What is the best rifle round?

Here are the best all-around ammo options for big-game hunters.
  • 6.5 Creedmoor. The 6.5 Creedmoor is one of the most versatile bullets ever built. Ron Spomer. ...
  • 308 Winchester. The author begrudgingly added the .308 to this list. ...
  • 300 Win. Mag. ...
  • 375 H&H. This load is capable of taking down African plains game like this eland.
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What rifle caliber is the best all around?

243 Winchester may well be described as the perfect all-around cartridge. With bullets weighing as little as 55 grains, all the way up to 100 grains, the little 6mm cartridge will handle the back-forty duties very well, provided that black bears are off the menu.
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What is the most accurate rifle round in the World?

Today, the most inherently accurate factory cartridge is probably the 6.5 Creedmoor. It's designed for accuracy above all things, and its heavy, highly streamlined bullets buck the wind much better than the little slugs from the . 222.
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What's the most popular rifle round?

308. The . 308 is probably the most common hunting caliber in a country known for its massive numbers of hunters.
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What is the hardest ammo to find right now?

What Is the Hardest Ammo to Find?
  • 30-30 Winchester: Popular among hunters, this caliber is in high demand and difficult to track down. ...
  • 308 Winchester: Another popular choice among hunters and tactical shooters, people around the country are snatching up .
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What's The Best Caliber For The AR-15?



What round has the most stopping power?

40 round, which supposedly combines the best features of the . 45 ACP and the 9mm. However, others say that the lowly . 22 LR has the best stopping power, since it stays in the target's body and bounces around, shredding arteries and punching holes in internal organs.
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What round do snipers use?

At the present time, in both the Western world and within NATO, 7.62×51mm is currently the primary cartridge of choice for military and police sniper rifles.
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What rifle round travels the farthest?

257 Weatherby Magnum, the flattest shooting hunting cartridge period, Next the 6.5-. 300 Weatherby Magnum, it outperforms any other 6.5 period, The . 30-378 Weatherby holds 120 grains of water and outperforms any other . 30 caliber cartridge and has the longest point blank range of any .
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What is the fastest bullet ever?

220 Swift remains the fastest commercial cartridge in the world, with a published velocity of 1,422 m/s (4,665 ft/s) using a 1.9 grams (29 gr) bullet and 2.7 grams (42 gr) of 3031 powder.
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Why 308 is the best?

308 is the best all-purpose round available. It works in every major assault weapons system, it is compatible with belt-fed weapons, it still functions well as a sniper weapon, and it can be found just about everywhere.
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What is the biggest bullet?

950-caliber cartridge with bullets weighing about eight ounces apiece. This sort of round requires a monster rifle to fire it, and only three have been made. The guns weigh 80 pounds or more depending on the options, so they are fired only from a rest or bipod.
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What round has the best ballistics?

The Nosler AccuBond is one of the best all-round big-game bullets offered, and Weatherby has smarly offered the 140-grain version for their 6.5 RPM cartridge. With a muzzle velocity faster than 3000 fps, it offers great external and terminal ballistics.
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What round has the best BC?

Round Nose bullets have the lowest BC. (Examples being rounds like the 30-30.) Spitzer rounds with a flat base have a much higher BC than Round nose bullets. Spitzer rounds with a boat tail have a slightly higher BC than Spitzer rounds with a flat base.
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What is the longest sniper shot ever taken?

In June 2017, an unnamed sniper from Canada's Tier 1 special forces unit, Joint Task Force 2, surpassed the 2009 record by over 1,000 m (1,100 yd), with a 3,540 m (3,871 yd) shot in the Iraqi Civil War. As with the previous two Canadian records, a McMillan Tac-50 with . 50 BMG ammunition was used.
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Is a 308 or 30 06 More Powerful?

308 Winchester will perform as much as 15% better in terms of velocity, energy, and trajectory, than will most 220-grain bullets fired from a . 30/06.
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What sniper rifle did Chris Kyle use?

Although Kyle used a . 300 Winchester Magnum for most of deployments, his most famous and longest shot was taken with a McMillan-built TAC-338.
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What gun has the longest range?

The Paris Gun, as it was named, had the longest range of any artillery weapon in history.
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What has more stopping power 45 or 40?

40 is much more than a . 45. People who have used both these guns have described . 40 recoil as "sharp and snappy" and slower to get back on target for follow up shots..
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Which caliber is best for self-defense?

Capacity. The 9mm offers greater magazine capacity than virtually any other pistol caliber carried for personal defense. If the wounding capabilities of 9mm and the other cartridges are nearly identical, it would seem to be that having more rounds in you magazine will give you a better opportunity to stop an attacker.
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How many years do bullets last?

Most manufacturers guarantee that their ammunition will last for at least a decade. That said, ammunition can easily last beyond 10 years if it is stored under ideal conditions. There are countless tales of military surplus ammo being used many decades after it was manufactured.
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What guns kick the hardest?

The Six Hardest Kicking Cartridges
  • 700 H&H. The . 700 Nitro Express or H&H Magnum. ...
  • 600 Nitro Express. A . 600 Nitro Express cartridge. ...
  • 475 A&M Magnum. A . 475 A&M Magnum cartridge. ...
  • 577 Tyrannosaur. Two . ...
  • 460 Weatherby. The . ...
  • 454 Casull. Many regular-frame handguns are offered in the hard-kicking .
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Can you survive a 50 caliber bullet?

On really hard bones, like the hip socket, the huge, fast-moving round can leave all or most of its energy in the bone and connected flesh. This will basically liquefy the enemy it hits as the energy travels through the nearby muscles and the organs in the abdominal cavity. There's really no way to survive a . 50-cal.
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What does AR stand for?

The AR in "AR-15" rifle stands for ArmaLite rifle, after the company that developed it in. the 1950s. "AR" does NOT stand for "assault rifle" or "automatic rifle." • AR-15-style rifles are NOT "assault weapons" or "assault rifles." An assault rifle is fully.
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