02-28-2014, 06:16 PM
Drifter Wrote:If a 200-yard deer killer is the goal, the 223 is surprisingly effective (with appropriate bullets).
For 300 yards, the 6.8 works nicely.
The appeal of any 6.5mm cartridge is high-BC bullets, which increase effective range as both a hunting and target round.
Everyone seems to agree that a higher MV (without hot-rodding) is desirable for hunting applications, but it appears that bullet construction and design (and the degree in which BC is sacrificed) is where opinions seem to vary.
I'm not holding my breath for a new bullet offering when there seems to be no clear-cut answer, as I doubt that a bullet manufacturer will commit resources to something new when it might appeal to only a relatively small percentage of potential buyers.
But no harm I suppose in discussing our wish lists...
I am not saying a high bc is a bad thing I am just saying people tend to get hung up on bc when inside of 300 yards it's just a number and doesn't have all that much effect on the bullet flight for hunting purposes beyond 300 yeah it starts becoming very important and if starting with a fresh bullet why not get as high a bc as reasonable and preferably get a lower expansion velocity if you copy the 123 amax profile in a monolithic with an expansion threshold of 1300fps that would probably be just about ideal for the Grendel
That said 90% of hunting happens inside 200 yards....
Punctuation is for the weak....