Uhh, kind of a non sequitur there. The resurgence in interest in mid size 6.5mm cartridges has nothing to do with hunting.Over the past few years there has been a new wave of intrest in the 6.5mm bore with the recent introduction of the 6.5x47 and 6.5 Creedmore, the continued survival of the 260 rem and manufactures chambering the 1,000yd target legend the 6.5-284 into factory hunting rifles. My question is which of these will go on to be the next 6.5x55 and accompany hunter for the next 120 years?
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Where did you have your 6.5-06 built? <GRIN>303tom
I will stay with my 06 !
I don't agree, just because an article talks them up as LD shooting calibers does not deminish their effectivness on game, Savage, Ruger and TC are chambering some of the new 6.5s in their factory hunting rifles, and hunting bullets can be found in factory loads. I hunt with a 6.5mm and have for quite some time now, no deer that ever walked would know the difference between it and a 270 win. I think as hunters becore more well read on external and terminal ballistics the very high BC/SD 6.5mm bullets become more and more appealing. Is there something "magic" about the 6.5mm bore? No of course not, but what does make it different is the tight standard twist stabalizing long highly taperd bullets very well. If the 25-06 was designed with a 1:8 twist in mind we would be talking about the remarkable external ballistics and disproportionate killing ability of the 25 cal bullets instead of the 6.5mm, and all the LD shooters would be drooling over the 25-284 make no mistake about it. Not knocking the quater bore guys, it is a great round too, but it's lighter bullets lend themselves to thinner skin game, and less aerodynamic efficiency. A tradeoff to get higher speeds.