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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
AR15/10 Rifles
What to replace the 6.8 SPC II with
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<blockquote data-quote="jake545" data-source="post: 2730262" data-attributes="member: 125700"><p>With subs you don't have many options to increase effectiveness. One of them is special bullets which will open up wide but also limits penetration. The extra spin of the 8.6 helps more with copper bullets and it does make them open up more and increases effectiveness. The other way to increase effectiveness is to increase bullet weight. Since energy is a calculation of velocity and mass, if you cap velocity as with subs, the ONLY way to increase energy is by increasing mass. The 8.6 has a chance to be decent but in my opinion would be the absolute minimum for hunting with subs unless it's ear holing game. Just because you have killed something with a round doesn't mean it's a good choice. You can kill hogs with a 22lr subsonic but I wouldn't go recommending it. Now for shooting bayed hogs you are typically talking one hog and close range so a sub would work better in those scenarios than it would in other scenarios but a super would still be better. </p><p></p><p>Just look at how many professional hog hunters abandoned the 300bo after having poor results.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jake545, post: 2730262, member: 125700"] With subs you don’t have many options to increase effectiveness. One of them is special bullets which will open up wide but also limits penetration. The extra spin of the 8.6 helps more with copper bullets and it does make them open up more and increases effectiveness. The other way to increase effectiveness is to increase bullet weight. Since energy is a calculation of velocity and mass, if you cap velocity as with subs, the ONLY way to increase energy is by increasing mass. The 8.6 has a chance to be decent but in my opinion would be the absolute minimum for hunting with subs unless it’s ear holing game. Just because you have killed something with a round doesn’t mean it’s a good choice. You can kill hogs with a 22lr subsonic but I wouldn’t go recommending it. Now for shooting bayed hogs you are typically talking one hog and close range so a sub would work better in those scenarios than it would in other scenarios but a super would still be better. Just look at how many professional hog hunters abandoned the 300bo after having poor results. [/QUOTE]
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