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Why the 6.5 caliber?
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<blockquote data-quote="Andrew Massi" data-source="post: 1779497" data-attributes="member: 106096"><p>The belief that a couple fewer clicks in elevation or wind hold is superior. There's nothing magical about the 6.5 but as was mentioned above most of the 6.5 offerings coincided with lighter recoiling rounds and the growth of shooting braked or suppressed magnums. So shot placement was better and the mythical status of the caliber grew. Also the ability of average shooters to hit stuff a long ways has grown leaps and bounds in the last 15-20 years.</p><p>If you go from shooting elk in the timber with a 30 or 33mag and bonded bullets to picking them off at 650 with a creedmoor you falsely equate the creedmoor to being somehow more lethal when in reality all that's changed is the delivery of the projectile; shooters are staying off the shoulder and instead dropping very rapidly expanding projectiles into the lungs and heart. Sometimes that makes for a very impressive drt splat (likely cns hit) either way mammals dont live long with holes in their heart and lungs. </p><p></p><p>Berger, sierra, nosler, barnes and hornady have some great offerings that overlap close enough for govt work </p><p>Compare the eld-x </p><p>143-.264 --g7 315</p><p>145-.277-- g7 270</p><p>150-.284 --g7 289</p><p>Launch all 3 of those out of like cartridges </p><p>Ie. 6.5-06ai, 270, 280ai </p><p></p><p>And what you'll find is one beats the other in terms of dozens of yards of theoretical lethality(velocity of ft lbs) and a couple of clicks on your turrets and wind hold.</p><p></p><p>At 1k the 6.5 is superior by 4 clicks of elevation.</p><p>Put any of the 3 bullets into an ungulates vitals and enjoy backstraps for dinner. </p><p>Run it with bergers and the difference is less dramatic</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andrew Massi, post: 1779497, member: 106096"] The belief that a couple fewer clicks in elevation or wind hold is superior. There's nothing magical about the 6.5 but as was mentioned above most of the 6.5 offerings coincided with lighter recoiling rounds and the growth of shooting braked or suppressed magnums. So shot placement was better and the mythical status of the caliber grew. Also the ability of average shooters to hit stuff a long ways has grown leaps and bounds in the last 15-20 years. If you go from shooting elk in the timber with a 30 or 33mag and bonded bullets to picking them off at 650 with a creedmoor you falsely equate the creedmoor to being somehow more lethal when in reality all that's changed is the delivery of the projectile; shooters are staying off the shoulder and instead dropping very rapidly expanding projectiles into the lungs and heart. Sometimes that makes for a very impressive drt splat (likely cns hit) either way mammals dont live long with holes in their heart and lungs. Berger, sierra, nosler, barnes and hornady have some great offerings that overlap close enough for govt work Compare the eld-x 143-.264 --g7 315 145-.277-- g7 270 150-.284 --g7 289 Launch all 3 of those out of like cartridges Ie. 6.5-06ai, 270, 280ai And what you'll find is one beats the other in terms of dozens of yards of theoretical lethality(velocity of ft lbs) and a couple of clicks on your turrets and wind hold. At 1k the 6.5 is superior by 4 clicks of elevation. Put any of the 3 bullets into an ungulates vitals and enjoy backstraps for dinner. Run it with bergers and the difference is less dramatic [/QUOTE]
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