The 257 Weatherby Mag. At A Glance: Our Top 5 Picks For Long Range Calibers in 2022 Best for Beginners: 5.56mm/.223 Remington Minimal Recoil: 224 Valkyrie Best for Long Range: 243 Winchester Best for Seasoned Shooters: 6mm Creedmoor Best Value: 6.5mm Grendel It gives you an MPBR of 336 yards. Beyond 1000 yards they use either the 338 Lapua or the 50 BMG. Before we check that out, lets give a nod to the 240 Wby. I am curious to see how it does for a 22 that can push any bullet weight made for it. Nosler is loading the 27 with their famous AccuBond, which is one of the best big-game bullets ever crafted. Nor are we maintaining that the flattest shooting cartridge/bullet is the ultimate determinant of a good hunting round. Flattest shooting caliber - PredatorMasters Forums and MV do. RELATED: The 10 Best Rifle Bullets for Long-Range Shooting. Fantastic information. So what can we learn from these numbers? Most of the calculators out there show larger drop rates then your table. If Ive left out an obvious winner or near winner, write in and state your case. The flattest-shooting popular rifle cartridge at 1,000 yards is the 6.5-300 Weatherby Magnum, followed by the .26 Nosler, the .28 Nosler, the .22 Creedmoor, and the 6.5 Weatherby RPM. I prefer larger calibers for elk, but the .270 is perfectly adequate for elk, and I have personally used it for elk all the way to 400 yards with no problems. Every rifle is different. Here we go! 300 Win Mag Ballistics - Velocity, Trajectory & More - The Lodge at 10 Things We All Hate About flattest shooting caliber to 500 yards Yash June 15, 2021 57 views 3 minute read This is the one in the middle, the flattest shooting caliber to 500 yards. Good work mate. And while that pokey 300 grain 338 Lapua round drops quite a bit compared to the others in the list, its carrying a lot of energy: enough to take a deer at 1775 yards. A 3 mph breeze at the shooter can become a 20 mph roar in the canyon halfway to the target. Why is the 7 MM Ultra Mag also called the 7RUM not on your lists? Great chart and thanks for what must have been an incredible amount of work. Thanks Jim. REX'S INDOOR RANGE - 77 Upward Rd, East Flat Rock, NC - Yelp 6.5-300 WBY (-204)