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Why no love for 6.5 PRC for 1 mile shoots....??
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<blockquote data-quote="COBigJohn" data-source="post: 2453268" data-attributes="member: 99586"><p>Well.... not wanting to be argumentative and I appreciate everyone's thoughts. I just want to consider the real numbers and I do want to hear everyone's thoughts and opinions.</p><p></p><p>I fully understand the caliber's weaknesses and know full well that it isn't the best solution for ELR. I already own the gun, so I get to live with it and honestly would buy it again, if I had a DO OVER. Small cartridges that give adequate ballistics and minimize recoil are a priority with me, mainly for 3-4 hours of range shooting. One shot kills with big recoil don't bother me.</p><p></p><p>I just ran the ballistics again to consider a 15mph cross-wind at 5,000 feet elevation, 30% humidity.</p><p></p><p>6.5 PRC = 325" (147<a href="https://www.hornady.com/bullets/eld-match" target="_blank"> gr ELD<sup>®</sup> Match</a>)</p><p>300 PRC = 294" (<a href="https://www.hornady.com/bullets/eld-match" target="_blank">225 gr ELD<sup>®</sup> Match</a>)</p><p>338 Lapua = 298" (<a href="https://www.hornady.com/bullets/eld-match" target="_blank">285 gr ELD<sup>®</sup> Match</a>)</p><p></p><p>That's a wind drift adjustment difference of 25' vs 27'. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>.......</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="COBigJohn, post: 2453268, member: 99586"] Well.... not wanting to be argumentative and I appreciate everyone's thoughts. I just want to consider the real numbers and I do want to hear everyone's thoughts and opinions. I fully understand the caliber's weaknesses and know full well that it isn't the best solution for ELR. I already own the gun, so I get to live with it and honestly would buy it again, if I had a DO OVER. Small cartridges that give adequate ballistics and minimize recoil are a priority with me, mainly for 3-4 hours of range shooting. One shot kills with big recoil don't bother me. I just ran the ballistics again to consider a 15mph cross-wind at 5,000 feet elevation, 30% humidity. 6.5 PRC = 325" (147[URL='https://www.hornady.com/bullets/eld-match'] gr ELD[SUP]®[/SUP] Match[/URL]) 300 PRC = 294" ([URL='https://www.hornady.com/bullets/eld-match']225 gr ELD[SUP]®[/SUP] Match[/URL]) 338 Lapua = 298" ([URL='https://www.hornady.com/bullets/eld-match']285 gr ELD[SUP]®[/SUP] Match[/URL]) That's a wind drift adjustment difference of 25' vs 27'. ....... [/QUOTE]
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