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<blockquote data-quote="mnoland30" data-source="post: 2683028" data-attributes="member: 29323"><p>Unless you're hunting on horseback, a light rifle is what you want for the mountains. The older you get, the more truth there is in that statement. A light rifle and heavy bullets means recoil. I've shot braked rifles and stood too close to others using them, and will never own one. With today's bullets, people are easily killing elk with 6.5, .277, and 7mm bullets. I dropped one in its tracks with a 7mm 168 gr. Berrger VLD going 2500 fps. on impact using my 6-1/2 lb. 7mm WSM. A joy to carry, and a hammer on the other end. It may take serious money to get into precision reloading, but I can load ammo that will out perform factory ammo using my Lee Hand Press while sitting on my Lazy Boy watching television. I'm a big believer in high sectional density bullets. Even a fairly explosicve bullet with a high SD will usually exit. And high SD goes along with high BC, so it arrives with more energy and velocity. When I was choosing my caliber, I looked at bullet weights BCs and SDs. I believe that within reason, terminal performance is similar when sectional density is comparable. </p><p></p><p>Caliber Grains G1 BC G7 BC SD </p><p>6.5 143 .625 .315 .293 ELDX</p><p>.277 160 .434 .298 Partition</p><p>.277 170 .662 .339 .317 Berger EOL</p><p>7mm 168 .618 .316 .298 Berger VLD</p><p>.308 200 .597 .301 .301 ELDX</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mnoland30, post: 2683028, member: 29323"] Unless you're hunting on horseback, a light rifle is what you want for the mountains. The older you get, the more truth there is in that statement. A light rifle and heavy bullets means recoil. I've shot braked rifles and stood too close to others using them, and will never own one. With today's bullets, people are easily killing elk with 6.5, .277, and 7mm bullets. I dropped one in its tracks with a 7mm 168 gr. Berrger VLD going 2500 fps. on impact using my 6-1/2 lb. 7mm WSM. A joy to carry, and a hammer on the other end. It may take serious money to get into precision reloading, but I can load ammo that will out perform factory ammo using my Lee Hand Press while sitting on my Lazy Boy watching television. I'm a big believer in high sectional density bullets. Even a fairly explosicve bullet with a high SD will usually exit. And high SD goes along with high BC, so it arrives with more energy and velocity. When I was choosing my caliber, I looked at bullet weights BCs and SDs. I believe that within reason, terminal performance is similar when sectional density is comparable. Caliber Grains G1 BC G7 BC SD 6.5 143 .625 .315 .293 ELDX .277 160 .434 .298 Partition .277 170 .662 .339 .317 Berger EOL 7mm 168 .618 .316 .298 Berger VLD .308 200 .597 .301 .301 ELDX [/QUOTE]
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