Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Long Range Hunting Is the 6.5 SAUM that much better than the 260?

I ran 139 Scenar's through JBM with a 1500 yard maximum, 10 mph 90 degree wind and selecting yardage just above 1116 fps, velocity for both estimated with a 24" barrel. About 20 grains more powder in the 6.5 SAUM.

260 @ 2775

Range Drop (in) Drop (MOA) Windage (MOA) Velocity

600 -0.0 -0.0 24.5 3.9 1886.7
1240 -428.4 -33.0 135.0 10.4 1126.2


6.5 SAUM @ 3100

Range Drop (in) Drop (MOA) Windage (MOA) Velocity

600 -0.0 -0.0 20.6 3.3 2151.5
1440 -561.5 -37.2 163.9 10.9 1118.9


For grins, 243 and 105 Amax @ 3000 and 1/2 the recoil of the 6.5 SAUM

Range Drop (in) Drop (MOA) Windage (MOA) Velocity

600 -0.0 -0.0 25.2 4.0 1961.8
1220 -380.1 -29.8 137.2 10.7 1121.1