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05-12-2009, 13:49 #1
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Varminting in Nieu Zealand
Check out this shot. Taken with a Blaser 6.5 - 284. Watch how the camera zooms out after the shot. happy0065
http://www.youtube.com/v/gCan3XwOdfw..._US&fs=1&rel=0
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05-12-2009, 17:33 #2
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Re: Varminting in Nieu Zealand
that is seriously impressive, what would the lightest bullet be which i could effectively load in my 30-06 in an effort to duplicate the ballistics of those light fast calibres?
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05-12-2009, 21:27 #3
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Re: Varminting in Nieu Zealand
The closest you can get to that would be with an SP bullet which is not really a hunting bullet, so you would be restricted to varminting.
If you look at the facts behind that shot, it was taken with a 95gr HV (hunting) bullet with a bc of .390. It runs at about 3500fps because it is pushed from a case that has 66gr case capacity. To duplicate that trajectory and wind drift in a 30 calibre will take a 150gr HV (bc is the same), going at 3500fps. That can only be done with a 30-378 Weatherby with a case capacity of 133gr.
With the case capacity of a 30-06 (68gr water), if you use a 137gr SP bullet with a bc of just over .500 and a speed of around 3200/3300 you will get close though. For hunting, close and far, the 150gr HV will surprise you.
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05-12-2009, 21:29 #4
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Re: Varminting in Nieu Zealand
No idea; but I built a 6.5 - 06 for a customer that he uses to head shoot springbuck out to 500m, using 139gr bullets. Some serious medicine that.
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05-12-2009, 21:58 #5
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Re: Varminting in Nieu Zealand
Gunsports - that 6,5 - 06 must eat barrels!
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05-12-2009, 22:16 #6
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Dave,
Not necessarily, I have a 224 hot rod that is pushing 3000 shots and it is still ok. It has shot HV bullets almost exclusively. The drive bands and coating help a lot to cut down on throat erosion.
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06-12-2009, 10:25 #7
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Re: Varminting in Nieu Zealand
Gunsports - that 6,5 - 06 must eat barrels!
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