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How about 264 Win Mag for the 3rd. Use that as your light, super flat shooting rig for pdogs up to mulies, ... The above quote got me thinking... (always a dangerous thing...) Can anyone define the difference between flat shooting, really flat shooting and SUPER flat shooting? Just wondering...
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The amount of letters. Other than that it is a "in the eye of the beholder" type thing.
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.257 Roberts .25-06 .257 Weatherby Easy. 
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The difference is less than 50 yards of PBR.
Nothing is really flat shooting past 300 yards. Get a laser, a turret, learn your corrections, and rock on.....
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Thanks for clarifying fellows. Grasshopper, you stealing my lines? JK. The heading got my attention, and lo and behold, somebody quoted me. Go ahead, I can take the hits. 
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.257 Roberts .25-06 .257 Weatherby Easy. Obviously a Quarter bore whore....  I happen to totally agree ...Might be kinda a toss up between the 25/06 & the .257 AI... 
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The flattest shooting rifles i own are my 264 Win Mag, 240 Wby , and 25-06 and the King of Flat shooters is my 257 STW
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Kinda depends on how far... .408 Cheytac ain't no slouch. Of course .408 "Might" be a little large for P-dogs...Depends on how much you wanna spend to kill em...if money is no object...a tomohawk might work too...
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.257 Roberts .25-06 .257 Weatherby Easy. Funny I thought the same thing
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I'd say .257 AI, But I'm biased too.
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Flat shooting? Really flat shooting? If you insist and wind drift and barrel life be dam_ed then here are a few:
first off, I agree with Montana Marine...an accurate rifle with high BC bullet and turrets.
BUT if you insist:
257 STW with 100 or 85 gr bullets
7 RUM with 100 or 120 nos bt
257 Roy with 85 gr nos bt
6.5-weatherby wright hoyer with 85 or 100 gr bullets (300 weatherby necked down to 6.5)
30 Lazzaroni Warbird with a 125 nos bt
6mm/264 win mag with 75 gr bullets
Extreme performance, as flat as you can get but at a price. Short barrel life and frequent cleanings to prevent carbon like buildup that is impossible to remove if it gets too heavy.
Build the rifle with at least a 30" barrel.
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How about a 6.5STW,with 100gr. round going 4105fps,I'd say that would be super flat shooter
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Your letting me down fellas...What about the 7 and a 120 TSX
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The theoretical advantages of higher velocity decreases because higher velocity always goes with increased recoil and shorter barrel life. There is also the midrange trajectory problem. For big game hunting I don't like more than 3" or so. Given this, then muzzle velocity over 3200 does not gain much. Better to increase BC by going with a heavier bullet which minimizes the more difficult problem of wind drift.
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I'd say if you could combine a bc of .5 with 3500 fps at the muzzle, you'd be looking at a flat shooting rig.
But no matter how flat, or perhaps better stated less arched the trajectory, you have to use a laser for precise range and compensate with either turrets or a special reticle to precisely place shots at long range, i.e. past 400 yds.
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The difference is less than 50 yards of PBR.
Nothing is really flat shooting past 300 yards. Get a laser, a turret, learn your corrections, and rock on..... Pretty much sums it up..........most of the rest is just a lot of ballistic gymnastics, err, gack, err, whatever.. MM
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Grasshopper, How about a 22 CHeetah.40 degree.I spent years with it and seem to remember running a 52g Berger at around 4100.At 4100 you only needed 2.75 of up, to be on,at 400 yards from a 100 zero.Good accuracy with that kinda speed spells death for longish range vermin.I built more Cheetah rifles later on that I could run even faster, say just under 4300.That flattened it out even more. ![[Linked Image]](http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c90/dave7mm/2003_0612Image0023.jpg) and ![[Linked Image]](http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c90/dave7mm/2003_0612Image0020.jpg) It was loads of fun to play with.But the chucks didnt like me much. dave dave
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.257 Roberts .25-06 .257 Weatherby Easy. That WAS easy....
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The difference is less than 50 yards of PBR.
Nothing is really flat shooting past 300 yards. Get a laser, a turret, learn your corrections, and rock on..... Words of wisdom. Sounds like you've been down the barrel burning road also. LOL
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