01-30-2023, 02:39 PM
It took awhile, but I finally ran the .243 through the age old formules and here is the same chart with the results: (Note the correction on the 6mm ARC, it was misplotted.)
Outside of the range of 200 yards to 210 yards, where it is either going too fast (meat destruction) or lacks penetrating power (>1300 ft/sec for elk), the .243 is a P.O.S. cartridge and caliber. This is nothing new. I was told that as an adolescent in the 1960's. This chart is just a metaphor for what has been known all along, the 6mm (.243) is not a caliber to be hunting big game with. What was Hornaday thinking when they brought the 6mm ARC out as the panacea for all hunting needs? What are our sporting good suppliers thinking when they dropped the Grendel for the ARC?
If this mindless, erroneous propaganda continues, and it well, the 6.5 Grendel will soon be dead. This winter we have travelled 5,000+ miles, visited 5 gun shows and 20+ gun stores. During that time I bought every grendel that I encountered, a total of three, and one of these was from Gun Brokers. This is commercial warfare, and your forum is the front lines.[ATTACH=CONFIG]19475[/ATTACH]
Outside of the range of 200 yards to 210 yards, where it is either going too fast (meat destruction) or lacks penetrating power (>1300 ft/sec for elk), the .243 is a P.O.S. cartridge and caliber. This is nothing new. I was told that as an adolescent in the 1960's. This chart is just a metaphor for what has been known all along, the 6mm (.243) is not a caliber to be hunting big game with. What was Hornaday thinking when they brought the 6mm ARC out as the panacea for all hunting needs? What are our sporting good suppliers thinking when they dropped the Grendel for the ARC?
If this mindless, erroneous propaganda continues, and it well, the 6.5 Grendel will soon be dead. This winter we have travelled 5,000+ miles, visited 5 gun shows and 20+ gun stores. During that time I bought every grendel that I encountered, a total of three, and one of these was from Gun Brokers. This is commercial warfare, and your forum is the front lines.[ATTACH=CONFIG]19475[/ATTACH]