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Savage LRP.... are they over rated...?
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<blockquote data-quote="westcliffe01" data-source="post: 804940" data-attributes="member: 35183"><p>Your looking at about $340 + shipping. Direct from Shilen is about $550... I have heard that barrel life is a bit better on the 260 Rem than a 243 Win and the 6.5 bullets are pretty good and will be heavier than what you would be shooting in the 243 for sure. The LRP has a detachable magazine so you would be all set. </p><p></p><p>The only time this may not interest you us if you wanted to shoot the light bullets at close to 4000fps, but that does not sound like you. That needs a different twist and is why Savage compromised on the 1:9.25 in the first place to try to please everyone instead of really catering to long range shooters with an 8 twist.</p><p></p><p>A key thing to remember is that for a repeater (magazine fed) a 6.5x284 has to be built on a long action receiver and Savage does not do a long target action. With a short target action, removing an unfired round requires removing the bolt. Loading is no problem. Unloading brass is no problem either without the bullet. By contrast the 243 and 260Rem are based on the 308 cartridge and work with 308 based magazines and short actions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="westcliffe01, post: 804940, member: 35183"] Your looking at about $340 + shipping. Direct from Shilen is about $550... I have heard that barrel life is a bit better on the 260 Rem than a 243 Win and the 6.5 bullets are pretty good and will be heavier than what you would be shooting in the 243 for sure. The LRP has a detachable magazine so you would be all set. The only time this may not interest you us if you wanted to shoot the light bullets at close to 4000fps, but that does not sound like you. That needs a different twist and is why Savage compromised on the 1:9.25 in the first place to try to please everyone instead of really catering to long range shooters with an 8 twist. A key thing to remember is that for a repeater (magazine fed) a 6.5x284 has to be built on a long action receiver and Savage does not do a long target action. With a short target action, removing an unfired round requires removing the bolt. Loading is no problem. Unloading brass is no problem either without the bullet. By contrast the 243 and 260Rem are based on the 308 cartridge and work with 308 based magazines and short actions. [/QUOTE]
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