6.5 caliber resales
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Depends on the bullet you pick. Hunting softpoint with terminal ballistics to drop Bullwinkle, extreme-low-drag bullet for paper targets way out there, or cheap ones for plinking. Nothing says they can't all fit the same chamber.
Aye.
The Accubonds, Partitions, TSX, TTSX, Terminal Ascent, Interlock and other great hunting bullets don't *know* that they are being loaded into "a cartridge designed for target shooting"
So if we don't tell them, they'll keep on merrily taking game just like they always have from 6.5mm cartridges of near exactly the same velocity...or less lol.
Can’t see how that’s relevant. Matching your projectile to your quarry is pretty basic stuff, regardless of the chambering.
25-06, 257wby, 270win, 308 and so on
If you can not see the difference in shooting a target (paper/steel) than a 400 pound animal is not ethical at all in my book
in that case, would all 6.5mm cartridges of similar or lesser performance be unethical hunting rounds for 400 lb animals then?
I really don't see where the question of ethics come into this at all. A bullet doesn't care what its headstamp says. Or what the design of the case is. Its a bullet capable of hunting the animal in question, at a suitable velocity or it is not.
Really not seeing the part that says I am unethical or a bad hunter for hunting big game with a 6.5 CM. At all. The same would have to go for 6.5x55, 260 Rem, certainly 6.5x54 MS, etc.
140 grain nosler partition bullet in .264 has a higher SD than a 180 grain. 308 nosler partition.
At around 2800 fps I don't see how a 6.5 bullet s inferior to a .308 180 grain bullet shot from a 308Win
Or even a 30.06
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If a moose drops in it's tracks, it's because the point of impact was a CNS or large shoulder bone hit, not because of what cartridge is used.
Yup. My experience has been that you better reload quickly.
Mine too.
I've generally slapped more than one good 30-06 bullet through their vitals if they gave me time to. Usually did. Don't seem to have that "running like lightning" thing deer do at the shot.
Including with a 30-06 if its not a CNS shot lol
That makes very little sense. Your test would eliminate 6.5x55, 7.62x54r, 30-06, .308, 8x57 and so on, as these are cartridges designed for military use. All of them are or were used for paper punching at various times, and most still are used for target work. I use all the ones I mentioned, plus a few more for shooting gongs, paper and some I've used for hunting live game. How do I figure out which ones I can ethically use for live game? All this time I've been happily shooting whatever. Can you list the cartridges that were specifically designed for hunting and are not to be used for target work?
I am one of those constantly reminding people that the Creedmoor was in fact designed as an across a National Course round, but it certainly does cross over to hunting, as do most cartridges designed for targets.
The 30'06, 308 ,6.5x55 Swede, 8mmMauser, 45/70, are just a few cartridges designed for the Military that shine as big game hunting cartridges .
The 6mmBR. 708 , 260 Remingron and 6 Dasher were also designed as target cartridges but are used quite a bit for hunting. cartridges
As far as resales go, like I stated earlier, I don't see anymore 6.5 caliber cartridges than say 30's for sale .
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