The fact remains.Not all, in some states, caliber restrictions prevent you from using .22 caliber bullets for some types of hunting.
The fact remains.Not all, in some states, caliber restrictions prevent you from using .22 caliber bullets for some types of hunting.
I dont think so.Hit a deer at 300yrds, the difference in 60grns and 120 becomes very clear.
"with the .270win which has already been fading in popularity in the last two generations, and its parent case is an obscure, obsolete cartridge"
The .30-'06 is obscure and obsolete?
@DannyLandrum - the 6.8’s parent case is obsolete and obscure.
.30-06 really isn’t doing so well these days itself, for that matter.
And the motivations of one particular manufacturer aren’t good guidance of overall market penetration. Lots of manufacturers have lots of reasons for launching the products they launch, not all of them are accurate reads of the current market.
I dont think so.
I would take the 300 yd accuracy of a 60gr. Partition launched at 3000 fps over a light for caliber and slow 120gr. 277 launching at only 2550 any day.
Having taken game for over a decade with the 60 partition, there’s nothing that I would call “accurate” about what it does at 300yrds compared to a 120 SST or 110 Barnes in the 6.8.
Don’t confuse velocity with accuracy or precision.
Check your penetration efficiency as well - the SD for the 60 Partition is only 0.171, to the 120 SST’s 0.223.
This comparison ain’t a thought experiment for me - I’ve been taking deer and hogs with both in question long enough to know the difference in the field. Both will kill a deer at 300yrds, but one makes your legs tired afterward.
Do yourself a favor and put a 6.8 case right next to a 7.62X39 case and then you will see they really are the same thing
And here is another fact: That tiny little 100 gr. .243 Win. is way better than a 6.8, though not really in the world of AR's.Capacity, bullet weight, and velocity... Except one is shooting a bullet with a BC of .400 instead of .300, and an SD of .224 instead of .180...
60 partition or 120sst is of little consequence under ideal conditions. Put lead where it's intended and the critter shuts down quickly. The biggest thing I would consider between the two is what happens when a bullet fails to perform as intended. I hunt woods, and even in open country there is scrub brush here and there that animals use for cover. When you smack a small treelimb between you and the critter what does that bullet do? The answer is pretty wide open but the two best and most likely options are that the bullet deflects and is a clean miss, or it hits square enough to just punch through the limb shedding velocity and deforming. Worst case scenario is you poke a hole with a damaged bullet that doesn't expand. You have a .223 hole or a .277 hole. Which one bleeds out faster? Cross section of the .223 is about .04 inches where cross section of the .277 is as about .06 inches. Thats a significant difference in bleeding out and a significant difference in blood trail being left.