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Anyone elk hunting with a 6.5 creedmoor??
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<blockquote data-quote="ICANHITHIMMAN" data-source="post: 808053" data-attributes="member: 10414"><p>The comparison is NOT valid because your ignoring the one factor that matters most in the equation, ENERGY. I love both rounds your talking about, but they cannot be compared in a hunting situation, due to the ENERGY that each of them brings to the table. An Elk at 1000m is a tougher animal than it is at 100m, due to the variables at play.</p><p></p><p>Here is an example based on 2 loads from my Ipod at 1000m.</p><p>300 win mag, 185g VLD, 3030 fps at 600 ft asl = 875.8 foot pound of energy </p><p>300 win mag, 230g Hybrid 2650 fps at 600 ft asl = 1122.3 foot pounds of energy </p><p>264 win mag, 140g VLD, 2332 fps at 600 ft asl = 383 foot pounds of energy </p><p></p><p>That's a difference of 492 foot pounds in the 185 to 140 comparison and 739 foot pounds in the 230 to 140 comparison. This is what really matters in hunting, not the drop or the wind deflection, these are not paper or steel targets. We are killing a living breathing creature and at least for myself, I take no joy in the actual act of killing the animal, the shot and prep are my reward. So we as hunters can not advocate for, or make comparisons on ballistics based of target data, who wants to make an animal suffer, not me I want as clean and fast a kill as I can obtain.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ICANHITHIMMAN, post: 808053, member: 10414"] The comparison is NOT valid because your ignoring the one factor that matters most in the equation, ENERGY. I love both rounds your talking about, but they cannot be compared in a hunting situation, due to the ENERGY that each of them brings to the table. An Elk at 1000m is a tougher animal than it is at 100m, due to the variables at play. Here is an example based on 2 loads from my Ipod at 1000m. 300 win mag, 185g VLD, 3030 fps at 600 ft asl = 875.8 foot pound of energy 300 win mag, 230g Hybrid 2650 fps at 600 ft asl = 1122.3 foot pounds of energy 264 win mag, 140g VLD, 2332 fps at 600 ft asl = 383 foot pounds of energy That's a difference of 492 foot pounds in the 185 to 140 comparison and 739 foot pounds in the 230 to 140 comparison. This is what really matters in hunting, not the drop or the wind deflection, these are not paper or steel targets. We are killing a living breathing creature and at least for myself, I take no joy in the actual act of killing the animal, the shot and prep are my reward. So we as hunters can not advocate for, or make comparisons on ballistics based of target data, who wants to make an animal suffer, not me I want as clean and fast a kill as I can obtain. [/QUOTE]
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