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Why the 6.5 caliber?
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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Matteson" data-source="post: 1780292" data-attributes="member: 101791"><p>6.5 or 264 is very good caliber for BC. If you are trying to reduce the recoil Non Mag's are the way to go. I do own a 65. x 55 and a 264 Win Mag. I generally use a Mag type of round. Have a Muzzle Brake put on. I hand loading to highest Vel. and the tightest groups. Them look at what it does to the animals next. </p><p>What I do see is a lot talk about how the different rounds are or aren't going through the animal. I don't see how much the bullet are blooding shots the meat. If the round come unscrew hitting an animal. I don't use that round again. </p><p>I haven't seem much in wound channels with that round. I have seen over 100 deer shot with 270 with a 130 gr. Sierra SpBT at about 3100 fps. Shot from almost any direction you think about. i seen the bullet cut 7 or 8 ribs, shoulder shot, heart shot, lung shot, liver shot and gut shot. Shots at close range and out 400 yards which was long shot. At that time we didn't have range finders, and didn't have much in scopes. I have seen several hundred deer go down in my time. The 270 with the 130 grain bullet did the lease amount of damage to the meat in the animal overall. Very little blood shot at any time. No matter what direction the round enter and left. Hitting what ever bones a long it's path. </p><p>I use a 25/06 taking somewhere around 50 deer with it. I started out with a 100 gr. Nosler Partition. After taking my first deer with that 100 gr. It blood shot the entire left side of the animal. I put that box of bullets up and have never used them again. Change to a 120 SpBt Nosler. Under 80 yards there was some blood shot, but beyond that only about a 2" circle at entering point. Nothing on the other side. The only problem they don't make that 120 gr. any longer. I haven't tried their 115 gr. bullet. </p><p>The little Rem. 721 with a 22" barrel It's is a 1/3 moa at a 100 yards. Under 3" at 500 yards. I use 52 gr. of MRP with Win Case, and Fed 210 primer in that 25/06. I have gotten great groups in several 25/06 rifle with that load. </p><p>Hunting for animals with a rifle now which includes Deer, Elk, Bear, I am using a 338 win mag. I changed several years ago to a bow. So I haven't done much rifle hunting except in Africa. </p><p>what I am wondering how much blood shot meat are people getting with these long range shots. </p><p></p><p>Mike</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Matteson, post: 1780292, member: 101791"] 6.5 or 264 is very good caliber for BC. If you are trying to reduce the recoil Non Mag's are the way to go. I do own a 65. x 55 and a 264 Win Mag. I generally use a Mag type of round. Have a Muzzle Brake put on. I hand loading to highest Vel. and the tightest groups. Them look at what it does to the animals next. What I do see is a lot talk about how the different rounds are or aren't going through the animal. I don't see how much the bullet are blooding shots the meat. If the round come unscrew hitting an animal. I don't use that round again. I haven't seem much in wound channels with that round. I have seen over 100 deer shot with 270 with a 130 gr. Sierra SpBT at about 3100 fps. Shot from almost any direction you think about. i seen the bullet cut 7 or 8 ribs, shoulder shot, heart shot, lung shot, liver shot and gut shot. Shots at close range and out 400 yards which was long shot. At that time we didn't have range finders, and didn't have much in scopes. I have seen several hundred deer go down in my time. The 270 with the 130 grain bullet did the lease amount of damage to the meat in the animal overall. Very little blood shot at any time. No matter what direction the round enter and left. Hitting what ever bones a long it's path. I use a 25/06 taking somewhere around 50 deer with it. I started out with a 100 gr. Nosler Partition. After taking my first deer with that 100 gr. It blood shot the entire left side of the animal. I put that box of bullets up and have never used them again. Change to a 120 SpBt Nosler. Under 80 yards there was some blood shot, but beyond that only about a 2" circle at entering point. Nothing on the other side. The only problem they don't make that 120 gr. any longer. I haven't tried their 115 gr. bullet. The little Rem. 721 with a 22" barrel It's is a 1/3 moa at a 100 yards. Under 3" at 500 yards. I use 52 gr. of MRP with Win Case, and Fed 210 primer in that 25/06. I have gotten great groups in several 25/06 rifle with that load. Hunting for animals with a rifle now which includes Deer, Elk, Bear, I am using a 338 win mag. I changed several years ago to a bow. So I haven't done much rifle hunting except in Africa. what I am wondering how much blood shot meat are people getting with these long range shots. Mike [/QUOTE]
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