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Re: 6.5-284 Norma!!
« Reply #15 on: December 19, 2017, 07:11:59 AM »
A good buddy has a 30" tube on his custom.  He's pushing the 140's at 3100fps.  Watched him bang flop a 330" bull at 980 yards in Colorado this year.  Darn fun gun to shoot too!
I would want more than 900 ft lbs on a 330 bull. Those 330’s are double the toughness/size of a raghorn but Hey it got the job done.  High shoulder?  Like broz says its only the errant shots where the bigger guns shine.

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Re: 6.5-284 Norma!!
« Reply #16 on: December 19, 2017, 08:50:20 AM »
A good buddy has a 30" tube on his custom.  He's pushing the 140's at 3100fps.  Watched him bang flop a 330" bull at 980 yards in Colorado this year.  Darn fun gun to shoot too!
I would want more than 900 ft lbs on a 330 bull. Those 330’s are double the toughness/size of a raghorn but Hey it got the job done.  High shoulder?  Like broz says its only the errant shots where the bigger guns shine.
according to my calculator he had 1300+ ft lbs... it’s very important to use actual environmental data when trying to prove a point

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Re: 6.5-284 Norma!!
« Reply #17 on: December 19, 2017, 08:56:06 AM »
In the real estate world they say it's all about location, location, location.  Well, I'd say, in the shooting world it's the same way but instead of location it's all about shot placement, shot placement, shot placement.

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Re: 6.5-284 Norma!!
« Reply #18 on: December 19, 2017, 09:05:40 AM »
A good buddy has a 30" tube on his custom.  He's pushing the 140's at 3100fps.  Watched him bang flop a 330" bull at 980 yards in Colorado this year.  Darn fun gun to shoot too!
I would want more than 900 ft lbs on a 330 bull. Those 330’s are double the toughness/size of a raghorn but Hey it got the job done.  High shoulder?  Like broz says its only the errant shots where the bigger guns shine.
  behind the shoulder.  Conditions were good, and the shooter was more than capable.  Regardless of the number, the result was an impressively dead bull :tup:
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Re: 6.5-284 Norma!!
« Reply #19 on: December 19, 2017, 09:08:09 AM »
A good buddy has a 30" tube on his custom.  He's pushing the 140's at 3100fps.  Watched him bang flop a 330" bull at 980 yards in Colorado this year.  Darn fun gun to shoot too!
I would want more than 900 ft lbs on a 330 bull. Those 330’s are double the toughness/size of a raghorn but Hey it got the job done.  High shoulder?  Like broz says its only the errant shots where the bigger guns shine.
  behind the shoulder.  Conditions were good, and the shooter was more than capable.  Regardless of the number, the result was an impressively dead bull :tup:
Can’t give the dude too much credit tho karl! He hit a good 3-4 inches from where we told him to put it!  :chuckle:

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Re: 6.5-284 Norma!!
« Reply #20 on: December 19, 2017, 09:18:24 AM »
He's learning  :chuckle: 
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Re: 6.5-284 Norma!!
« Reply #21 on: December 19, 2017, 10:28:09 AM »
i heard he was a archery guy  :chuckle:

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Re: 6.5-284 Norma!!
« Reply #22 on: December 19, 2017, 10:45:04 AM »
Haha!  Man of many talents!  I was gonna post pics but can't figure out how to downsize image size
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Re: 6.5-284 Norma!!
« Reply #23 on: December 19, 2017, 12:29:03 PM »
point is inless your shooting moose past 1000 yards you will love the 6.5x284. less powder to burn and recoil is mild. the 140s are slick  .

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Re: 6.5-284 Norma!!
« Reply #24 on: December 20, 2017, 08:57:44 AM »
according to my calculator he had 1300+ ft lbs... it’s very important to use actual environmental data when trying to prove a point

ooops entered barometric pressure instead of station pressure - big difference at 10,000 ft !   :yike:

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Re: 6.5-284 Norma!!
« Reply #25 on: December 20, 2017, 09:20:31 AM »
according to my calculator he had 1300+ ft lbs... it’s very important to use actual environmental data when trying to prove a point

ooops entered barometric pressure instead of station pressure - big difference at 10,000 ft !   :yike:
  yeah there is a major lack of freaking oxygen!  Every year it kicks my butt more and more  :chuckle:
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Re: 6.5-284 Norma!!
« Reply #26 on: December 20, 2017, 09:21:25 AM »
according to my calculator he had 1300+ ft lbs... it’s very important to use actual environmental data when trying to prove a point

ooops entered barometric pressure instead of station pressure - big difference at 10,000 ft !   :yike:
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Re: 6.5-284 Norma!!
« Reply #27 on: December 20, 2017, 09:23:24 AM »
according to my calculator he had 1300+ ft lbs... it’s very important to use actual environmental data when trying to prove a point

ooops entered barometric pressure instead of station pressure - big difference at 10,000 ft !   :yike:
  yeah there is a major lack of freaking oxygen!  Every year it kicks my butt more and more  :chuckle:
Yes there was definitely a shortage of oxygen up there.  :chuckle: those gimmicky air tanks actually worked tho!

 


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