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@Llama Bob id love to hear what your load is!
Look at post #189. And be very careful!
@Llama Bob id love to hear what your load is!
@Llama Bob id love to hear what your load is!
That was my first experience (vicariously) of hunting with a 6.5 mm bullet. It worked just fine on that deer but I'm still going to stick with .308 Win.
It’s a good thing that there are an intrepid handful of us still shooting and reloading for the antiquated, obsolete and impotent .308 win.
Through our sacrifice of ballistic coefficient, endurance of bone crushing recoil and tolerance of ridicule from the “cool kids” we are preserving this bygone era of cartridge design for future generations of shooters.
Nature Boy said:It’s a good thing that there are an intrepid handful of us still shooting and reloading for the antiquated, obsolete and impotent .308 win.
Through our sacrifice of ballistic coefficient, endurance of bone crushing recoil and tolerance of ridicule from the “cool kids” we are preserving this bygone era of cartridge design for future generations of shooters.
bah, you old fogeys...ies?
Admittedly I dont really care for the .308, Im in the 30-06 camp....
I do plan on taking a trip to the wild side next time around the block and picking up a 7mm-08 or .280 AI, 7mm WSM would be on the list as well if it were still factory chambered by anyone.
Maybe they didn’t have the metallurgy and manufacturing techniques in 1891 to withstand higher pressures. Also a lot of improvements in powder stability since then.The 6.5x55 motto: "short action performance in a long action, brought to you by the design mistakes of the 19th century"
Admittedly I dont really care for the .308, Im in the 30-06 camp....
poured a concrete slab, dug a trench, and dropped in 200' of 12" drain line in the last 3 days.....kinda feels like it right now.......What are you, like 97 years old?
Nature Boy said:What are you, like 97 years old?
@Nature Boy, there's clearly a correlation between the rise in popularity of the 6.5 Creedmoor and the decline in testosterone with age, along with an overall decline in testosterone in this country during the last 100 years. 100 years from now we'll all be shooting a lot better, talking about our feelings a lot more and heading to the "other" powder room in large packs!!
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@Nature Boy, there's clearly a correlation between the rise in popularity of the 6.5 Creedmoor and the decline in testosterone with age, along with an overall decline in testosterone in this country during the last 100 years. 100 years from now we'll all be shooting a lot better, talking about our feelings a lot more and heading to the "other" powder room in large packs!!
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I don't identify with your chart, I feel that my testosterones are just resting up for the next rush.....@Nature Boy, there's clearly a correlation between the rise in popularity of the 6.5 Creedmoor and the decline in testosterone with age, along with an overall decline in testosterone in this country during the last 100 years. 100 years from now we'll all be shooting a lot better, talking about our feelings a lot more and heading to the "other" powder room in large packs!!
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Gtscotty said:I'm sure as I begin to move down the long unavoidable slope, things like cardigans, beige Corollas and .308s will start to become more and more alluring.
horseman61 said:All jokes aside I don’t understand the sheer animosity towards the 6.5 Creedmoor
I wonder if the 30-30 or the 270 Winchester 7mm mag were treated like this?
Ask Elmer Kieth what he thought of the .270 LOL!All jokes aside I don’t understand the sheer animosity towards the 6.5 Creedmoor I’m not saying it’s the greatest cartridge in the world for everybody,
I wonder if the 30-30 or the 270 Winchester 7mm mag were treated like this?
Which is the old best thing since sliced bread....just ask ME!You see my father was in the 30-06 crew and my favorite uncle was in the .270 crew.. It was a no matter what I did, it was wrong which explains the 7 Rmag.