TassieTiger wrote:in2anity wrote:TassieTiger wrote:in2anity wrote:II dunno, personally I'd be steering clear of 260 simply due to ammo/projectile availability. The other three - take your pick...
This is a confusing statement...projectile availability between 260 and 6.5 cm?? Hi
And Brass is easier to find for 260 than cm - including lapua in my neighbourhood.
Look TBH I don't shoot a 260 or a CM - so I'm not in a position to ague the market nuances of brass/projectile availability between these two. But the vibe I get from everywhere I shoot is the CM is becoming ever increasingly popular, whereas I don't often hear of people selling the 260 these days... especially down the track, that's gotta stand for something right? (market economy and all that) I suppose my statement was anecdotal - if the 260 is truly cheaper and more convenient to run than the CM I stand corrected
I get your trying to promote a Calibre you obviously shoot, but 264” projectiles are the same 6.5s ? And you kinda were arguing market nuances by saying 260 projectiles are hard to get.
Maybe you should have written that it was a vibe...lol
but for at least where I am located, high end 6.5 CM factory rounds are insanely difficult to obtain.
SCJ429 wrote:You are going to end up with a 223 at some point, everyone does so why fight it.
When you want to go hunting T-Rex, swing past my place and I will loan you something.
SCJ429 wrote:The small primer pocket and flash hole seem to be part of the reason the PPC and 6BR are so accurate. They tried it in the 308 and the jury is still out as to whether it makes a difference. The one thing it does is leave a lot of brass around the primer pocket which stops the pocket loosening up as much when shooting high pressure loads.
TassieTiger wrote:Exactly agree...my barrel is 2.5 inches shy of OEM and apparently shoots faster than it did with the extra inches with certain loads...now as an appreciably well endowed male, I can appreciate both the short and fast and the long and slow but it all gets a bit confusing after a while...
marksman wrote:you can use that for a guide if you like but you may find your barrel will shoot faster or slower, but you wont know till you run it in and it settles down
better to go with accuracy and precision than speed for targets or for hunting as long as you go for shot placement where the animal will bang flop
fallow are not hard to put down but I still like a brain shot so we eat the whole animal with minimal waste
sounds like you are getting exited
marksman wrote::lol: I have missed but it's what my motivation is all about
bang flop and fill the freezer study the animal and you will see there is a time when it is best
marksman wrote:I would say that you may not be up to brain shooting because of your response
if you study the deer eating grass a bit more you will see that exactly when they lift there head to smell they pause and you shoot
there head is all over the place when feeding on the ground and they can drop there head very quickly from sniffing the air
did you get a good look at the eyes when you watched the deer, how the eyes move with the head as they drop there head is unbelievable
I do have to say that my gear is well and truthfully up to the job and so far I have been
but if I dont feel right about the shot I dont take it, I let them walk and feel just as lucky to have seen them