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<blockquote data-quote="fj40mojo" data-source="post: 419545" data-attributes="member: 19129"><p>I'm absolutely loving my 6.5x55. Can't wait to draw first blood with it this fall. I'll be hunting Mule deer and Elk and don't have any reservations about the caliber choice. I'm pushing 140grn Hornady SSTs at 2875fps from a 24" barrel at a 1.5grns under listed max into .5" groups. With a 1:9 twist you'll likely shoot the 120grn and lighter bullets better but that doesn't mean you won't be able to shoot the heavies though. Mine is 1:8 but I had it built specifically for 140grn pills. I think you'd do better with a barrel longer than 20" but I've found myself lusting after the CZ550FS and Sako 85 Bavarian Carbine, they are both great looking handy rifles. As for it not being a "man gun" I cry ********! You don't have to be kicked out from under your hair to humanely kill game so why subject yourself to punishing recoil? It is supposed to fun not painful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fj40mojo, post: 419545, member: 19129"] I'm absolutely loving my 6.5x55. Can't wait to draw first blood with it this fall. I'll be hunting Mule deer and Elk and don't have any reservations about the caliber choice. I'm pushing 140grn Hornady SSTs at 2875fps from a 24" barrel at a 1.5grns under listed max into .5" groups. With a 1:9 twist you'll likely shoot the 120grn and lighter bullets better but that doesn't mean you won't be able to shoot the heavies though. Mine is 1:8 but I had it built specifically for 140grn pills. I think you'd do better with a barrel longer than 20" but I've found myself lusting after the CZ550FS and Sako 85 Bavarian Carbine, they are both great looking handy rifles. As for it not being a "man gun" I cry ********! You don't have to be kicked out from under your hair to humanely kill game so why subject yourself to punishing recoil? It is supposed to fun not painful. [/QUOTE]
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