Yes I know its a barrel burner but so is the 300RUM and others on the list. I do believe the market will catch up to this round. Because of the smaller powder volume and lower MVs, you can expect to see about 3,000 rounds out of your barrel. The .308 would have a slight advantage in barrel life, Im sure. Muzzle: 1316 ft-lbs 500m: 470 ft-lbs 1000m: 165 ft-lbs 1500m: 108 ft-lbs. .338 Lapua is readily available online. Also a great option for novice or seasoned hunters who want a great flat shooting rifle that can take groundhogs or deer just by changing the ammo. You can expect an average of 4,000 to 10,000 rounds of sustained accuracy. The only affordable model, the Winchester XPR, is neutered with a 24 barrel. Not many of us can afford the ammo, let alone the rifles and scopes that chamber it, in such calibers as 375 CheyTac, 408 CheyTac, or 416 Barrett. 1,000m: 1,345 ft-lbs. Very modular across nearly any rifle system. It is meant for the traditional long-range projectile; featuring a long, slender ogive and a boat-tail rear end. Most Magnum cartridges have 10 times less barrel life than standard cartridges. Right now, there is no loaded ammo and barely any brass available from Alpha and GAP. Mag was one of the flattest shooting "mainstream" cartridges available. Great work mate including .22LR what a hoot (Incoming!) The designation of 7.62x51mm points to the military brother of the .308 Winchester. http://www.hornady.com/ballistics-resource/ballistics-calculator. 500m: 1,866 ft-lbs. Barrel Life: Because projectile options can range anywhere from 120gr to 230gr, projectile weights and MVs vary greatly. Well, nothing will save you if you mistakenly range a deer at 700 yards thats really at 800. Thinking that its deficiencies compared to newer calibers are mainly its moderate BC bullets due to cartridge length, I thought I might try reloading long with something like the 225gr ELDM. Danny. However, because of the lack of interest in the market, ammo is pretty expensive and interest in the caliber is limited to bench rest shooters. To explain Transonic Range, think about the physics of a football. When flat is used with rifle shooting it means you don't have much or any bullet drop and you are talking ranges out past 200 yards. Remaining Energy: Muzzle: 2,158 ft-lbs 500m: 1,047 ft-lbs 1,000m: 436 ft-lbs 1,500m: 222 ft-lbs. The multiple loads for each cartridge are not at all pulled at random. What is your mission? A column writer for. Cross-Platform Use: Few AR-10s exist that can fire the .300WM. Read More Here. 500m: 2,755 ft-lbs. The projectile designed specifically for Long Range shooting is the 90 grain Sierra Match King. The ballistics coefficient of the bullet (a formula which considers the mass, diameter, and aerodynamic drag of a bullet to understand its ability to fight wind and continue on its path) greatly impacts time of flight because it keeps the bullet from slowing down due to inefficiency of flight. Notice that it is only 3 grains lighter than the 150-grain .264 atop that Weatherby. The .308 Win used 175s with a higher BC than the .30-06s 168 grain Sierra. I heavily recommend this caliber to those out there who want magnum performance without magnum recoil. Granted I do live in New England, and we dont have that many long shot opportunities here, but you would think someone would want to have there firearms chambered in such a flat shooting cartridge. 1,500m: 306 ft-lbs. Cross-Platform Use: .300 PRC is strictly a bolt action caliber at the moment. Thats what happened with Norma. Thats for another day. I had no issue staying on target for a follow-up shot. We use cookies to personalize content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. Now that we are pushing a 140gr projectile up to nearly 3,000 fps, the recoil will slightly increase over the 6.5 Creedmoor. Nice summary of the subject for those of us who do not understand things like Coreolis Force and aerodynamic jump. Muzzle Velocity: MV values for the .224 vary from 2,700 fps (90 grain projectiles) to 3,400 fps (60 grain projectiles). The overall purpose of the Grendel was to deliver extended accuracy and range of the .223/5.56 NATO in the same AR-15 platform. All in all, this cartridge changed the tactics of the US military, and later, NATO allies. Cross-Platform Use: Any bolt gun can be custom chambered to any SAAMI cartridgebut the keyword is custom. When comparing TR values, think of it this way. [#19] According to the FAQ at the top of this