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Caliber Recommendation for 600 Yard Sheep Rifle
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<blockquote data-quote="Bret GRAVELINE Graveline" data-source="post: 2405550" data-attributes="member: 108926"><p>Well the old standard set by the late Jack O' Conner the 270 Win is hard to beat, and with that being said, I myself would choose the 338 Win Mag, the 338 is not the first cartridge that comes to mind when the conversation turns to flat shooting, being a reloader with bullets available like the Barnes 185 and 210 gr ttsx the 338 can hold its own right along the 270 Win, the 185 gr Barnes trajectories are near identical to the 270's 130 gr slug while the 210 parallels the 140, the 185 gr sighted 3 inches high at 100 yards is only down 10 inches at 400, the 210 is down about 12, with a good mill dot reticle 600 is Very practical, while The 185 wouldn't be my first choice against a bear I'll take that over a 6.5 anything, our local deer heard consist primarily of Columbian black tail it takes a brute to tip the scale over 150 pounds blood guts and feathers and all, I played with the Barnes 160 gr 338 for a season I took a 8 foot black bear nose to tail at about 30 yards, I hit the bear between the neck and shoulder exiting the hind leg, in a coastal Alaskan bear camp where 6 brown bears were harvested, this black bear was larger than than 4 of those bears, I'm sure had this bear been a grizzly the result would have been no different, a light weight 338 with a good break kicks no more than a 270, having been around 60 plus years the 338 is a little easier to find than many of the newer cartridges on the market these days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bret GRAVELINE Graveline, post: 2405550, member: 108926"] Well the old standard set by the late Jack O' Conner the 270 Win is hard to beat, and with that being said, I myself would choose the 338 Win Mag, the 338 is not the first cartridge that comes to mind when the conversation turns to flat shooting, being a reloader with bullets available like the Barnes 185 and 210 gr ttsx the 338 can hold its own right along the 270 Win, the 185 gr Barnes trajectories are near identical to the 270's 130 gr slug while the 210 parallels the 140, the 185 gr sighted 3 inches high at 100 yards is only down 10 inches at 400, the 210 is down about 12, with a good mill dot reticle 600 is Very practical, while The 185 wouldn't be my first choice against a bear I'll take that over a 6.5 anything, our local deer heard consist primarily of Columbian black tail it takes a brute to tip the scale over 150 pounds blood guts and feathers and all, I played with the Barnes 160 gr 338 for a season I took a 8 foot black bear nose to tail at about 30 yards, I hit the bear between the neck and shoulder exiting the hind leg, in a coastal Alaskan bear camp where 6 brown bears were harvested, this black bear was larger than than 4 of those bears, I'm sure had this bear been a grizzly the result would have been no different, a light weight 338 with a good break kicks no more than a 270, having been around 60 plus years the 338 is a little easier to find than many of the newer cartridges on the market these days. [/QUOTE]
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