Can't help myself gotta say something. Never been a long range hunter everything inside of 200 yards with my .270 elk, deer, bear. The neighbor kid calls say's he's coming over the hill to show me a few toys and will be dropping gongs along the hill side above my house.
Off my deck, at 635 yards at a 10 inch gong, first shot, I drilled it center
. I have never in my life took a shot at anything that far away. Now this kid had his spoon dialed in, scope doped..spent tons and tons of time reloading the perfect round for it. Basically all I had to do was lay down and do my part. Hit after hit til it was boring. Then for fun we started plinking at a small sage brush that was 930 yards away. And hitting it....
I'm no commando, or some sort of high speed low drag fella. I don't talk the talk, or refer to stuff in meters. It just was so astonishing to so easily be putting lead on target at those ranges.
That 6.5 had a muzzle brake, a fancy scope, and I guess it was a fairly midrange priced. It had zero kick or muzzle climb. I could watch the gongs get nailed way before the wack of impact. And I will say this it was no joke how hard that round hit the plate. Amazing...I'm still giddy and was shooting last night. I know this isn't a hunting forum, but can't help myself. If any of you are thinking about a amazing kids or ladies spoon give this some serious thoughts, just the lack of recoil, noise blast, would be perfect for a new shooter. I'm a old shooter and this might just be the caliber that puts the ole .270 away for dust collection. Anyway cheers.-WW