page 7.62 NATO is the hardest hitting at any range from a rifle length barrel. I love that you have gone above and beyond here and I see tremendous value in this knowledge. Thanks. Top muzzle velocities with the same combination of powder, primer, and bullet can vary by 100 to 200 fps. LR performance is very impressive. Give this round a few years for the market to catch up. You get excellent Long Range performance, with recoil slightly less than the .308 Winchester. Thanks. Why not mention the 7mm Remington Mag? The biggest issue for calibers this new and this niche, is Hornadys ability to keep up with the demand. Table 1: Flattest Shooting Loads By Caliber (ranked by least hold-over at 300 yards) Zero = 250 Yards; Cross Wind Speed = 10 MPH; Caliber Flattest Shooting Load BC; . It shoots far and flat, it doesnt kick, and it doesnt break the bank. Also, experience firing large bore calibers is advised. Very bad if shooting light bullets, not that great if shooting the heavier projectiles. Reloading components can be found nearly anywhere. Take a .300 Winchester Magnum with a barrel life of 1,500 rounds and compare that to the 8,000+ barrel life of a .308 Winchester. With the 30-06, we can only overcome 12 yards of ranging error at the same range before we miss the 6 of vitals. Black Hills Ammunition 175-grain ELD-X SEE IT Remington 150-grain Core-Lokt Tipped Nosler 168-grain Accubond LR Hornady American Whitetail 139-grain SP Interlock Winchester 150-grain Ballistic Silvertip The .300 PRC tries to deliver to a market that doesnt need what its selling. Barrel Life: A big selling point to the Grendel is its ease on barrels. A popular western big-game cartridge, the 7mm Magnum doubles as an excellent tool for long-range target shooting. The average price per round will be around $2.00. Ammo is available online, however, it is not cheap. Montana! Cross-Platform Use: You can build a .223 rifle in almost any rifle action. Thus, the .50BMG drops less at 1,000 yards than the 6.5 Creedmoor. All of the big-name rifle companies manufacture a bolt-action, but two of our favorites are the Savage 110FP with Accutrigger and the Winchester Model 70 Extreme Weather SS. Obviously this list doesnt include every possible bullet/BC/MV combination, but it gives us a pretty good picture of the likely winners at three distances. Snipers were forced to choose a limited range bolt-action rifle or the completely overpowered M82/M107. Before its inception, the thought of pushing a 75-grain projectile past 1000 yards was uncommon. Table 1: Flattest Shooting Loads By Caliber (ranked by least hold-over at 300 yards) Table 2: Maximum Power Loads By Caliber (ranked by highest OGW at 50 yards) Table 3: Conventional/Typical Loads By Caliber (ranked by highest OGW at 300 yards) Table 4: Lower Power Loads By Caliber (ranked by highest OGW at 200 yards) However, the flat barrel of this weapon was designed to be able to fire from a straight line straight down to the ground, as opposed to the other two in the middle, the slant barrel and the slant barrel to 500 yards. A number of manufacturers support the 50 BMG, such as Barrett Firearms, Serbu Firearms and small builders throughout the western United States. New LR shooters also often skimp on glass and what I see most often is that someone buys a cheap scope so that they can afford other goodies for their rifles. Either way it is flexible for your mission. With more case volume than a .308 and firing the same grain weight bullet, the .30-06 will have more felt recoil than a .308. Second, we are not encouraging extreme-range shooting at game. So if you take flat shooting to mean aiming right at something far away and hitting it, theres not really enough difference between the main popular cartridges to get out of bed for. With help from the civilian market led by Winchester, the .308 took the world by storm. Initial Thoughts: The .223 Remington offers an excellent choice for the novice weekend warrior who has limited distance range facilities. All in all, if I had to make the same pick in the same fashion as the author, AT THIS MOMENT IN TIME, I would pick the 6mm Creedmoor simply for the availability of ammo and brass, reasonably long trans sonic range, ease of loading accurately (forgiveness factor). So having the mission flexibility to own a heavy, long-barreled bolt gun AND a lightweight, semi-auto gas gun that fires the same familiar roundis priceless. For hunters, the Grendel offers many different projectiles for different terminal effects. The number of options for load-development and rifle rigs is unsurpassed. But what are the flattest shooting rifle cartridges? Ammo Availability: .338 Lapua is readily available online. 