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Anyone shooting the 6.8 Western?

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clarythedrill
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I ordered up a Winchester Renegade Longe Range SPR with the 24 inch barrel last night after being interested in one for several months. There doesn't seem to be a huge assortment of ammo for it, and mostly from Winchester and Browning.

If anyone has this rifle or one like it, what ammo are you using that has provided the best performance, and I do know that each barrel can be picky. Thanks.
AstroAggie15
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AG
your best bet is gonna be to reload looking at those ammo prices
BenderRodriguez
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Never got into it but it wasnt really targeted at me either.

I try to be a slow adapter. Heck, I'm still shooting 6.5 Grendel and all the cool kids have moved on to 6arc.
ttha_aggie_09
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6.5 Grendel isn't cool anymore? Damn...
CactusThomas
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6.5 Grendel isn't cool YET.

Give it time. It looks promising. Needs 30 more years.
FSGuide
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The outfitter I did my Nilgai hunt with was running two suppressed 6.8 Westerns. It really seemed to do the job too. Five shots were fired and four Nilgai hit the dirt. One of those shots was a miss (me, I admit it).
agsalaska
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Grendel is badass. Easily my favorite round right now.

I need 20 more years before I touch the 6arc
ttha_aggie_09
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No one on this board misses, sir. Self ban for one week while you practice at the range
FSGuide
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I was so embarrassed…..

It was my first ever shot through a thermal. I had just ran about 150 yards (I'm fat) and the shot was 340 yards. My 3 buddies and the guide were standing right there too. I made up for it the next night. Smoked it at 300 yards 1 shot.
ttha_aggie_09
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Shooting through a thermal is much harder than it sounds. I'll probably miss at least one pig this weekend with mine.
BenderRodriguez
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ttha_aggie_09 said:

Shooting through a thermal is much harder than it sounds. I'll probably miss at least one pig this weekend with mine.


Agreed. I didnt understand why lrf was such a popular option, then I got my thermal and realized how dang hard it is to make distance calls through a thermal.

Theyre still fantastic tools, but yeah…
agsalaska
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Quote:

and the shot was 340 yards

Why didn't you just use your pistol. Doesn't it have a red dot on it?
FSGuide
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BenderRodriguez said:

ttha_aggie_09 said:

Shooting through a thermal is much harder than it sounds. I'll probably miss at least one pig this weekend with mine.


Agreed. I didnt understand why lrf was such a popular option, then I got my thermal and realized how dang hard it is to make distance calls through a thermal.

Theyre still fantastic tools, but yeah…


This guy's thermals had built in range finder
clarythedrill
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I have no problems reloading, so I will most likely get two boxes of the same brand but different flavors and use the brass for reloading if neither of them are worth a crap grouping.
agsalaska
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Check out Barnes reserve line. That's supposed to be some pretty good stuff.
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