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Originally Posted by Nyksta
Bigger bore allows faster powders which equal shorter barrels. You talk about calibers like they all shoot equal out of the same gun. A 308 win can be full powder burn in amuch shorter barrel than a 243 win or 7mm-08 or a 280 rem. Theres internal ballistics before external and terminal happen. Unless you do all your 800m moose hunting from a benchrest Laboratory. An 18 inch 308 win carbine will be much more enjoyable to carry in the bush than your 24 inch 6.5 gun.
Its all opinion and intended use. Theres a better caliber than others depending on what you are going to do with it. We aren't all long range hunters. Some of us still shoot at 100m deer.
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25 fps per inch of barrel doesn't knock a 6.5 out of the running. A 20" 6.5 Creedmoor still whoops on a 20" .308 when it comes to external ballistics.
True, I'd venture to say that most all of us still shoot at 100m deer. But some are prepared to shoot deer far beyond that, as well, should the opportunity and terrain dictate.