Kurt, i agree.
Nosler recommended minimum impact velocity for the long range accubonds is 1300 fps!!! So theoretical distances are a lot further than what i posted. I just use 1600, some use 1800, some 2000. As long as one uses the same standards then one can see the potential distances of one cartridge to another.
Same with s.d.'s one can gauge which will penetrate better than another.
I shouldn't need to say it again. I only use these figures as ways to compare potential cartridge choices to one another...not to say how far i'd recommend anyone shoot at game, including myself.
It's nice to know a 6.5 creedmoor with about 140 grains will still do what i need to about 800 even though my own personal limits are 75% of that or less with most adequate cartridges.
Also agree the pbr is the single biggest advantage of the nosler over the cm.
The penalty of recoil/muzzle blast/barrel life is always the drawback of going for big time pbr's. They just go hand in hand.
Both are fine cartridges no doubt! Those high b.c.'s and s.d.'s are winners on the way to the target and inside the target too. Long live the 6.5's
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