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7mm-08 ultimate youth elk cartridge?
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<blockquote data-quote="SpeedGoatShooter37" data-source="post: 1597986" data-attributes="member: 98673"><p>[ATTACH=full]126898[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]126897[/ATTACH] With regard to the 6.5 CM vs -08 angle, I recommend sticking with the -08. I own and load both. Weight retention is going to be key to ensure what ever projectile you choose reaches the elk's vitals. While the external ballistics of the 143 ELD-X is. very impressive, it will shed a large amount of weight. They are also frequently documented spitting out their lead cores. The high sectional density of the 6.5 won't matter if it doesn't hold together. Monolithics solve this problem, but the heaviest monolithic available is 127 grains for the .264 vs 150 grains for the .284.</p><p></p><p>I am aware that not everyone believes in monolithics, so as a baseline let's use an almost universally accepted elk bullet, the Nosler Partition for comparison. The heaviest Partition you can drive out of 6.5 is 140 grains. You can drive up 160 grain+ Partitions out of the 7mm-08. Let's stick with 150 grain for now. Assuming a healthy 2700 fps for the 6.5 CM and a equally healthy 2850 fps for the 7mm-08 and you'll find the -08 is a good margin ahead at 300 yards.</p><p></p><p>"It's a youth gun, you forgot to mention recoil." Fair point. However as I mentioned I own both and have thrown both bullets weights at said velocities. My 6.5 is heavier than my 7-08, yet I notice just a touch more recoil when shooting those two loads at those two velocities.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SpeedGoatShooter37, post: 1597986, member: 98673"] [ATTACH=full]126898[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]126897[/ATTACH] With regard to the 6.5 CM vs -08 angle, I recommend sticking with the -08. I own and load both. Weight retention is going to be key to ensure what ever projectile you choose reaches the elk’s vitals. While the external ballistics of the 143 ELD-X is. very impressive, it will shed a large amount of weight. They are also frequently documented spitting out their lead cores. The high sectional density of the 6.5 won’t matter if it doesn’t hold together. Monolithics solve this problem, but the heaviest monolithic available is 127 grains for the .264 vs 150 grains for the .284. I am aware that not everyone believes in monolithics, so as a baseline let’s use an almost universally accepted elk bullet, the Nosler Partition for comparison. The heaviest Partition you can drive out of 6.5 is 140 grains. You can drive up 160 grain+ Partitions out of the 7mm-08. Let’s stick with 150 grain for now. Assuming a healthy 2700 fps for the 6.5 CM and a equally healthy 2850 fps for the 7mm-08 and you’ll find the -08 is a good margin ahead at 300 yards. “It’s a youth gun, you forgot to mention recoil.” Fair point. However as I mentioned I own both and have thrown both bullets weights at said velocities. My 6.5 is heavier than my 7-08, yet I notice just a touch more recoil when shooting those two loads at those two velocities. [/QUOTE]
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