07-24-2011, 05:27 AM
stanc Wrote:Guess what -- a couple of the 6.8 guys are joining the party!
Stan, it's "the ballistics, stupid!" I find it amusing that when the 6.8 guys have moments of honesty and clarity, such as Clint's proposal for a 6.8x46 and Cris "6.8 Designer" Murray's proposal for a 7x46, they advocate the very principles that define the 65G's genius: moderate velocity and high BC bullets. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery and I'm glad to see these guys are coming around. Of course, they can't admit the 65G was right all along, so they up the case size and powder charge and teeter off the well-balanced "sweet spot" represented by the 65G and fall into a new generation of heavier-yet-again weapons and increased recoil.
Of course, in a perfect world it would be nice to launch ever heavier bullets with better BCs at ever faster velocities. Might as well propose the existing Lapua 6.5x47. But where does the weapon size and recoil spiral end?
Goldilocks summed it up: 6.5 Grendel is just right.
John