Id like to hear any possible scenario where a 6.5 does anything far better in the hunting fields to say...500 yards.
Easy - the 6.5s have higher sectional density and thus better penetration on big game starting at the muzzle. You don't have to get to any distance to see the benefit of shooting a 6.5 over a .270. Load up the 160gr .264 Weldcore, and you've got one of the best big game bullets on the planet and there's no .277 equivalent usable in factory rifles.
Yeah, so what? The .270 will still kill anything the 6.5 will, as a practical matter, at the ranges most folks shoot (under 400 yards). That's what it's all about, anyway. Will it kill your critter at the distances most folks shoot? Yes it will, end of story. End of argument, period. A few BC points here or there, or SD points, don't matter a bit. Good bullet construction is what counts, and being smart enough to shoot within the distances you can make a good hit. Anything else is just bullcrap.
You can roll a turd in peanuts, dip it in chocolate, and it still ain't no damn Baby Ruth.
