Thread: Reloading novice

Originally Posted by 6x47

1400m is highly optimistic for an 18" .308. You'll be working V hard to stay supersonic even to 1000yds, impossible at 1400m.

Definitely not at animals. Bullet doesn't have to stay supersonic for targets though - it just has to be stable. E.g. I've shot my 6mm at a mile and it drops subsonic at 1200m. I said 1400m just because it's 1k more than 400m, just to illustrate "a long bloody way"