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SP, Carbine rifle caliber selection input needed
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<blockquote data-quote="Ernie" data-source="post: 450072" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>You have a number of choices with a 500 yardish max and a max 200 pound critter.</p><p>Any of the WSM's or SAUM's will do great.</p><p>With a short action the SAUM may be a little more advantageous since is it shorter and you can seat your bullets out further.</p><p>You will not see a significant amount of velocity difference between the two IMO.</p><p>I have a just under 18" 6.5 Leopard (WSM) that pushes 130 Berger almost to 3100 fps. Krieger 1-8 twist.</p><p>Popped a muley at 496 this year with and have taken several pd's out to 440 mile with several first shot connections from 400 to just over 440 yards.</p><p></p><p>My 6-284 is a Broughton 5C 1-8 twist, and I use the 115 DTAC's @ 2775 fps.</p><p>Killed whitetail and antelope out to 350 yards or so with it and one prairie dog at over 1500 yards.</p><p>Yes, it will do the job for you as well, as would the 6.5-284 (17-18" barrels) running 140's from 2700-2775 fps.</p><p>The Long Dasher/6x47 Lapua improved or just the 6x47 Lapua.</p><p>And of course the 6.5x47 Lapua or the improved version of it would do the job as well. </p><p>For deer sized game I would prefer the 6.5x47 Lapua or the improved 6.5 myself at 500 yards. The 123 A-Max will be a good performer as would the 130 Berger.</p><p>With a Short actions (if it is a single-shot) you can move the bolt stop/release further back and unload a long throated round say in a 6-284 without having to remove the bolt.</p><p></p><p>I have a 6.5 SAUM reamer, but just haven't had the time for it to be used yet.</p><p>I also have a 7SAUM 18" 162 A-max at 2759 fps.</p><p></p><p>Hope this gives you a starting point.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ernie, post: 450072, member: 13"] You have a number of choices with a 500 yardish max and a max 200 pound critter. Any of the WSM's or SAUM's will do great. With a short action the SAUM may be a little more advantageous since is it shorter and you can seat your bullets out further. You will not see a significant amount of velocity difference between the two IMO. I have a just under 18" 6.5 Leopard (WSM) that pushes 130 Berger almost to 3100 fps. Krieger 1-8 twist. Popped a muley at 496 this year with and have taken several pd's out to 440 mile with several first shot connections from 400 to just over 440 yards. My 6-284 is a Broughton 5C 1-8 twist, and I use the 115 DTAC's @ 2775 fps. Killed whitetail and antelope out to 350 yards or so with it and one prairie dog at over 1500 yards. Yes, it will do the job for you as well, as would the 6.5-284 (17-18" barrels) running 140's from 2700-2775 fps. The Long Dasher/6x47 Lapua improved or just the 6x47 Lapua. And of course the 6.5x47 Lapua or the improved version of it would do the job as well. For deer sized game I would prefer the 6.5x47 Lapua or the improved 6.5 myself at 500 yards. The 123 A-Max will be a good performer as would the 130 Berger. With a Short actions (if it is a single-shot) you can move the bolt stop/release further back and unload a long throated round say in a 6-284 without having to remove the bolt. I have a 6.5 SAUM reamer, but just haven't had the time for it to be used yet. I also have a 7SAUM 18" 162 A-max at 2759 fps. Hope this gives you a starting point. [/QUOTE]
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