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Re: Flat shooting choice
[Re: GKelly]
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06/25/19 01:08 PM
06/25/19 01:08 PM
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Id go 300 win mag with a good quality high turret scope to dial in my dope over 300yards. A .308 is good out to 600yards with the right person behind the trigger possibly farther but I dont think it would be ethical to shoot at anything over 600 yards unless its shouting Allahu Akbar We'll the deer need to be ethical and come out closer
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Re: Flat shooting choice
[Re: Goatkiller]
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06/25/19 01:10 PM
06/25/19 01:10 PM
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R_H_Clark
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I got about 1200-1300 rounds out of the last 28 Nosler barrel I was shooting. I would say barrel life is a moot point between the cartridges in question with 26 Nosler (also a round that doesn't do anything something else could not already do) has worse. I got about 900 out of a 26 Nosler barrel.
I didn't think there was anything spectacular about either cartridge but I do like the Nosler rifles I have a couple and the oldest one I have is the best of the bunch... but the newer rifles are still very nice.
With accuracy loads I was only getting about 50fps more out of the 26 Nosler shooting 140's than I was out of the 6.5 SAUM, a.k.a. 6.5 Rocket. Just cause the 26 has the ability to sling a 140 an honest 3200 doesn't mean it shoots well over 3200. I've been running 3150 with 6.5 SAUM since about 2009-2010 timeframe. I didn't really see the awesomeness. Now they have introduced the 6.5 PRC. Out of those 3 I would pick the PRC. I think the PRC cartridges are about to be the next 6.5 Creedmoor in a popularity contest... but time will tell... it's a better idea/design IMO.
With a BDC reticle in your scope you can shoot 500 yards holding on hair with any of these three caliber choices and a whole lot of others. If deer are on the menu I would shoot a 6.5 at those distances with confidence.
I know y'all want to fiddle with dialing a scope since that's what the cool kids are doing but "Just Say No" when it comes to your hunting rifles. Just try to get a little closer to your game otherwise if you can't get within 500 yards of a doe maybe Golf or Tennis are always an option.
You get what I was saying before. it's not that something else might not do the same or even better but the PRC is designed to be optimal within a certain parameter that fits a need like longer range deer. Another might be faster but burn more powder and barrels for a basically useless gain.
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Re: Flat shooting choice
[Re: mauvilla]
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06/25/19 01:42 PM
06/25/19 01:42 PM
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Goatkiller
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Either side of 100fps is a fool's errand. It goes like this.... if a .300 WBY mag isn't fast enough you can always shoot a 165 grain in a .30-378 @ 3400. And so on.
I think the PRC cartridges are going to go big. If you are looking for the latest and greatest within a balanced design, there it is IMO.
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Re: Flat shooting choice
[Re: Goatkiller]
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06/25/19 02:57 PM
06/25/19 02:57 PM
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Either side of 100fps is a fool's errand. It goes like this.... if a .300 WBY mag isn't fast enough you can always shoot a 165 grain in a .30-378 @ 3400. And so on.
I think the PRC cartridges are going to go big. If you are looking for the latest and greatest within a balanced design, there it is IMO.
You can get within a step of 3400 FPS with 165 grain bullets in a 300 Weatherby. I push 168 Barnes bullets outta mine at 3300 FPS and could get more if I wanted, just found that accuracy was good at that speed and didn't want to try for more.
Dying ain't much of a living boy...Josey Wales
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Re: Flat shooting choice
[Re: Frankie]
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06/25/19 05:41 PM
06/25/19 05:41 PM
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Bad thing about a lot of it is cost per box of ammo . Paying 80 bucks for a box of shell is some thing I ait gonna do . I'll stick with my 7mag they about 30 a box Do you kill deer at over 500 with those $30 a box loads?
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Re: Flat shooting choice
[Re: mauvilla]
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06/25/19 05:51 PM
06/25/19 05:51 PM
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No. They just bounce right off of them.
Quietly killing turkeys where youre not!!! My tank full of give a fraks been runnin on empty I'm the paterfamilias
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Re: Flat shooting choice
[Re: R_H_Clark]
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06/25/19 06:44 PM
06/25/19 06:44 PM
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Bad thing about a lot of it is cost per box of ammo . Paying 80 bucks for a box of shell is some thing I ait gonna do . I'll stick with my 7mag they about 30 a box Do you kill deer at over 500 with those $30 a box loads? Sure have , with a 270 also .. in my life time I've shot all kinds and brands of ammo , I'll stay with the about 30 bucks a box for shells ..
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Re: Flat shooting choice
[Re: 257wbymag]
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06/25/19 07:01 PM
06/25/19 07:01 PM
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No. They just bounce right off of them. Why I went to a 7mag . on the 270 the hide on the other side caught the bullet and blood trail was bad
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Re: Flat shooting choice
[Re: mauvilla]
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06/25/19 09:08 PM
06/25/19 09:08 PM
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I’m only gonna say it once.... .243.
“Killing tomorrow’s trophies today.”
On the distance I like to walk to my stands: “The first 100 yards is also the last 100 yards.”
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Re: Flat shooting choice
[Re: 257wbymag]
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06/25/19 09:26 PM
06/25/19 09:26 PM
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No. They just bounce right off of them. I've just found that only my reloads are consistent enough or whatever it took to be accurate enough at longer ranges, No doubt any of those calibers with factory ammo will kill one if you hit him.
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Re: Flat shooting choice
[Re: mauvilla]
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06/25/19 09:52 PM
06/25/19 09:52 PM
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I’d go with a 30-378 weatherby, shoot a 200 grain or more and you have the answer. Maybe a 30 Nosler for seconds.
Last edited by Reloader79; 06/25/19 09:52 PM.
If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.
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Re: Flat shooting choice
[Re: Frankie]
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06/25/19 09:55 PM
06/25/19 09:55 PM
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There's no beating a nozler patrician . Imo
But dead is dead Is the Patrician a new Nozler offering? 🥴
If I agreed with you, we'd both be wrong.
Bluetick serpentines around green fields and rock spit a lease
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Re: Flat shooting choice
[Re: mauvilla]
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06/25/19 10:03 PM
06/25/19 10:03 PM
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257wbymag
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Yes they’re in the blue box
Quietly killing turkeys where youre not!!! My tank full of give a fraks been runnin on empty I'm the paterfamilias
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Re: Flat shooting choice
[Re: Reloader79]
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06/25/19 10:25 PM
06/25/19 10:25 PM
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Frankie
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There's no beating a nozler patrician . Imo
But dead is dead Is the Patrician a new Nozler offering? 🥴 Spell check got me on my phone . . I figure most here can figure it out ,,,, sorry !!!!
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Re: Flat shooting choice
[Re: R_H_Clark]
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06/25/19 10:36 PM
06/25/19 10:36 PM
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Frankie
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No. They just bounce right off of them. I've just found that only my reloads are consistent enough or whatever it took to be accurate enough at longer ranges, No doubt any of those calibers with factory ammo will kill one if you hit him. I was never that picky if I could stay on a foot x two foot target I was happy . I never worry about driving nails I just kill deer .
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Re: Flat shooting choice
[Re: AC870]
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06/25/19 11:07 PM
06/25/19 11:07 PM
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Frankie
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I’m only gonna say it once.... .243.
Horaday made a 100gr light mag that tracked right with the 7 mag . I wish I had bought 20 boxs back when. I bought my nephew a rem 243 that would shoot hole in hole at a 100 with them
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