Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles 257 Roy can still spank the 6.5 Creedmoor

I decided to do a bit of math and found the old 257 can still whoop the Fadmoor!



I determined for each the odds of killing a deer at 300 yards with the following parameters:








And the result?



Creedmoor was snatched. Doing pretty good for a 70-year-old cartridge.

(the results may change if you own a laser rangefinder and are allowed to use it in season)