Those guys who want to shoot extra long range ought to dump their pee shooters and get a real gun:
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All those shooters who think they are going to shoot the center of a quarter out at 1000 yards need to go down to CMP Talladega and show that they can keep all their shots in the ten ring, if not the X ring, at 600 yards.
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I promise you, the Rangemasters have heard it all before. Guys who buy real expensive rigs and can't hold the black at 300 yards, so they won't let them spray the countryside at 600 yards. Six hundred yards is a long way out there, and 1000 yards is a lot more. My recollection, the bullet drop (308) from 300 to 600 yards is 12 MOA, and it is a further 24 MOA from 600 to 1000. I remember being squadded with a 1000 yard Wimbleton Cup winner, and at 1000 yards, before the relay started, we wondered about all those great internet sniper dudes who regularly shoot inside the X ring at that distance. We, being sling shooters, are outrageously happy if we just hit the black first shot. And this is with rifles and ammunition with established zero's on that firing line, at that distance.
All that ballistic blah,blah you read, about the superiority of the ballistics of one round over another, that is gunwriter talk. These guys are paid to push product. If you can't hit the target, because your shooting skills are awful, it does not matter what ballistic coefficient you are using. Equipment will not compensate for poor shooting skills. And if you are good enough, you will have a very good idea of the limitations of your rig, and what shots you should or should not take.
In my opinion, the 6.5 Creedmoor is an excellent target round. That was what it was designed for. It has only been in the last 20 years that we finally got outstanding target bullets in the 6.5 mm. The caliber always had the potential, but for some reason, bullet makers were slow in introducing good bullets. I have asked those who have one, how far they take their barrels before the throat is eroded away,. Generally, if you can take a 6.5 barrel to 2000 rounds, you are doing good. I have heard of 2700 round life, I think the guy was shooting reduced loads out to 300 yards, then full power beyond that. Target shooters took their 308 Win barrels around 5000 rounds, generally the things got squirrely when the throat erosion gaged above a three. I have had them gage a three around 4300-4500 rounds. You could clean the 300 yard target, but at 600 yards, the barrel would not cluster, then, you would get leakers. I of course, blamed the barrel. (It could not have been me!)
I have a 6.5 Swede. It can do everything the 6.5 Creedmoor does and at less pressure.
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I have got excellent zero's out to 300 yards with the thing. Last time I tried to see what it would do at 600 yards, with this rifle
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I ran out of elevation on the scope. That is also something the 2000 yard shooters don't mention. If you want to shoot 1000 yards, you better have a 20 MOA scope mount.
You know, the 6.5 caliber military cartridges all made their names with 160 grain bullets. I don't know anyone shooting 160 grain bullets, but they ought to make an outstanding hunting bullet. They would be very long and if they expanded, they would still have a fair amount of weight to drive through an animal.