10 years ago, the 6.5284 Norma would have easily made the list. Unless you are a military sniper, this round has almost zero practicality. Similarly to the .300 WSM, this round excels in Long Range hunting. 270 and 30-06 carry enough power out to 700 yards, 7mm pulls a bit further, and 300 win mag pulls a bit further still. The market has followed. When buying precision off-the-shelf ammo, most of the time you will not have the luxury of thumbing through several different BCs of the same caliber and ammo manufacturer. Barrel Life: Again, as most wildcat rounds are concerned, barrel life will not be great. On the other hand, wind speed and direction are inconsistent. Mag. I think the 6.5 Grendel does a great job at that, however, as to be expected, the Grendel is limited in range and does not fit into the 800m+ world. A 25 yard miscalculation at that distance will vary your hit by half a foot and outside our 6 imaginary circle of vitals. Another great benefit to the 6.5CM is that it still maintains an overall case length of a Short-Action cartridge. This website is not affiliated with the United States Marine Corps, and the information on this website does not necessarily reflect the opinions of the Marine Corps as a whole. Those of you who reload can stretch the Valkyrie by playing with different powders, bullet seating depths, and projectile types. You can readily find these rounds online. Minimal. The cost of such rifles can be at least $4,000 and can take months to build. Recoil Condition: With more case volume than a .308 and firing the same grain weight bullet, the .30-06 will have more felt recoil than a .308. With the right rifle, the .300WM can be a very smooth shooting set-up. It offers exceptional accuracy and a decent range for shooters who do not have Long Range facilities available. Ballistic Co-Efficient: The projectile designed specifically for Long Range shooting is the 90 grain Sierra Match King. Some compare it to the .260 or 6.5 Creedmoor, the 6.5x47mm Lapua is known to be very accurate. At 1,000 yards, the Creedmoor has 273 inches (22.75') of drop and the Nosler has 167 inches (13.92'). From 600 to 1000 yards they use a 300 Winchester. Take the .308 Winchester at 500 for comparison, The level of confidence of a first-round hit at that range is extremely high. 3. A faster MV does mean the round is impacted LESS by the wind than a slower MV. Thanks, 26 Nosler 127 gr LRX 3602 Ft./Sec. The 308 is also used by many militaries as a sniping round as the (metric) 7.6251. 500m: 2,364 ft-lbs. Ballistic Co-Efficient: Using a 168gr SMK, G1: 0.463 G7: 0.224, Remaining Energy: Muzzle: 2,821 ft-lbs. But dont waste your time trying to convince us a slower cartridge in any caliber can shooter flatter than the ones weve identified as category leaders. The .30-06 is such a classic sniper rifle round, I could not leave it out of the running. Unlike 99.999% of Internet articles vomited out by any and everybody, I could taste the sweet and aromatic aroma of actual first-hand knowledge, long experience, and deep expertise oozing out of each sentence. Taking a quick look at how the 22 CM compares to some other cartridges will shine a light on its potential. Wind drift @10mph. As more and more interest in the Long Range community, one thing has become apparent. projectile that you might crown that one King, especially since that 100-grain sounds a bit more reasonable for deer-sized game. So it Im guessing to summarise it doesnt really matter what you shoot as long as you know distance to target & your maths A standard projectile weight for optimum performance out of the 6CM would be a 105 grain Berger Target VLD @ 3,100fps. In this topic, I have to admit a certain level of bias. You are looking at the 1,500 to 2,000 round mark for consistent accuracy. For those PRS guys that prefer bolt-guns, the PRC is a great alternative to the CM. You still need excellent range finding equipment and preferably have tested drops in your rifle in case your bullets have exaggerated BC claims. The Navy switched to 190-grain Sierra Matchking HPBT's. Charged with Reloder 19 and 22 powders, the round performed well at 1,000 yards during the Navy's accuracy testing with the extreme spreads of the groups measuring 10.79 and 10.68 inches respectively. 