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<blockquote data-quote="PrairieGhost" data-source="post: 249513" data-attributes="member: 704">I have had five 243's.&nbsp; I currently have two 6.5 Creedmoors.&nbsp; I just purchased a 6.5 Grendel.&nbsp; My first choice is the Creedmoor especially if your going out long range for antelope, or ever step up to elk.&nbsp; I think the Grendel would be ok to 300 yards, but I would&nbsp; limit it.&nbsp; Same with the 243.&nbsp; As far as the Barnes X bullets I have killed a dozen deer with them.&nbsp; I have never had one drop.&nbsp; Most run three times as far as with a traditional soft point.&nbsp; If I had a bull elk at 400 yards facing straight away from me and I really wanted him I would want an X bullet in the chamber.&nbsp; I can reach his heart from any direction.&nbsp; However, a broadside shot is never going to stop an X bullet and if you could measure it I am sure more energy is expended in the hill beyond the animal than in the animal.&nbsp; I don't understand the experience others have had of drop them in their tracks.&nbsp; Never happened for me.&nbsp; If your off a bit your never going to recover the animal.&nbsp; I would not have a kid shoot an X bullet.&nbsp; I shot a lot of X bullets when they were very new (around 1988) until&nbsp; -- well I still have 40 rounds of 300 mag loaded, 50 rounds of 22-250, 50 rounds of 223, 50 rounds of 270 etc.&nbsp; I think the last time I shot any was -- hmmmm after 2010, but I don't remember exactly.&nbsp; It was back when we could buy multiple doe license.&nbsp; I shot three out of five does with X bullets that year.&nbsp; 223, 22-250, and 308.&nbsp; Ooooops I did have two drop in their tracks, but they were through the old brain.&nbsp; No body shots ever dropped them in their tracks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="PrairieGhost, post: 249513, member: 704"] I have had five 243's. I currently have two 6.5 Creedmoors. I just purchased a 6.5 Grendel. My first choice is the Creedmoor especially if your going out long range for antelope, or ever step up to elk. I think the Grendel would be ok to 300 yards, but I would limit it. Same with the 243. As far as the Barnes X bullets I have killed a dozen deer with them. I have never had one drop. Most run three times as far as with a traditional soft point. If I had a bull elk at 400 yards facing straight away from me and I really wanted him I would want an X bullet in the chamber. I can reach his heart from any direction. However, a broadside shot is never going to stop an X bullet and if you could measure it I am sure more energy is expended in the hill beyond the animal than in the animal. I don't understand the experience others have had of drop them in their tracks. Never happened for me. If your off a bit your never going to recover the animal. I would not have a kid shoot an X bullet. I shot a lot of X bullets when they were very new (around 1988) until -- well I still have 40 rounds of 300 mag loaded, 50 rounds of 22-250, 50 rounds of 223, 50 rounds of 270 etc. I think the last time I shot any was -- hmmmm after 2010, but I don't remember exactly. It was back when we could buy multiple doe license. I shot three out of five does with X bullets that year. 223, 22-250, and 308. Ooooops I did have two drop in their tracks, but they were through the old brain. No body shots ever dropped them in their tracks. [/QUOTE]

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