I just built a 6.5-06 with a 27.5 inch krieger barrel. I can get 3250 with 61.0 grs of rel 25 and a 129 gr interlok bullet. zeroed at 300 ,I am 8 low at 400 and only 22 at 500. I have a 7mm ultra mag being converted to 6.5 ultra mag now. Aaah the sport of the chase , the taste of old whisky and...
I use a 160 gr Sierra HP pushed by 80.4 grs of H-1000 out of a 26" tube. I never had a Whitetail take a step after being shot. My longest kill to date is 450 yds. because of where I hunt. I get about 3050 fps out of this load. I have a load with 130 gr Sierra bullet pushed by 85 grs H-1000 that...
My 6-284 will fling those 105/107's into a group about 1" at 300 yards but I hunt with a 95 gr Combined Technologies ballistic tip. I use it in my sons 243 and in my 6-284 cause it just slams the deer down. We hunt where our longer shots are 375 yds in the fields and in the woods 100 yards max...