1,000m: 1,287 ft-lbs. Remington 870 Vs. Mossberg 590: Which Pump Shotgun Is Truly Better. If you are going to shoot at 200, zero at 200. A quarterback must spin the football in a way to achieve a tight spiral. Definitely a great overall cartridge for any skill range in the Long Range shooting community. Id consider a base of: Among these cartridges, the 25-06 offers the highest MPBR (Mean Point Blank Range) or the max distance that you can adjust a scope to and be +-3 with the most common bullet weights per caliber. Its really tough to spot impacts with that much recoil, and thats becoming increasingly important for shooters. $999. I am interested to see how the price of such systems will come down and become more readily available to entry to novice level LR shooters. 500m: 1,123 ft-lbs 1,000m: 394 ft-lbs. He is also a passionate supporter of the Second Amendment. This round was developed in conjunction with the AR-15 rifle in the early 60s. It was a great option at the time for those wanting long range performance with very low recoil. That is the average barrel life of the Magnum cartridges. One good thing about switching between the M24 to the M110 was that snipers were already familiar with the M118LR round. No one denies how incredibly devastating this caliber can be, but for the average tactical and competition guy, this caliber is overkill. Comfortable price point. I would expect to see 6,000-8,000+. I see this more for the shooter that needs terminal performance. 26 Nosler. No. Therefore the .17 Remington is the round for you. If that describes you, then definitely give this caliber another look, because its performance rocks. Since the most common .223 projectile for LR performance is the Sierra Match King 77gr OTM, we will use that; G7 BC ~ 0.202. So when I speak of overall practicality, I would steer people towards a round that is attainable in an easily bought rifle. Thanks again. At the time this cartridge was revolutionary in that it bridged the gap between small and fast varmint projectiles with heavier medium game calibers. Real-world shooting of this round is even more impressive. Until now, bolt action rifles only. The components for reloading are also readily available. At 600 yards, most common cartridges are running out of juice to take down larger game like Elk or Moose, though the 300 win mag/300 WSM still have a bit left in the tank. Prior, only dedicated .338 Lapua Magnum receivers could handle the round. The bench rest shooting community usually pushes the boundaries and concocts the wildcats. Cross-Platform Use: This cartridge can be found in semi-auto AR-style rifles. Much sharper and stronger than a .308 Winchesternot meant for beginners. This caliber is great for experienced PRS shooters, or big game, Long Range hunters. In 2008, the cartridge was introduced not to expand upon the capabilities of the .338, but the possibilities. Many people found it informative, but some of the hunters wanted to know if you have any statistics available on the calibers as listed above. This site contains affiliate links. This cartridge can be found in semi-auto AR-style rifles. I have neither the scientific knowledge nor mathematical skills to figure out the perfect blend of factors that produces the flattest trajectory winner. I like the 300 win mag for above reasons. If you are looking at Long Range shooting as a serious hobby, instead of something to depend your life upon, I would say barrel life is almost just as important as ammo availability when choosing a long-range caliber. And since it uses the ever-popular 6.5 projectiles, components are relatively cheap. The .243 was also a great option for those living in countries that banned the use of military countries (.308 Win/7.62x51mm NATO). Have fun hunting! Here we go! It takes 200 rounds to fully break in a barrel, so theyd finish it off in just 2-3 competitions (where you fire 200 rounds in a weekend). Given the projectile weight and MV, I would guess barrel life to degrade around the 2,000 round mark. 1,500m: 426 ft-lbs. Might be of interest and I have used the cartridge in a Ruger M77 with a 22 barrel. All in all, the .308 is certainly manageable by shooters of most ages. One of the selling points of this round, when it was introduced, was its light recoil for a deer gun. After seeing such success with its flagship cartridge, Hornady wanted to take the Creedmoor to the next level. The 408 CheyTac was designed by John D. Taylor and William Wordman specifically for military long-range sniper use. The big advantage and why the .260 became so popular was that it could easily be necked up or down by using other standard rifle cartridges, making reloading a breeze. 