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6.5 Creedmoor: Maximum Lethal Range for Whitetail
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<blockquote data-quote="Wachsmann" data-source="post: 1978813" data-attributes="member: 10429"><p>Thats good to here about the 130 FTA's. I have a box setting on my shelf waiting to be shot. </p><p></p><p>So most of us are looking at the ballistics/energy/bullet structure of the 6.5 creed and saying its a 600 yard gun. Check out the 6.5 RL26 data coming from one of the reloading post, several with data. If you can reload and have some RL26 you could easily duplicate some of the normal 6.5X284 loaded ammo. One or more sounds like a couple of the guys is over 2950 fps with a 140 grain bullets. That easily extends the range out to an effective 800 yards on deer at that speed. Just have to be able to read the wind and hit your target accurately within that 6 inch kill zone. </p><p>Practice Practice Practice generally will equal better knowledge of what you and your gun is capable of. I look at it as a system. Me, my gun and my hand loads. Then there is all the other data you need like range, wind speeds, direction, pressure, temp, angle .......shall I say kestrel meter and good range finder. This is what I will call my system and if anyone of these is not up to par then its a little bit of guess work. You dont want guess work at all. Now there are guys that are great at wind calling and dont need a meter and probably pretty good at the range estimation but I'm not one at this point. So I use what I have available and it seem to work. And last thing if you practice and you confident in your system but you never try out that long shot you are always left guessing could you make it when its your only shot. So for me I will take a longer shot as long as I know its something I've practiced and my system is up to snuff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wachsmann, post: 1978813, member: 10429"] Thats good to here about the 130 FTA's. I have a box setting on my shelf waiting to be shot. So most of us are looking at the ballistics/energy/bullet structure of the 6.5 creed and saying its a 600 yard gun. Check out the 6.5 RL26 data coming from one of the reloading post, several with data. If you can reload and have some RL26 you could easily duplicate some of the normal 6.5X284 loaded ammo. One or more sounds like a couple of the guys is over 2950 fps with a 140 grain bullets. That easily extends the range out to an effective 800 yards on deer at that speed. Just have to be able to read the wind and hit your target accurately within that 6 inch kill zone. Practice Practice Practice generally will equal better knowledge of what you and your gun is capable of. I look at it as a system. Me, my gun and my hand loads. Then there is all the other data you need like range, wind speeds, direction, pressure, temp, angle .......shall I say kestrel meter and good range finder. This is what I will call my system and if anyone of these is not up to par then its a little bit of guess work. You dont want guess work at all. Now there are guys that are great at wind calling and dont need a meter and probably pretty good at the range estimation but I'm not one at this point. So I use what I have available and it seem to work. And last thing if you practice and you confident in your system but you never try out that long shot you are always left guessing could you make it when its your only shot. So for me I will take a longer shot as long as I know its something I've practiced and my system is up to snuff. [/QUOTE]
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