was reading an article out of a March 2007 "Shooting Illistrated" titled "Elmer Keith was Right"
In the article, the 06 case was necked up or down from 6 mm to 375 caliber...6mm, 25 cal, 6.5mm, 270 cal, 7mm, 30 cal, 8mm, 338 Cal, 35 Cal and 375 caliber..
the most commonly used "heavy for caliber" bullets were used..
the 06 with a 180 spitzer was listed with an MV of 2900 fps...which most of us would considered hot..
although not the focus of the article, what I thought was interesting was a chart listing Muzzle energy, and then retained energy out to 300 yds...
also interesting was the drop of the bullet with a 2.5 inch at a 100yds zero...
the 06 with a 2900 fps MV, had ME of 3360 ft lbs... and at 300 yds ME was 2150...trajectory was 7 inches low at 300...
two surprising states to me, were the 338/06 with a 250 grainer having an MV of 2550 fps..
and then a 375/06 Whelen with a 300 grain Spitzer...
the 338/06 had ME of 3610,and retained 2565 of it at 300 yds, with a drop of 9.5 inches...
never using it myself, but it warrants a look see for Elk hunters...the 375/06 Whelen..
MV was 2500... ME was 4165 ft/lbs... at 300 yds retained energy was a whopping 2860 ft/lbs and the trajectory drop was 9.5 inches once again..
ya get those big bullets moving, they don't give up much momentum as they fly away from the muzzle..
with Stats like the 375/06 I am surprised you don't see and hear about a lot more guys carrying those for elk hunting..
even my 338/06 looks pretty lethal, with a 250 grainer and an MV of 2400 or 2500 fps.. for about anything ya might wanna hunt..
