Long distance flat trajectory
- Thread starter Shockwave001
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WHAT!!! No-one mentioned the 6.5 Creedmoor!?!? The caatridge of the new Century, the do all, kill everything, flat shoot'in cartridge ever built. OP, follow the sheep and you will find the flatest shooting cartridge........6.5 Creedmore. Bahhhh, Bahhhh, Bahhhh
pete dobinson
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Courtenay BC.
A 270 weatherby mag with 110 grain bullets will be flat at hunting ranges.
- Location
- Haliburton County, Central Ontario
A 270 WSM, sending a 130 grain bullet, is as flat shooting as anyone should need in 95% of hunting scenarios. Probably. Likely...
Oh Stop It, the Queen Ruger 375 will get all huffed out of place you keep mentioning that caliber.
Rob
Sorry but this is a pet peeve of mine.
There is no such thing as a "grain count". Grains are a unit of measurement. You wouldn't say, "larger ounce count" or "larger pound count" when referring to the weight of something would you? You want a caliber that uses heavier bullets.
Oh and to answer your question, bullet weight is not the most important factor to a flat trajectory. That would be much more a combination of velocity and ballistic coefficient.
Years ago I spent some time looking at BC charts and muzzle velocity data and discovered that the two factors both peaked at 6.5mm caliber. Thus the king of long range trajectory is gonna be the biggest 6.5m case you can find. There are other factors to consider but in terms of pure ballistic curve, this is the answer.
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Gravity is not negotiable.
But it is variable. My current flattest shooting rifle is a 7 stw. Pbr out to 400 yards with the right loads. - dan
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What do you consider Long Range ? Long range is a different number for everyone on any given day depending on conditions. Somedays shooting 100 yards off hand with a stiff wind could be long range. Other days it could be 500 yards with better conditions. LR shooting also requires a lot of trigger time.
The 284 Spruster. Never bested.
- Location
- Fraser Valley, B.C.
So based on some of the date posted and my personal choices of cartridges I’d love to own but need to right action for. I’d run a 28 nosler or 26 nosler. I believe vortex podcast nation did a podcast called “6 Mils to a Grand” which just sounds cool 
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You do realize that Chuck has been shooting 284's in various cartridges for an extremely long timelol.. now that you coming around and understand a bit
I'll add the cartridge
whoops .. you already know that
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