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iracecars4fun
01-22-12, 10:58
I have been tossing the idea around in my head that i need a new rifle, something that would be fun to shoot long range and use for hunting. Most recently i have been looking into the 6.5 area cartridges like the 6.5 creedmoor and the 6.5 -284. both of which are excellent long range cartridges, from what i read, but i have no experience with what a 140 grain 6.5 mm bullet does terminally. anyone here have experience with what these little things can do

DTHN2LGS
01-22-12, 14:07
I am a 6.5mm fan, and I hunt deer with a .260 Rem. using 100 gr. Barnes bullets. I have never lost a deer and only recovered one bullet that almost made it out lengthwise through the deer, it was found under the hide. All broadside shots went through and through.

There are a lot of long range shooters using the 6.5/284 cartridge. I don't have one myself, but I built one for a friend and was very impressed with it. He only used it for target shooting and did not hunt with it.

My first 6.5 was the 6.5 x 55mm Swedish Mauser Ackley Improved I made for my custom rifle project in gunsmithing school. It's a very accurate gun and the 142 gr. Sierra MatchKings shoot great in it. It has a heavy 1/8 twist barrel so I only took it hunting once and didn't have a shot at any deer then, so I can't speak about it's terminal performance. Scandinavians have been hunting with the regular version for about a hundred years, so it must work.

If you feel the need to get a new gun in a new caliber, you can't go wrong with a 6.5mm. For hunting, I'd lean towards the 6.5/284 of the two you mentioned.

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ICANHITHIMMAN
01-22-12, 14:31
140g Berger VLD at 200M it will kill a deer out to 1000M. This was at 2950 FPS from a 260 rem.

http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn119/ICANHITHIMMAN/229.jpg
http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn119/ICANHITHIMMAN/230.jpg

J-Dub
01-22-12, 14:51
Dont over look the 6.5x55 or .260rem.

I've contemplating the same question. I believe 6.5creedmoor is the way to go. But thats just me. 6.5x55 would be my second choice.

iracecars4fun
01-22-12, 21:37
140g Berger VLD at 200M it will kill a deer out to 1000M. This was at 2950 FPS from a 260 rem.


http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn119/ICANHITHIMMAN/230.jpg

that speaks volumes. i did a little more research and the .260 seems the way to go, similar ballistic performance but far greater barrel life. now to find the money.

ICANHITHIMMAN
01-22-12, 22:14
I would just buy a savage its cheep and they shoot awsome or maybe the tikka in 6.5x55 same performance.

iracecars4fun
01-22-12, 22:58
you dont have to tell me that! i am a savage fan through and through.

mark5pt56
01-23-12, 19:17
This is a classy one.- 6.5x55

http://www.cz-usa.com/products/view/cz-550-fs/

J-Dub
01-25-12, 07:48
This is a classy one.- 6.5x55

http://www.cz-usa.com/products/view/cz-550-fs/

Now THAT is a fine looking weapon, love the full stocks.

Artos
01-25-12, 08:26
Being a reloader, I'm a big fan of the 6.5x55 and availability of the Lapua brass!!

If I can ever shoot out the bbl on my Remmy 722 in 257 Roberts, it will be my next round.

NC12215
01-27-12, 02:29
I am a huge fan of the 6.5mm. I have a 6.5 Gibbs that is on it's second barrel in twelve years. I have used 140gr A MAX, 140 Sierra BTHP Match, 142gr Sierra BTHP Match, and Berger 140gr VLD's. It has taken everything from Rockchucks to Elk. I use the Berger's exclusively now. It is a laser at 3350fps.
I plan to build a .260 Rem for my 11 year old boy for rifle hunting next fall.
Great ballistics, great balance in almost everything.
Good choice.
Dave

ICANHITHIMMAN
01-27-12, 08:54
I am a huge fan of the 6.5mm. I have a 6.5 Gibbs that is on it's second barrel in twelve years. I have used 140gr A MAX, 140 Sierra BTHP Match, 142gr Sierra BTHP Match, and Berger 140gr VLD's. It has taken everything from Rockchucks to Elk. I use the Berger's exclusively now. It is a laser at 3350fps.
I plan to build a .260 Rem for my 11 year old boy for rifle hunting next fall.
Great ballistics, great balance in almost everything.
Good choice.
Dave

3350 awesome what powder? I have a 264 win on the bench no loads yet. Did you here about R33?

NC12215
01-27-12, 13:29
Running 4831 and sometimes H1000 (a little slower). 28" Hart barrel using a 270 Win case blown out a bit.
R33?

ICANHITHIMMAN
01-27-12, 15:03
Running 4831 and sometimes H1000 (a little slower). 28" Hart barrel using a 270 Win case blown out a bit.
R33?

Ya I figred on the H1000 or RUTUMBO, R33 is the new, it will do for larger magnums what R17 did for the short mags.

J-Dub
02-09-12, 10:12
Heres a crazy idea, a bolt action 6.5 Grendel..

Im starting to think it would be a cool unique hunting rifle. Light, low recoil, pretty good ballistics out to 300yds (maybe more depending on the quary).

Hmmmm a savage in 6.5grendel or CZ 527 in Grendel??

ICANHITHIMMAN
02-09-12, 10:26
Heres a crazy idea, a bolt action 6.5 Grendel..

Im starting to think it would be a cool unique hunting rifle. Light, low recoil, pretty good ballistics out to 300yds (maybe more depending on the quary).

Hmmmm a savage in 6.5grendel or CZ 527 in Grendel??

check out grendal fourms they have a bolt section

longball
02-27-12, 08:38
Dont over look the 6.5x55 or .260rem...


I would just buy a savage its cheep and they shoot awsome or maybe the tikka in 6.5x55 same performance.

http://www.tikka.fi/pdf/specs/LiteStainless.pdf

A Tikka T3 Lite in the .260 or 6.5x55 would be a good combination in my opinion. Savage makes some excellent rifles though. There are several in use in my family they're all shooters.