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BC is NOT the holy grail of a hunting bullet..this is one of the most misconceived notions I know of


Ok woody, look at this way.

I can take a 260 Rem shooting a 130 Swift S2 .571 BC at 2,900 mv.

Burning 45 grains of powder in the 260, at 400 yards, I will be equal to a 264 Win Mag shooting a 130 TSX .365 BC at 3,300 mv
burning 70 grains of powder.

(with your load at 3,210, the 260 will be equal
to your 264 at 300 yards, at 350 it starts to pass it)

At 450 yards the 260 Rem shooting the higher BC Swift bullet overtakes the 264 Win Mag shooting the low BC 130 TSX.

260 Rem 450 yard velocity is 2,217
264 Win Mag 450 yard velocity is 2,186

The 264 win mag starts out 400 fps faster with far more recoil than the 260 Rem yet at 450 yards has less speed or IMPACT velocity.
On that note,
For proven fact, the X bullet needs impact velocity to work correctly on big game otherwise your results could be erratic.


I qualified my statement with this,
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would hinder any flat long range enthusiast.


Now maybe you're not a flat long range enthusiast.

If not and you like Barns bullets, you might as well shoot a 45-70.

The 6.5 IS a long range caliber and to shoot a low BC bullet in it is to defeat it's purpose.

(Although with heavy long 155's and 160's it can double as a great elk bullet in the thick.)







Last edited by SU35; 12/30/10.