JimTom wrote:Don’t cross 6.5CM off your list mate. I would recommend doing a bit of research on it as a cartridge. 6.5mm a great calibre.
If I had to get rid of all but one of my rifles, the 6.5CM is the one I would keep, and no I am not a trendy, Manbun wearing, cock loving, hipster. I just find it a great cartridge and the fact I own it in a Sako, makes it even better I suppose.
SCJ429 wrote:Check out this thread and around post 15 they talk about their experiences with Tikka.
http://forum.accurateshooter.com/thread ... l.3995745/
Stu222 wrote:308 all day.
flutch wrote:270 eats the 308 for breakfast, faster, flatter and dont listen to the crap about there being no projies for it, its all garbage, great gun, probably one of the best hunting cartridges ever made.
308 are ok too, but theyre lazy in comparison, and tbh screw having to guess bullet drop when you can just point and click instead.
Archie wrote:
You have to wonder though, whether at practical hunting ranges in most Australian conditions, whether the drop actually means anything. For a similar bullet weight out to 2-300m it doesnt make a lot of difference for most game that you would be hunting with those calibers. Different of course if you are comparing the lighter side of the 270 projectiles vs the heavier side of 308s - 135gr vs 170gr for example.
300m+ shots I acknowledge its a different thing but for most people those are rare (and probably that's a good thing, given what the accuracy of the majority of shooters is like under field conditions at those ranges, regardless of caliber choice. Some are fine to land in the kill zone reliably, most aren't). I don't have a big care either way but I tend to find that, shooting 165gr in a 308 zeroed to 200m, anything inside 250m is still basically point and click.
https://www.snipercountry.com/wp-conten ... 08-Win.png
flutch wrote:
and cant speak for everyone else, but where I am shots over that distance are very common.
Archie wrote:
What are the circumstances though where you are getting more downrange energy out of a .270 vs 30-06 though?
Oldbloke wrote:IMO Out to 220mtrs its spliting hairs. 2" will make no differences if its a pig or goat sized animal.
flutch wrote:... ... ...
308 are ok too, but theyre lazy in comparison, and tbh screw having to guess bullet drop when you can just point and click instead.
the collector wrote:.308
used by military world wide
RoginaJack wrote:SCJ429.. then could you explain why we and other NATO countries are using a 5.56mm round and "dare to be different", that is the problem.
RoginaJack wrote:SCJ429.. then could you explain why we and other NATO countries are using a 5.56mm round and "dare to be different", that is the problem.
the collector wrote:.308
used by military world wide
RoginaJack wrote:SCJ429.. then could you explain why we and other NATO countries are using a 5.56mm round and "dare to be different", that is the problem.