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Why the 6.5 caliber?
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<blockquote data-quote="nicholasjohn" data-source="post: 1780232" data-attributes="member: 109113"><p>You just said darn near everything I was going to write about this subject. While it's not the whole story, it's the better part of it. If you want the nicest combination of high BC bullets for trajectory & wind drift, coupled with high sectional density for terminal performance on game, the 6.5mm is definitely in the sweet spot. </p><p></p><p>You can get the same thing in all bullet diameters, but as soon as you try to push your 210-215 grain .308 bullets to the preferred velocities, you're into a cartridge that requires a rifle that is pretty heavy to carry up the elk mountain. Dropping down to 7mm will help a little, but maybe not get you there. The .277 diameter currently has a bullet selection problem ( which will likely work itself out in the near future.) The .257's maybe be the next big thing, but the 6.5's are doing the trick <strong>right now.</strong> They've got a running start on whatever is going to be the next thing to come down the chute.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nicholasjohn, post: 1780232, member: 109113"] You just said darn near everything I was going to write about this subject. While it's not the whole story, it's the better part of it. If you want the nicest combination of high BC bullets for trajectory & wind drift, coupled with high sectional density for terminal performance on game, the 6.5mm is definitely in the sweet spot. You can get the same thing in all bullet diameters, but as soon as you try to push your 210-215 grain .308 bullets to the preferred velocities, you're into a cartridge that requires a rifle that is pretty heavy to carry up the elk mountain. Dropping down to 7mm will help a little, but maybe not get you there. The .277 diameter currently has a bullet selection problem ( which will likely work itself out in the near future.) The .257's maybe be the next big thing, but the 6.5's are doing the trick [B]right now.[/B] They've got a running start on whatever is going to be the next thing to come down the chute. [/QUOTE]
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