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Questions & thought's on 6mm for BR and prarrie poodles.
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<blockquote data-quote="budlight" data-source="post: 68549" data-attributes="member: 2939"><p><strong>Re: Questions & thought\'s on 6mm for BR and prarrie poodles.</strong></p><p></p><p>[ QUOTE ]</p><p></p><p></p><p>The BC of 87, 90, 95 grain 243's (6mm cal) would make them acceptable if driven fast enough out of a 28 - 30 inch barrels to be very lethal in the 200 - 500 yards that I normally shoot at. </p><p></p><p>[/ QUOTE ]</p><p></p><p>I'm not a super shooter and I've met many people that can shoot a smaller group than me with the same gun. But I do shoot 1000's of rounds a year out at the BR range and a animal doesn't need a tight group. I can decifer what BS and what's not. I have a couple of really nice target guns with 6X24 56 mm scopes and a 5.5X22 </p><p></p><p>My 200 - 500 range is a realistic max for me. When we discussed the day of the 500 round PP shoot last year. We both agreed that we had @90% kill ratio. Some times with the heat waves it's really hard to determine hit's and whether they jumped down a hole. So during cool down times I actually walked out to some questionables. Some were dead right in the mouth of the hole, but you sure couldn't tell when you were shooting or on the spotter scope watching.</p><p></p><p></p><p>My next question is Barrel length. Good Grouper I see that you have a 27.5 inch Dasher. I don't mind using 28-30 8.5 pound barrels. I have two already in .277 and .284. I've also hump lots of mounts over the years packing these near 18 pound guns.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="budlight, post: 68549, member: 2939"] [b]Re: Questions & thought\'s on 6mm for BR and prarrie poodles.[/b] [ QUOTE ] The BC of 87, 90, 95 grain 243's (6mm cal) would make them acceptable if driven fast enough out of a 28 - 30 inch barrels to be very lethal in the 200 - 500 yards that I normally shoot at. [/ QUOTE ] I'm not a super shooter and I've met many people that can shoot a smaller group than me with the same gun. But I do shoot 1000's of rounds a year out at the BR range and a animal doesn't need a tight group. I can decifer what BS and what's not. I have a couple of really nice target guns with 6X24 56 mm scopes and a 5.5X22 My 200 - 500 range is a realistic max for me. When we discussed the day of the 500 round PP shoot last year. We both agreed that we had @90% kill ratio. Some times with the heat waves it's really hard to determine hit's and whether they jumped down a hole. So during cool down times I actually walked out to some questionables. Some were dead right in the mouth of the hole, but you sure couldn't tell when you were shooting or on the spotter scope watching. My next question is Barrel length. Good Grouper I see that you have a 27.5 inch Dasher. I don't mind using 28-30 8.5 pound barrels. I have two already in .277 and .284. I've also hump lots of mounts over the years packing these near 18 pound guns. [/QUOTE]
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