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<blockquote data-quote="WildRose" data-source="post: 2471961" data-attributes="member: 30902"><p>These are ball park but according to Chuck Hawks, the 26 NOS in an 8lbs rig puts you at 23.9 vs the .264 at 19.2lbs.</p><p></p><p>The 6.5-300Wby shows to come in at 21.1. Compare those to the .260 Rem and the 6.5CM that come in around 11.9lbs.</p><p></p><p>All of these are for 140gr bullets if my lines are lined up right.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.chuckhawks.com/recoil_table.htm[/URL]</p><p></p><p>Of course a lighter rifle or heavier bullet is going to change the equation. There are a good many online calculators you can use to get more specific.</p><p></p><p>For my money I can't see anything persuading me to do anything other than build my 6.5-300Rug as my 2022 6.5 Project.</p><p></p><p>Keep in mind if you plan on doing a lot of high volume shooting the harder and faster you push them through an overbore cartridge the more barrels have to be considered as "expendable" because you're going to go through a lot of them.</p><p></p><p>Even the .264 and 6.5x.284 loading hot are considered by most people to be, "Barrel Burners" so pushing bullets faster with the bigger cartridges will almost certainly reduce your barrel life considerably.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WildRose, post: 2471961, member: 30902"] These are ball park but according to Chuck Hawks, the 26 NOS in an 8lbs rig puts you at 23.9 vs the .264 at 19.2lbs. The 6.5-300Wby shows to come in at 21.1. Compare those to the .260 Rem and the 6.5CM that come in around 11.9lbs. All of these are for 140gr bullets if my lines are lined up right. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.chuckhawks.com/recoil_table.htm[/URL] Of course a lighter rifle or heavier bullet is going to change the equation. There are a good many online calculators you can use to get more specific. For my money I can't see anything persuading me to do anything other than build my 6.5-300Rug as my 2022 6.5 Project. Keep in mind if you plan on doing a lot of high volume shooting the harder and faster you push them through an overbore cartridge the more barrels have to be considered as "expendable" because you're going to go through a lot of them. Even the .264 and 6.5x.284 loading hot are considered by most people to be, "Barrel Burners" so pushing bullets faster with the bigger cartridges will almost certainly reduce your barrel life considerably. [/QUOTE]
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