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<blockquote data-quote="swampratt" data-source="post: 3732209" data-attributes="member: 15054"><p>Here is a great read on that 6.8 Western.</p><p>It really does not look too bad and if I was gunless it may be on my list.</p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.shootingtimes.com/editorial/68-western-short-action-277-caliber-cartridge/393061[/URL]</p><p></p><p>But I am not and my 30-06 is plenty and I would hate to have to handload for another caliber.</p><p>That would mean more components and more dies and bullets and powders.</p><p></p><p> I have some pipelines I hunt and I have taken the 30-06 and the .308 and at 500 yards both stay under 5" groups and I can put them where I want them.</p><p>Now remember this high BC bullets are nice on paper but they need to be devastating on game.</p><p>At very long distances that bullet may be moving too slow to expand much and shock or trauma will be minimal.</p><p></p><p>I have had bullets that penciled through deer and even through the heart.</p><p>Those deer take off like a rocket and can go well over 500 yards before they pile up.</p><p></p><p>Just ask some people here that have tracked deer.</p><p>Miles.</p><p></p><p>I like to hunt and get closer.</p><p>But for pigs or coyotes I do not mind taking long shots.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="swampratt, post: 3732209, member: 15054"] Here is a great read on that 6.8 Western. It really does not look too bad and if I was gunless it may be on my list. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.shootingtimes.com/editorial/68-western-short-action-277-caliber-cartridge/393061[/URL] But I am not and my 30-06 is plenty and I would hate to have to handload for another caliber. That would mean more components and more dies and bullets and powders. I have some pipelines I hunt and I have taken the 30-06 and the .308 and at 500 yards both stay under 5" groups and I can put them where I want them. Now remember this high BC bullets are nice on paper but they need to be devastating on game. At very long distances that bullet may be moving too slow to expand much and shock or trauma will be minimal. I have had bullets that penciled through deer and even through the heart. Those deer take off like a rocket and can go well over 500 yards before they pile up. Just ask some people here that have tracked deer. Miles. I like to hunt and get closer. But for pigs or coyotes I do not mind taking long shots. [/QUOTE]
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