the range/behind the trigger. Even if you put the time in on the range, that's still too far.
Where distance does come in to play is when you are trailing a wounded animal. I once made a long shot on a deer my nephew had wounded. I would never take that shot under any other circumstance.
Back to the subject, I have always wanted a 300 Weatherby. I've never needed one. My 30-06 is bigger than most anything I would ever need in Texas but I have wanted a 300 most of my adult life. Bucket list perhaps.
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Post by brightraven on Jan 21, 2020 15:43:04 GMT -6
The 6.5 calibre bullet is in the sweet spot. Your choice is a good one grasshopper.
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Post by silverback on Jan 22, 2020 0:01:35 GMT -6
The 6.5 calibre bullet is in the sweet spot. Your choice is a good one grasshopper. Thanks Ron. Apparently guys are ringing steel at 1000 and 1200 yds with these shooters. SOCOM snipers switched to it last year "INDIANAPOLIS ― Top special operations snipers will replace their 7.62mm sniper rifles with a caliber that doubles their hit probability at 1,000 meters, increases their effective range by nearly half, reduces wind drift by a third and has less recoil. What caliber is that, might you ask? The 6.5mm Creedmoor." |
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Post by brightraven on Jan 22, 2020 5:01:55 GMT -6
The 6.5 calibre bullet is in the sweet spot. Your choice is a good one grasshopper. Thanks Ron. Apparently guys are ringing steel at 1000 and 1200 yds with these shooters. SOCOM snipers switched to it last year "INDIANAPOLIS ― Top special operations snipers will replace their 7.62mm sniper rifles with a caliber that doubles their hit probability at 1,000 meters, increases their effective range by nearly half, reduces wind drift by a third and has less recoil. What caliber is that, might you ask? The 6.5mm Creedmoor." The 6.5 x 284 was the number one winnest calibre back around 2000 in long range rifle matches. The BC and sectional density are in a sweet spot. Good retained momentum. Which means foot pounds of energy. Which means good bullet performance. Which means good killing performance. |
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Post by brightraven on Jan 22, 2020 5:34:41 GMT -6
I have a Cooper Montanan in 6.5 x 284 Norma. It is based on the .284 Winchester necked down to 6.5. For your reading pleasure: The 6.5-284 has been used extensively in benchrest competitions and is known as an extremely accurate long range round. Using an improved version of the 6.5-284, Rich DeSimone set a 1,000-yard (914.4 m) world record with a 1.564-inch (39.73 mm) group.[4] Rich DeSimone's 1,000-yard (914.4 m) record has been broken by Tom Sarver, who shot a 1.403-inch (35.64 mm) group in 2007 using a .300 Hulk wildcat cartridge that is based on the .338 Lapua Magnum cartridge.[5] In contrast, most hunting rifles show similar accuracy at 100 yards (91.4 m) to 200 yards (182.9 m). A 140 gr (9.1 g) bullet in this caliber is typically fired at 3,000 ft/s (914 m/s) to 3,100 ft/s (945 m/s).[6] For comparison. .308 on the left.  |
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Post by highgrit on Jan 22, 2020 6:41:10 GMT -6
I have a Cooper Montanan in 6.5 x 284 Norma. It is based on the .284 Winchester necked down to 6.5. For your reading pleasure: The 6.5-284 has been used extensively in benchrest competitions and is known as an extremely accurate long range round. Using an improved version of the 6.5-284, Rich DeSimone set a 1,000-yard (914.4 m) world record with a 1.564-inch (39.73 mm) group.[4] Rich DeSimone's 1,000-yard (914.4 m) record has been broken by Tom Sarver, who shot a 1.403-inch (35.64 mm) group in 2007 using a .300 Hulk wildcat cartridge that is based on the .338 Lapua Magnum cartridge.[5] In contrast, most hunting rifles show similar accuracy at 100 yards (91.4 m) to 200 yards (182.9 m). A 140 gr (9.1 g) bullet in this caliber is typically fired at 3,000 ft/s (914 m/s) to 3,100 ft/s (945 m/s).[6] For comparison. .308 on the left. Is your Cooper a single shot? I can't see that cartridge working in a short action rifle with a magazine. |
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Post by brightraven on Jan 22, 2020 7:06:45 GMT -6
I have a Cooper Montanan in 6.5 x 284 Norma. It is based on the .284 Winchester necked down to 6.5. For your reading pleasure: The 6.5-284 has been used extensively in benchrest competitions and is known as an extremely accurate long range round. Using an improved version of the 6.5-284, Rich DeSimone set a 1,000-yard (914.4 m) world record with a 1.564-inch (39.73 mm) group.[4] Rich DeSimone's 1,000-yard (914.4 m) record has been broken by Tom Sarver, who shot a 1.403-inch (35.64 mm) group in 2007 using a .300 Hulk wildcat cartridge that is based on the .338 Lapua Magnum cartridge.[5] In contrast, most hunting rifles show similar accuracy at 100 yards (91.4 m) to 200 yards (182.9 m). A 140 gr (9.1 g) bullet in this caliber is typically fired at 3,000 ft/s (914 m/s) to 3,100 ft/s (945 m/s).[6] For comparison. .308 on the left. Is your Cooper a single shot? I can't see that cartridge working in a short action rifle with a magazine. It is. Hand fed. No magazine. A magazine cut out is a no-no on bench rifles, at least it use to be. |
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Post by bulltrader on Jan 22, 2020 9:11:29 GMT -6
I have a Savage in 6.5x284 Norma that's 5 shot bolt action.
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