Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Velocity!!! How important is it?

I tend to load heavy for caliber bullets at whatever charge gives me the best accuracy within 100 fps or so of max. In most of my hunting calibers, that gets me in the 2700-2900 fps range.

So for the .25-06 Rem I use 115 or 120 grain bullets, .270 Win gets the 150 grainers, the 7mm Rem Mag 175s, the .30-'06 180s, etc...

I'm not a fan of big game hunting with light for caliber bullets screaming out of a barrel at 3,100+ fps.

Now varmints, that's a different story.....