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<blockquote data-quote="Fiftydriver" data-source="post: 331074" data-attributes="member: 10"><p>I will offer more of what others are, an opinion.</p><p> </p><p>1. If you want to hunt big game with match bullets past 800 yards, use at least a 7mm in caliber and use at least 175 gr of bullet weight. 30 cal is better and 338 is even better. Is it overkill, no such thing. Hitting the target accurately and killing the target quickly are the only goals. This is for deer and larger game.</p><p> </p><p>2. If your going to shoot out to 1000 yards on big game, use a chambering that is large enough to insure retained muzzle velocity high enough to insure bullet expansion. If you do not have that muzzle velocity, do not shoot to that range.</p><p> </p><p>3. If you think a 140 gr SMK in a 260 Rem or 6.5-284 or 6.5-06 class chambering is a 1000 yard big game chambering, refer to #1, #2 and results of the original post. </p><p> </p><p>This is not bullet failure, its user error pure and simple. I would have been surpised only if the bullet expanded at this range on deer size game and would never even consider taking a shot at a deer at 1070 yards with a smaller 6.5mm chambering, hell, for any chambering for that matter.</p><p> </p><p>Again, another opinion, the 6.5mm is not a 1000 yard big game chambering. Can you hit them, sure you can, can you kill them, sure you can, are there much better choices, the list is endless.</p><p> </p><p>The 6.5 in this velocity class is in the same class as a 308 Win and most experienced 308 shooters will tell you its best to be kept under 800 yards max and better yet 600 yards or less, same as for the 6.5 in the same velocity class.</p><p> </p><p>again, no surpise at all that you got these results.</p><p> </p><p>The reason most of us recommend large calibers with heavy bullets is not because of ego but because that in the event of liminted bullet expansion, you are starting with a 30 cal or 338 cal bullet diameter and the heavy bullets help with close range impact as they have alot of mass and will sufficently penetrate even with alot of bullet weight loss.</p><p> </p><p>Remember that the jacket material is very strong compared to a lead core. If you make the bullet smaller in diameter, you increase the percentage of the bullets cross section that is jacket material and less lead so that it will be able to resist expansion much better then say a 30 cal or 338 cal bullet.</p><p> </p><p>There is a reason the big 30 cals and 338 cals are the most effective for big game hunting at long range, again, has nothing to do with ego as many that shoot smaller calibers would have you believe, it has to do with performance on game, pure and simple. This is just another documented example of why that is the recommendation by serious long range big game hunters.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fiftydriver, post: 331074, member: 10"] I will offer more of what others are, an opinion. 1. If you want to hunt big game with match bullets past 800 yards, use at least a 7mm in caliber and use at least 175 gr of bullet weight. 30 cal is better and 338 is even better. Is it overkill, no such thing. Hitting the target accurately and killing the target quickly are the only goals. This is for deer and larger game. 2. If your going to shoot out to 1000 yards on big game, use a chambering that is large enough to insure retained muzzle velocity high enough to insure bullet expansion. If you do not have that muzzle velocity, do not shoot to that range. 3. If you think a 140 gr SMK in a 260 Rem or 6.5-284 or 6.5-06 class chambering is a 1000 yard big game chambering, refer to #1, #2 and results of the original post. This is not bullet failure, its user error pure and simple. I would have been surpised only if the bullet expanded at this range on deer size game and would never even consider taking a shot at a deer at 1070 yards with a smaller 6.5mm chambering, hell, for any chambering for that matter. Again, another opinion, the 6.5mm is not a 1000 yard big game chambering. Can you hit them, sure you can, can you kill them, sure you can, are there much better choices, the list is endless. The 6.5 in this velocity class is in the same class as a 308 Win and most experienced 308 shooters will tell you its best to be kept under 800 yards max and better yet 600 yards or less, same as for the 6.5 in the same velocity class. again, no surpise at all that you got these results. The reason most of us recommend large calibers with heavy bullets is not because of ego but because that in the event of liminted bullet expansion, you are starting with a 30 cal or 338 cal bullet diameter and the heavy bullets help with close range impact as they have alot of mass and will sufficently penetrate even with alot of bullet weight loss. Remember that the jacket material is very strong compared to a lead core. If you make the bullet smaller in diameter, you increase the percentage of the bullets cross section that is jacket material and less lead so that it will be able to resist expansion much better then say a 30 cal or 338 cal bullet. There is a reason the big 30 cals and 338 cals are the most effective for big game hunting at long range, again, has nothing to do with ego as many that shoot smaller calibers would have you believe, it has to do with performance on game, pure and simple. This is just another documented example of why that is the recommendation by serious long range big game hunters. [/QUOTE]
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