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<blockquote data-quote="elkaholic" data-source="post: 457337" data-attributes="member: 13833"><p>I think you have received some good info, but no one has addressed the foot lbs. issue as yet. I have heard 1500 for elk and I have heard 1000? I don't personally feel that ft. lbs. are the best measuring tool for killing power. I know that I have killed many elk with a 6.5-06 A.I. up to 600 yards and I have no doubt that it would be effective considerably further. A well designed 140 grain bullet in a 6.5 is a pretty darn good killer. A 6.5 140 grain has a slightly better sectional density than a 190 gr. .308 and an even greater edge over a 160 gr. .284 bullet. This means that at a given velocity and equally designed bullets, the 6.5 will penetrate at least as well as the other two. Does it hit with as much force? No! Used, within its limits, it will work just fine. What that range is depends on a lot of different factors. What you are proposing is probably 200 yards less gun than the 6.5 A.I. that I mentioned, but as I said, I had NO problem taking elk at 600 yards. Someone will no doubt tell you that there are better elk rifles than a 6.5x47 or a .260 Remington. Of course there is! But you are building a 6.5<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> Good luck/Rich</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="elkaholic, post: 457337, member: 13833"] I think you have received some good info, but no one has addressed the foot lbs. issue as yet. I have heard 1500 for elk and I have heard 1000? I don't personally feel that ft. lbs. are the best measuring tool for killing power. I know that I have killed many elk with a 6.5-06 A.I. up to 600 yards and I have no doubt that it would be effective considerably further. A well designed 140 grain bullet in a 6.5 is a pretty darn good killer. A 6.5 140 grain has a slightly better sectional density than a 190 gr. .308 and an even greater edge over a 160 gr. .284 bullet. This means that at a given velocity and equally designed bullets, the 6.5 will penetrate at least as well as the other two. Does it hit with as much force? No! Used, within its limits, it will work just fine. What that range is depends on a lot of different factors. What you are proposing is probably 200 yards less gun than the 6.5 A.I. that I mentioned, but as I said, I had NO problem taking elk at 600 yards. Someone will no doubt tell you that there are better elk rifles than a 6.5x47 or a .260 Remington. Of course there is! But you are building a 6.5:D Good luck/Rich [/QUOTE]
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