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Benefits of 129/130 gr bullets w 6.5x284?
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<blockquote data-quote="backwoods83" data-source="post: 893507" data-attributes="member: 29890"><p>Brent some will argue and bicker, saying that yes pointing the bullets changes its terminal performance. Unless it does it past 1200yrds I can't see any difference. It brings the point almost up as sharp or sometimes sharper than a poly tip and they do just fine, I know that the poly tip is supposed to aid in expansion but was originally designed to give more uniform bc's from bullet to bullet, same as pointing or meplat trimming or both. Outlaw said it best when he stated why the 6.5s have so much killing power, all about the sectional density, you're shooting 27 and 28 cal weight bullets in a 26 cal, in a nutshell. I have not had a chance to test the 160 Matrix yet but would love to try them over a case full of Magnum, Retumbo, N570, or AA8700 in a 30" tube and see what they are capable of. I can run 140s over 3200 they just get to finicky, so my sweet spot is 3166avg, so I'm thinking I can get close to 3k with 160s, maybe even point a few if I can get them, and see how they fly. Might work best in a 6.5x257wby with Retumbo, who knows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backwoods83, post: 893507, member: 29890"] Brent some will argue and bicker, saying that yes pointing the bullets changes its terminal performance. Unless it does it past 1200yrds I can't see any difference. It brings the point almost up as sharp or sometimes sharper than a poly tip and they do just fine, I know that the poly tip is supposed to aid in expansion but was originally designed to give more uniform bc's from bullet to bullet, same as pointing or meplat trimming or both. Outlaw said it best when he stated why the 6.5s have so much killing power, all about the sectional density, you're shooting 27 and 28 cal weight bullets in a 26 cal, in a nutshell. I have not had a chance to test the 160 Matrix yet but would love to try them over a case full of Magnum, Retumbo, N570, or AA8700 in a 30" tube and see what they are capable of. I can run 140s over 3200 they just get to finicky, so my sweet spot is 3166avg, so I'm thinking I can get close to 3k with 160s, maybe even point a few if I can get them, and see how they fly. Might work best in a 6.5x257wby with Retumbo, who knows. [/QUOTE]
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