Have you hear or read anything about the 6BR or any variant of that cartridge? It is a very inherently accurate cartridge/s. World record set at that. Short powder columns and 30° + shoulder angles do make a difference in accuracy. Shooting the 6BR or variant, once you have you realize just how crazy the accuracy is.
Now that is flat out impressive!
Amazing! What power scope is used to see that "X" at 1,000 yards?
Maybe cause you drink Bundy and own a .243? LOL
People use anything from 25 to 80X, the thing about higher power scopes. You pick up mirage, you have to back way off to see the target clearly. Lots of things will come into play with mirage on top of that, heat off the barrel, humidity, how wet the ground is, how hard the sun has been beating on the ground, how hight you are about the ground, and I'm sure atleast another couple dozen conditions.
Someone talking down to hunting sa again. Was thinking about elephant and buff in zin next year but I’ll just go back to sa.
I’m somewhat confused by your statement. I have a 6.5x55 Swede, a 7mm-08 and a 270Win, does that mean I don’t understand the usefulness and limitations of a thin 140 grain bullet traveling between 2800 and 3000fps because I don’t own a 6.5CM? Of course not, it would be absurd to think otherwise. The performance of the 6.5CM is not new to the hunting and shooting communities, its just a new package. The 6.5CM is a modern version of the original 6.5x55 Swede. The old Swede has been used to take Moose in Europe for the last 120 years, but just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should. Very few, if anyone on AH would disagree that a 6.5CM using a well-constructed bullet with proper shot placement wouldn’t kill every PG animal in Africa, but only a very small percentage would recommend it. I’m a gun guy and know a lot about firearms, ballistics, and hunting, one of the first things I learned on AH was that there are a lot of people on this site who know a lot more than I do. Instead of shouting “What do you know you don’t even own a CM” you would be wise read, understand, and learn from the observations and recommendations of experienced hunters here on AH. I joined AH in my fifties and posters like Phil Glass, Redleg, Rookhawk, One-day, Velo-Dog, Hunter-Habib, Bob Nelson 35Whelen, IVW and may others have changed the way I hunt and the firearms I use. I don’t agree with everything they post but I pay a lot of attention to what they have to say because they have the knowlage and experience to back up.
Very well put.
I’d hardly interpret that post as talking down to South Africa, especially since I think he’s referencing the South African hunt he organized. South Africa does have areas that are better suited to long range hunting that other countries simply don’t have. An example being the Karoo, a person could wait for or plan out perfect shot opportunities from perfect shooting platforms on large numbers of blesbok, springbok, black wildebeest, etc at long range. Simply a fact.
He did say or you could go to sa and shoot from the truck for better shot placement for using 65cm.
And you can! He did write it differently than that.
Well said. I will still take the results over real world, actual use and experience over someone's opinion. Without actual use it's just that, and opinion, supposition, etc. If a guy's never killed anything with a 6.5CM, 7-08, or whatever, then I personally won't give it much credence. YMMV.
Absolutely! Not long ago it seems every name in the arms industry was Valkyrie this, that, or the other
264 Creedmoor sounds even better IMO
