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It was stoopid of me not to mention that I do long-distance shooting only. Certainly wouldn't recommend my 284 Jarrett with the heavy J Allen stock, etc., combined with S&B PMII 5x25 at 20+ total pounds for hunting, let alone a "mountain rifle". Unless you want to reliably shoot game at 1,000+...

My buddy and I each had a .284 Jarrett built 3 years ago. Necked down Winchester 300 WM brass, using the 195gr Berger EOL (ridiculously good BC vs 190 gr SMK) and 74 gr of Retumbo. With J Allen stock, Surgeon action and 24" Proof barrel it travels at 2960fps. This rifle has the recoil of a...

Not sure there's a dime's worth of difference, but Remington .260 with 140 gr berger in custom stock is hard to beat out to 1600 yards with good scope and may be lighter and/or less recoil than your Savage 6.5 WSM. Likewise, .284 Jarrett with the "new" 195 gr berger has excellent G1 BC versus...

In my experience the glass on the S&B PMII 5x25 series is unsurpassed. Premier scopes (when still being made) are just as good. Kahles another good choice but I prefer mil-dot to MOA reticles; also first focal plane.

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I had my gunsmith build a .284 Jarrett (7mm) for the new 195 EOL Berger bullet. The necked down 300 WM case takes 72.4 gr of Retumbo and approaches 3000 ft/sec. The G1 .755 BC of the Berger is 40% better than the .533 185 gr SMK that I used to shoot in my former Surgeon Scalpel 300 WM. And...