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What Caliber for 600yd Whitetail? (New rifle Build)
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<blockquote data-quote="Hugnot" data-source="post: 2725784" data-attributes="member: 115658"><p>Most anything with a suitable bullet having adequate velocity, penetration & energy. Like 7 foot or less drop at 600 with 200 yard zero & able to shoot thru 2 feet of deer with 1000 ft lbs or energy</p><p></p><p>.270 Win would work fine. My self-imposed limit for shooting deers is 400 yards because of rapidly increasing drop after 400 yards & time of flight increases probability of wounding. </p><p></p><p>I have shot numerous rodents at ranges from 500 to 600 yards with a 6.5-06 using a variety of 120-123 grain bullets. 6.5-06 ballistics are sort of like the .270 Win but selection of pointy 6.5 bullets is much greater. If I had to shoot deers at 600 with a 6.5-06 I would go for mono core pointy bullets at 3000 fps plus. Lots of easy to find cheap brass, feeds better than rebated head brass, no bolt face modification, lots of suitable powders including many that are available now.</p><p></p><p>White tail deers are not that hard to kill.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hugnot, post: 2725784, member: 115658"] Most anything with a suitable bullet having adequate velocity, penetration & energy. Like 7 foot or less drop at 600 with 200 yard zero & able to shoot thru 2 feet of deer with 1000 ft lbs or energy .270 Win would work fine. My self-imposed limit for shooting deers is 400 yards because of rapidly increasing drop after 400 yards & time of flight increases probability of wounding. I have shot numerous rodents at ranges from 500 to 600 yards with a 6.5-06 using a variety of 120-123 grain bullets. 6.5-06 ballistics are sort of like the .270 Win but selection of pointy 6.5 bullets is much greater. If I had to shoot deers at 600 with a 6.5-06 I would go for mono core pointy bullets at 3000 fps plus. Lots of easy to find cheap brass, feeds better than rebated head brass, no bolt face modification, lots of suitable powders including many that are available now. White tail deers are not that hard to kill. [/QUOTE]
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