yeah x man I never liker plaster either. I looked at one of his videos and he was an obnoxious know it allPlaster is considered to be a moron among the long range tactical community and this paper is just more reinforcement of that notion.
Energy means nothing.
A bullet diameter pin hole is not enough.
The bullet also needs to expand and wreck some of the internals to be effective.
The general rule of thumb is 1800fps or approximately 800yards with a good long range bullet and a long barrel. The 6.5X55 would extend this a bit.
The new Accubond will extend this to well beyond 1000.
you would have to be a barrel maker to own 6.5 /300 weatherby lol talk about burning a barrel out. I bet after 200 shots you would see barrel erosionwhen i started long range hunting in n c pa the gun most used by long rangers there was the 6.5x300 weatherby. main reason being there was one
good bullet for that and none for any other cartridges. slowly that changed and as it did hunters lost interest in the 6.5. in other words, there were better
choices. i personaly see little logic in saying i wonder how far i could kill a deer
with this thing. ive never known anyone who went back to the 6.5 as their
choice of a long range cartridge. balistic charts are one thing. watching them
as they get hit is quite another.
most of us get very little time each year to actually hunt. then theres no guarantee of cooperation from the weather man. this aint no time for foolin around. pick something you wont be guessing about. if your that sensetive
to recoil then maybe you should be sticking to varmit hunting. thats fun also.
Whoever wrote the article you read has obviously not reloaded for either cartridge. The .260 handloads I put together with 140gr Berger VLDs have the same downrange energy at 1000yds as a Federal Premium 165gr .300 win mag. I wonder where these experts get their knowledge sometimes.