3/12/2023 0 Comments Huntr vs westernLooking for previous installments of our "Behind the Bullet" series? We've got you covered.Murphy led all rookies in three-point shooting at 38.2% (minimum 100 attempts) and free-throw shooting at 88.1% (minimum 20 attempts). Of all the new cartridge developments released in the last decade, I feel the 6.8 Western is one of the most well-balanced. It truly checks the majority of the boxes for the North American species and African plains game, and will pair well with a. 270 Winchester, but for the hunter who intends to pursue a wide variety of game, it is a very flexible cartridge, worthy of considering as an all-around choice. For the hunter who spends the majority of his or her time in the whitetail woods, it may not offer much of an advantage over the time-honored. So, at the end of the day, the 6.8 Western offers the capability of using bullets weighing between 130 and 175 grains, all at respectable velocities, at totally manageable recoil levels, without generating enough steam to cause premature throat erosion and diminish barrel life. On that Colorado hunt, animals were taken at ranges of 75 yards all the way out to 475 yards, and only one bullet could be recovered it was a closer shot, yet the bonded core construction of the Nosler ABLR handled all the shots without issue. I used the 6.8 Western to absolutely flatten a big-bodied mule deer buck at just over 200 yards, as well as sorting out a spike elk at just over 100 yards. Undoubtedly, the 6.8 Western gives a performance level much higher than its recoil level, and the high Sectional Density of those 165- and 175-grain hunting bullets (the Nosler AccuBond at 0.307 and Sierra Tipped GameKing at 0.326, respectively) simply enhance the capabilities of the. Both rifles shot very well, and both rifles offered similar levels of recoil the Browning has a removable muzzle brake which takes the recoil level even lower. I’ve spent some time with the Winchester XPR in 6.8 Western on a mule deer/elk combination hunt in Colorado, and with a Browning X-Bolt-which I adopted-at the shooting range. The hook is the 6.8 Western does that with a serious reduction in recoil. The Browning Long Range Pro Hunter, featuring the 175-grain Sierra Tipped GameKing at a muzzle velocity of 2830 fps, gives all sorts of penetration at all ranges. ![]() The Winchester 170-grain Ballistic Silvertip leaves the muzzle at 2920 fps, and will make a great choice for any deer, anywhere, from Coues deer in the desert to the bruiser whitetails of Saskatchewan, giving the rapid expansion and quick energy transfer which works so well for those species. 300 Winchester Magnum and a good 180-grain bullet. It’ll drive the Winchester Expedition Long Range 165-grain Nosler AccuBond LR bonded-core bullet to a muzzle velocity of 2970 fps, giving a trajectory and wind drift values on par with the. Though the 6.8 Western lacks the ‘magnum’ moniker in its name, it shows the magnum roots in its performance level. 270 bullets in the past-including the Berger Extreme Outer Limits Elite Hunter 170-grain bullet-they were usually reserved for the custom rifles, or at least those rifles with a replacement barrel with the faster twist rate. Though there have been heavy-for-caliber. As a result, Winchester and Browning rifles are equipped with a 1:8” and 1:7.5” twist, respectively, giving a new depth to the. The factory loads for the 6.8 Western use bullets weighing 165, 170, and 175 grains much longer than those traditionally used by the other. 270 WSM uses a case length of 2.100 inches, the 6.8 Western’s case measures 2.020 inches, and the shoulder is set back 0.081 inches, though the overall lengths of the cartridges are the same, in order to allow the 6.8 Western to use those bullets with the longer ogives. ![]() 270 WSM-0.535 inches, the same as the H&H belted magnum family-and the 35-degree shoulder of its sibling, though the datum line and case length have been shortened slightly. It does share the same base diameter as the.
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