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Best long range 6.5mm/.264 caliber for hunting deer sized animals
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<blockquote data-quote="Calvin45" data-source="post: 1676350" data-attributes="member: 109862"><p>Agree. To be honest if we're seriously expecting to attempt 900 and even further, we need to consider that we're hunting not just shooting. And no, I'm not talking ethics or any other forum rule violating lecturing, I mean that the 6.5s are awesome for long long range shooting, but I'd opt for something with more projectile mass with a frangible bullet for long range hunting. No issues with exterior ballistics, and I know people do cleanly and humanely kill game with various 6.5/.264" caliber cartridges regularly, but for hunting at that distance I'd opt for something 7mm at minimum, and would prefer a big .30 or .338 cartridge of some kind. Insurance of sorts. </p><p>Everyone believes something different about hydrostatic/hydraulic shock, the effects of temporary cavitation on killing power, how many foot pounds you need, how fast the bullet still needs to be moving to not behave like a field point arrow. One thing that seems to be consistently observed is that above certain impact velocities rifle bullets cause severe wounding far broader than the diameter of the projectile, damaging structures and tissues that do not come into immediate contact with the projectile or fragments of the projectile, and sometimes causing some kind of nervous system shut down even without hitting any CNS structures. As velocity drops the likelihood of these emphatic killing effects drops with it and even though the bullet expands or fragments, more and more the wounding is limited to whatever the projectile and it's fragments directly come into contact with. More big fragments/more projectile mass can insure more wounding, and I believe this is more apparent at long range/lower impact velocities than at higher ones. </p><p>For deer sized game only this might be irrelevant I suppose, but "overkill" certainly beats "underkill"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Calvin45, post: 1676350, member: 109862"] Agree. To be honest if we’re seriously expecting to attempt 900 and even further, we need to consider that we’re hunting not just shooting. And no, I’m not talking ethics or any other forum rule violating lecturing, I mean that the 6.5s are awesome for long long range shooting, but I’d opt for something with more projectile mass with a frangible bullet for long range hunting. No issues with exterior ballistics, and I know people do cleanly and humanely kill game with various 6.5/.264” caliber cartridges regularly, but for hunting at that distance I’d opt for something 7mm at minimum, and would prefer a big .30 or .338 cartridge of some kind. Insurance of sorts. Everyone believes something different about hydrostatic/hydraulic shock, the effects of temporary cavitation on killing power, how many foot pounds you need, how fast the bullet still needs to be moving to not behave like a field point arrow. One thing that seems to be consistently observed is that above certain impact velocities rifle bullets cause severe wounding far broader than the diameter of the projectile, damaging structures and tissues that do not come into immediate contact with the projectile or fragments of the projectile, and sometimes causing some kind of nervous system shut down even without hitting any CNS structures. As velocity drops the likelihood of these emphatic killing effects drops with it and even though the bullet expands or fragments, more and more the wounding is limited to whatever the projectile and it’s fragments directly come into contact with. More big fragments/more projectile mass can insure more wounding, and I believe this is more apparent at long range/lower impact velocities than at higher ones. For deer sized game only this might be irrelevant I suppose, but “overkill” certainly beats “underkill” [/QUOTE]
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