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The Basics, Starting Out
anyone shooting a 6,5-284?
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<blockquote data-quote="bradking1" data-source="post: 56258" data-attributes="member: 3096"><p>i have a 6.5/284 win and love it. my rifle is a custom sporter with shilen #3 contour barrel, mk X mauser action and fully glassed wood stock. i have thumped mule deer and antelope with it and it is amazing. i'm still impressed with how flat it shoots and hard it hits for a "recoiless wonder". as for accuracy i am very impressed...for a light weight barrel and all it will put 5 120 gr sierra prohunter's under .5 moa at 100. last kill to date with it was a pronghorn last year at what i estimated 450 when i cut off the shot...the antelope fell like a sack of sh!+. going to retrieve it i counted 485 paces and that was to a little gulley and the lope was still about 30 yds away. the thing that amazed me was i held about 6 inches over his back and still hit him in the bottom half of the spine. sighted for 250 yrd zero i should have about 12.5" of drop at 500 (elev 5000). maybe i was off a little but not by much and the bullet should have caught him mid shoulder but was still high. now i'm not saying that i'm an awesome shot but i can call where the shot let off at and have a pretty good idea where it's going to land...anyway the destructive power of that bullet was impressive...cut a chunk out of the spine about 4" wide, gelled the lungs and exited. i was most impressed <img src="http://images/icons/grin.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>[ 11-25-2004: Message edited by: brad ]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bradking1, post: 56258, member: 3096"] i have a 6.5/284 win and love it. my rifle is a custom sporter with shilen #3 contour barrel, mk X mauser action and fully glassed wood stock. i have thumped mule deer and antelope with it and it is amazing. i'm still impressed with how flat it shoots and hard it hits for a "recoiless wonder". as for accuracy i am very impressed...for a light weight barrel and all it will put 5 120 gr sierra prohunter's under .5 moa at 100. last kill to date with it was a pronghorn last year at what i estimated 450 when i cut off the shot...the antelope fell like a sack of sh!+. going to retrieve it i counted 485 paces and that was to a little gulley and the lope was still about 30 yds away. the thing that amazed me was i held about 6 inches over his back and still hit him in the bottom half of the spine. sighted for 250 yrd zero i should have about 12.5" of drop at 500 (elev 5000). maybe i was off a little but not by much and the bullet should have caught him mid shoulder but was still high. now i'm not saying that i'm an awesome shot but i can call where the shot let off at and have a pretty good idea where it's going to land...anyway the destructive power of that bullet was impressive...cut a chunk out of the spine about 4" wide, gelled the lungs and exited. i was most impressed [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [ 11-25-2004: Message edited by: brad ] [/QUOTE]
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