04-01-2023, 07:16 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!!
me and kids shot 3 Alberta whitetails at 300, 355 and 420 yards with 16" barrel grendel, the 420 mature doe dropped on the spot, the 355 young doe did a 40 yard dash, the 300 (150 class mature buck) did a 50 yard dash, 1800 fps impact velocity at 420 yards at our elevation with hornady black, no contest for deer, the 420 yard deer was quartering, did 15" penetration and front of chest to mid rib cage exited and took off the stuff atop the heart, a moose or elk won't take that bullet from a 16" in the ribs at 400 yards...so there's that, tell your buddy that there's no replacement for placement, and that you don't get to blame the gun or cartridge or bullet when you're shooting way more than enough of all three lol, that's all on him lol