To make it a bit more clear.


Elevation
........6.5/147....7mm/150.....7mm/162

300......-7.6.......-6.2.........-7.7
400......-21.7.....-17.8........-21.9
500......-42.8.....-35.5........-43.2
600......-71.4.....-60.2........-72.4
700......-108.4....-92.6........-109.9

Wind - 10 mph at 90 deg

.......6.5/147....7mm/150.....7mm/162
300......4.3..........4.7...........4.5
400......8.0..........8.4...........8.3
500......12.8.........13.6.........13.4
600......18.7.........20.3.........19.7
700......26.0.........28.4.........27.3



To make it more clear. All bullets are Hornady ELD (match) or ELDX (hunting).

To address your recoil comment, I threw in a 7mm-08 shooting a 162 ELD match to even the playing field - 6.5 match bullet against 0.284 match bullet both running at 2700. The 6.5 does crush the 0.284 running similar cartridges - 1.5" on elie, 1.3" on windage at 700 yards.

I'm back to my orignal statement that you took exception to: a good 150/160 0.284 bullet is tough to beat for mountain hunting. Especially if hunting bullets are used.

Last edited by bwinters; 03/31/17.
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