The Ball and Testosterone remover (The man bun gun)

[old270hunter]

Why. Why on earth would anyone want a projectile, from a gun to hunt lower 48 game, to become smaller and possibly less than perfect shot placement cartridge? We have the 30’06 and .308 parent case cartriges, and they + derivatives over .277 caliber deliver devastating results when placed in close proximity to vital organs. So why would any reasonable person go below a .277? That .277 is already on the edge of an expert shooting at the largest North American game. Why exactly do we have people out here throwing even smaller pills, such as the 6.5 MANBUN. This is like 264Win all over again but less. You manbun 6.5 guys are hilarious. So what I want to know is why we have steers out there. Asking for a friend, and tell me why my friend is wrong.

 

[brockel]

Bullets matter more than head stamps

 

[TN2shot07]

I’m not a 6.5 guy but if I was going to draw a line in the sand I think it’s splitting hairs between .277 and .264 bullets…

I don’t think it’s any argument that smaller cartridges demand better shot placement and limit shots that can be taken (i.e. strong quartering towards or away) but that’s something we should hold ourselves to anyway. In that same breadth, those smaller cartridges are also easier to shoot and get in the correct place. I’m not particularly recoil sensitive but I can shoot my 243 or 7-08 better than the 300 wsm I don’t have anymore

 

[HuntTalk Freak]

If you would have waited a few hours you could have just went outside to yell at the clouds.

 

[brockel]

I might kill an elk with my 22-250 this year just to watch heads explode on this sight. People making killing animals way more complicated than it really is

 

[88man]

variety is the spice of life.

 

[Johnny Bravo]

And here I thought this was going to be a crossbow thread...lol

 

[woods89]

Bullets matter more than head stamps

This.

 

[stoep]

You can shoot em with anything if you shoot them in the fuggin head

 

[CRJR45]

Awesome , I can use this again ...

 

[brockel]

I love how you came back an hour later to edit your original post. And yet you still ended up with that mess

 

[TheTone]

My 264 win mag has been rough on the mule deer and antelope I’ve shot with it. I wouldn’t hesitate to use it on just about anything. I’d have similar thoughts on most other 6.5’s. Critters are made out of flesh, bone and blood; not steel

 

[mtmuley]

I might kill an elk with my 22-250 this year just to watch heads explode on this sight. People making killing animals way more complicated than it really is

The Rokslide crowd is headed for. 22 caliber elk rifles. mtmuley

 

[Nick87]

I might kill an elk with my 22-250 this year just to watch heads explode on this sight. People making killing animals way more complicated than it really is

Looking forward to the recap.

 

[brockel]

Looking forward to the recap.

Have to talk the daughter into letting me take it

 

[longbow51]

I'm old school, so I married a woman who never had any balls, so I don't know what hormones have to do with shooting animals.

I lost count of how many animals my wife has killed with her .260, and only one went very far, all one-shot kills. Partitions and then Barnes, now Hammers.

 

[DouglasR]

I bought a 6.5 because it was during covid and I couldn’t find any .308 ammo.

 

[DouglasR]

I bought a 6.5 because it was during covid and I couldn’t find any .308 ammo.

Got 10% off the rifle because it was scratched up from where they had to toss it in a pile in the back safe during George Floyd.

 

[brockel]

The Rokslide crowd is headed for. 22 caliber elk rifles. mtmuley

Hornady is coming out with an 80 grain eldx. Pretty excited about that one

 

[mtmuley]

Hornady is coming out with an 80 grain eldx. Pretty excited about that one

I could kill an elk with a .22 centerfire if I felt like it. Don't see any reason to. When I head into the hills to kill a bull I like to have a rifle that will perform with any shot I am presented. Don't like frangible bullets either. Everybody has their way of doing it. mtmuley