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<blockquote data-quote="djm670" data-source="post: 1470877" data-attributes="member: 36341"><p>I totally agree. Either will work fine. We had an over abundance of antelope when I grew up.. and shooting them was a lot like shooting jack rabbits.. Would use what ever truck gun was in the jeep or truck. And most often it was 6 mm Remington (the Winchester's .243 better twin).</p><p></p><p>The .243 was designed and built for shooting deer and antelope. Winchester originally designed it so it would shoot 100 grain bullets with a 1 in 10 twist barrel, unlike Remington who designed the .244 for varmits based on barrel twist of 1 in 12. </p><p></p><p>Anyway if one were to compare similar hornaday ammo.. .243 - 95 grain SST with Superformance powder vs the the 6.5 creedmoor 129 SST with the same powder.. their ballistics or flight paths are almost the same. with the .243 being an inch better (-38.4") at 500 yards to (-39.5" for the 6.5 CR) when both are sighted in at 200 yards.. For all practical purposes the trajectories are the same.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.hornady.com/ammunition/rifle/243-win-95-gr-sst-superformance#!/" target="_blank">https://www.hornady.com/ammunition/rifle/243-win-95-gr-sst-superformance#!/</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.hornady.com/ammunition/rifle/6-5-creedmoor-129-gr-sst-superformance#!/" target="_blank">https://www.hornady.com/ammunition/rifle/6-5-creedmoor-129-gr-sst-superformance#!/</a></p><p></p><p>I am too computer illiterate to copy and past the hornaday charts in their correct relationships so just posted the websites for the trajectory/engergy charts. </p><p></p><p>And if one were to assess the OP's skill level based on the question he asked (could be a bad assumption) he should probably use the 6.5 Creedmoor, but either will work fine.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="djm670, post: 1470877, member: 36341"] I totally agree. Either will work fine. We had an over abundance of antelope when I grew up.. and shooting them was a lot like shooting jack rabbits.. Would use what ever truck gun was in the jeep or truck. And most often it was 6 mm Remington (the Winchester's .243 better twin). The .243 was designed and built for shooting deer and antelope. Winchester originally designed it so it would shoot 100 grain bullets with a 1 in 10 twist barrel, unlike Remington who designed the .244 for varmits based on barrel twist of 1 in 12. Anyway if one were to compare similar hornaday ammo.. .243 - 95 grain SST with Superformance powder vs the the 6.5 creedmoor 129 SST with the same powder.. their ballistics or flight paths are almost the same. with the .243 being an inch better (-38.4") at 500 yards to (-39.5" for the 6.5 CR) when both are sighted in at 200 yards.. For all practical purposes the trajectories are the same. [URL]https://www.hornady.com/ammunition/rifle/243-win-95-gr-sst-superformance#!/[/URL] [URL]https://www.hornady.com/ammunition/rifle/6-5-creedmoor-129-gr-sst-superformance#!/[/URL] I am too computer illiterate to copy and past the hornaday charts in their correct relationships so just posted the websites for the trajectory/engergy charts. And if one were to assess the OP's skill level based on the question he asked (could be a bad assumption) he should probably use the 6.5 Creedmoor, but either will work fine. [/QUOTE]
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