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Custom Rifle - 500 yards max - what cartridge
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<blockquote data-quote="Greyfox" data-source="post: 755928" data-attributes="member: 10291"><p>Add another vote for the 308. Tough to beat, particularly if the use of factory ammo is a requirement. A buddy gave me a box of Nosler Custom 165 BT's that kept 5 shots in a 2" circle at 500 yards! They were moving at 2800 FPS with an ES of 12FPS. This is as good as any of my hunting reloads. If there was ever a possibility of stretching to 1000 yards, I'm also a proponent of the 6.5's, being partial to the 6.5x284. Very low recoil, great accuracy and ballistics, and with 140's, drops deer sized game at long range like a magnum class cartridge. For hunting proposes, barrel life is a moot point. No different than most calibers that perform like this on game at 1000 yards. iMHO.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Greyfox, post: 755928, member: 10291"] Add another vote for the 308. Tough to beat, particularly if the use of factory ammo is a requirement. A buddy gave me a box of Nosler Custom 165 BT's that kept 5 shots in a 2" circle at 500 yards! They were moving at 2800 FPS with an ES of 12FPS. This is as good as any of my hunting reloads. If there was ever a possibility of stretching to 1000 yards, I'm also a proponent of the 6.5's, being partial to the 6.5x284. Very low recoil, great accuracy and ballistics, and with 140's, drops deer sized game at long range like a magnum class cartridge. For hunting proposes, barrel life is a moot point. No different than most calibers that perform like this on game at 1000 yards. iMHO. [/QUOTE]
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