500m: 2,115 ft-lbs 1,000m: 937 ft-lbs. You can choose the hottest and flattest shooting caliber for your Long Range build, but keep in mind you will most likely have to replace that barrel once a year if you shoot enough. . Great article. at 150-grains, the bullet is a bit light, but it still has enough energy at 1,000-yards for deer, bear, and elk. Overall Practicality: If you are looking for exceptional, hard-hitting, flat performance, you might want to consider the .300 PRC. 500m: 1,212 ft-lbs. No. First, some boundaries. This is not just a product of the .27 caliber bullet and its ballistic coefficient numbers. They will also fit any .308 Winchester bolt face; meaning that to obtain a 6.5CM, all you need to do is swap a barrel, making this cartridge extremely modular across bolt and gas guns. The new case was developed for years based on the T65 developmental cartridge. Barrel Life on the .243 can range anywhere from 1,500 rounds to 3,000. Thank you for the great content you provide. The higher the BC number, the more aerodynamic and better performing the projectile will be. Drift: 56 inches. Now when it comes to ammo, I already mentioned wildcat cartridges. As it passes through Transonic Range, the vapor cone dissipates, leaving the bullet exposed to turbulent, dirty air. While that incredibly fast 6.5-300 Wby. History: What a cool story herethe Norma Magnum comes to us as an improvement on the Lapua Magnum. Greatly extended range external and terminal ballistic performance at the cost of barrel life. Jim, Slightly more than the .308 Winchester. Case capacity is literally and figuratively the driving force here: Both Nosler offerings are based on the 300 Remington Ultra Magnum and both boast case capacities of 93.5 grains of water. Thanks This caliber excites me for several reasons. Surely this is 42.9 just over a meter? My name is Steve and I have just viewed your video on the Flattest Shooting Cartridges. Banish 30. 500m: 2,115 ft-lbs 1,000m: 937 ft-lbs. But isnt that what makes it awesome? 6.5 projectiles hold a reputation of great BCs. Overall Practicality: This round impresses the hell out of me. Many shooters claim the .224 has about half of the felt recoil as a .308. All in all, proven through years of ballistic testing, the 6.5 Creedmoor fills the gap between extended-Long Range performance and cost-effective and barrel-safe MVs. Its not the fastest, farthest, or most accurate roundbut it will certainly get the job done with less headache and wallet-ache. .223 Wylde chambered 20" barreled rifle. Mag. No howitzers or tanks.). It provides whats needed for the mind to persuade itself and make a decision. He has managed multiple gun ranges, and has hunted around the world. Just like any new and exciting caliber that is designed specifically for the LR community, I know the performance will be top-notch. The name .30-06 refers to the caliber, .30, and the year, 1906when this round was developed by the US Army. That same rifle can shoot my hand-loaded 175 grain Sierra Match Kings at 0.4-0.5 MOA at 100m. The .338 Lapua comes to us in the 80s as an extreme Long-Range rifle caliber intended to extend the. We all know that AR-10s of the past could never keep up in accuracy with a bolt gun. At a 200 yard zero, I only have to dial to 4.6mils to get out to 1000 yards. This cartridge as it stands is perfect for a PRS shooter. Just hoping my bad experiences might inspire you to avoid some of your own. Drops just 11.6 inches. 1,500m: 306 ft-lbs. Not many production rifles exist in a budget option. An AR-10 firing with a suppressor, the .308 will recoil slightly more than an AR-15. I initially did not put a brake on itafter the 14th round (during barrel break-in) my right peck muscle started to quiver. Cross-Platform Use: A big selling point to the 6CM is that from its inception, and from the help of GA Precision, its use in the AR-10 platform has been immensely popular among PRS shooters. What do I mean by that? Muzzle: 4,186 ft-lbs. Thats comparing apples to apples with the others up above, using a 6 vitals zone. Ive always liked the .260. So like the 6.5 Creedmoor, if you have a .308, you can have two calibers in one rifle action with a new barrel. 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