We Compared 6 Calibers for One Mile—Only One Made Sense

Podcast: The Outdoors Adventure Hour · Lupo Outdoors

Opublikowano: 2026-09-21

Six calibers. One 1,760-yard goal. Which one gives a beginner the best path to a repeatable one-mile impact? Welcome to Episode 1 of Quest to a Mile: A Beginner’s Guide. We’re building a complete step-by-step path from picking up a rifle for the first time to producing a repeatable hit at one mile. We begin with .223 Remington as our affordable training cartridge before comparing the one-mile candidates: • 6.5 Creedmoor • 6.5 PRC • 300 PRC • .338 Lapua Magnum • .338 Norma Magnum—the viewer-nominated wildcard • .50 BMG We examine recoil, ammunition cost, component availability, wind performance, retai...