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would 160 round nose in new 6.5 Weatherby Mag work for Elk?
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<blockquote data-quote="HARPERC" data-source="post: 1261129" data-attributes="member: 30671"><p>Not necessarily,</p><p></p><p>Most if not all the early smokeless military cartridges made their bones using, long, heavy for caliber, round nose bullets. 8mm=225 grain bullets, .303=215, 30-40 Krag, 30-06 = 220, 8mm=225, 7mm=175, 6.5=156 .256=160. Mostly FMJ's, when they were phased out and shipped out to civilians around the world, the surplus ammo also went. </p><p></p><p>Some were used as is, some filed, drilled or notched the tip to improve expansion. The as is .256 is famous for braining elephants in it's unaltered form.</p><p></p><p>My guess is the 160 Hornady you're looking for, driven at the velocity, the 6.5 Weatherby can provide will give you at best erratic terminal results, very dependent on what range (impact velocity) you use them at. </p><p></p><p>The more modern controlled expansion bullets, will generally yield good results over a wider range of impact velocities, and the heavier offerings will (given the same construction) penetrate deeper than the lighter bullets in the same class.</p><p></p><p>Norma has a decent site for explaining their bullets performance expectation.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HARPERC, post: 1261129, member: 30671"] Not necessarily, Most if not all the early smokeless military cartridges made their bones using, long, heavy for caliber, round nose bullets. 8mm=225 grain bullets, .303=215, 30-40 Krag, 30-06 = 220, 8mm=225, 7mm=175, 6.5=156 .256=160. Mostly FMJ's, when they were phased out and shipped out to civilians around the world, the surplus ammo also went. Some were used as is, some filed, drilled or notched the tip to improve expansion. The as is .256 is famous for braining elephants in it's unaltered form. My guess is the 160 Hornady you're looking for, driven at the velocity, the 6.5 Weatherby can provide will give you at best erratic terminal results, very dependent on what range (impact velocity) you use them at. The more modern controlled expansion bullets, will generally yield good results over a wider range of impact velocities, and the heavier offerings will (given the same construction) penetrate deeper than the lighter bullets in the same class. Norma has a decent site for explaining their bullets performance expectation. [/QUOTE]
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