03-31-2023, 01:18 PM
Mark611 Wrote:Well, just 1 story, my buddy shot 3 deer walking down a fence line at about 100yds to 150yds using a 16'' barrel 6.5GRR with 123gn Hornady SST's, he claims to have had good shot placement, and he was not impressed with the performance of this combo! claimed 1 of the deer ran a long ways off before he found it! IMO 16 '' of barrel was not enough to give the performance for that bullet IMO!!
A 16" barrel gives plenty of velocity for that bullet at that range and it performs great when put where it's supposed to be.
I'm more confused about how 3 deer stood there that close to allow him to shoot them? I would think after the first one gets shot the other two would run, which would make "good shot placement" much more difficult....