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<blockquote data-quote="slink" data-source="post: 1435100" data-attributes="member: 4757"><p>"that's good info. Your 6.5-284 velocity is nearly 100 fps higher than my nosler book shows for the hottest load at that bullet weight, and with a shorter barrel. So that's why I ask. lots of variables between rifles, and you don't know exactly what you'll get until you take it to the range the first time."</p><p></p><p>All rifles are unto themselves. Sometimes you get a fast barrel sometimes you don't.</p><p>Keep in mind all these rounds are light years ahead of a .30-06 in terms of ballistics.</p><p>Not sure what you are hunting but chasing the trend won't put any extra meat on the table, and neither will velocity. I harvest plenty of game and use rounds that are no longer in vogue, but the elk and deer don't know that.</p><p></p><p>I realize this is about long range ethical hunting and for elk and larger I just like more bullet as a dependable factor. 6.5 is all the rage and 6.5 x 284 is great round and there is no doubt about that. But watching elk get hammered by the big 7's, .30's and .338's at distance is what has kept me off of 6.5's for critters that size. To conclude, the 6.5x284 is a dandy but I would launch bigger 160gr pills for elk sized critters. Awesome SD as well and that means boring deep holes when you run out of steam.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="slink, post: 1435100, member: 4757"] "that's good info. Your 6.5-284 velocity is nearly 100 fps higher than my nosler book shows for the hottest load at that bullet weight, and with a shorter barrel. So that's why I ask. lots of variables between rifles, and you don't know exactly what you'll get until you take it to the range the first time." All rifles are unto themselves. Sometimes you get a fast barrel sometimes you don't. Keep in mind all these rounds are light years ahead of a .30-06 in terms of ballistics. Not sure what you are hunting but chasing the trend won't put any extra meat on the table, and neither will velocity. I harvest plenty of game and use rounds that are no longer in vogue, but the elk and deer don't know that. I realize this is about long range ethical hunting and for elk and larger I just like more bullet as a dependable factor. 6.5 is all the rage and 6.5 x 284 is great round and there is no doubt about that. But watching elk get hammered by the big 7's, .30's and .338's at distance is what has kept me off of 6.5's for critters that size. To conclude, the 6.5x284 is a dandy but I would launch bigger 160gr pills for elk sized critters. Awesome SD as well and that means boring deep holes when you run out of steam. [/QUOTE]
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