Thank goodness Coyote Hunter set me straight, I hunt Elk from 8-12,000’
I almost traded my ‘06 in for a pair of tennis shoes at the police buy back
I have a browning a-bolt Boss w a 20” barrel and a suppressor screwed on instead of the BOSS
Shoots hornady 165 grain 3/4” group hot barrel cold barrel dirty barrel whatever, I could mess w the BOSS settings and maybe get it tighter
2900fps factory load
I was looking at the 6.5cm 143g and they are talking 2650 out of a 20”, factory threaded barrels seem to be 18”, slower yet
Based on coyote hunters calcs, the short barrel suppressed 6.5cm is good to 300y?
I think I will hang on to the 25y old ‘06 and pay cash for the gym shoes
Btw - I shot an Elk between the eyes at 440y last year with this set up
