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<blockquote data-quote="MNbogboy" data-source="post: 498373" data-attributes="member: 18849"><p>A little trivia though i may not quite remember the dates exactly....The 350 rem mag was introduced about 1964 or so specially designed for the model 600 carbine...about two years later rem introduced the 6.5 rem mag for the same rifle....The short barreled 600s did not bring out full potential of either cartridge...Remington offered them later in the 700 with longer barrels but maybe a tad bit late and their popularity waned....But the 6.5 craze of late might just bring this one "back".....I almost went with the 6.5 mag but being everything else I have uses the .473 bolt head I stayed with the program and ruled the belted mag out.....</p><p></p><p>I too have been bitten by the 6.5 bug and am currently building and developing loads for two .260 rems on Savage actions, one a 26" Shilen varmint and the other an ER Shaw 24" sporter......Preliminary chrono tests are showing 2925 with 130 bergers and 2975 with 123 Scenars out of the Shilen.....Haven't had the Shaw over the chrono yet but it seems to like 120 Amax the best as far as 100 yard accuracy goes....</p><p></p><p>Best of all the recoil is "sweet"...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MNbogboy, post: 498373, member: 18849"] A little trivia though i may not quite remember the dates exactly....The 350 rem mag was introduced about 1964 or so specially designed for the model 600 carbine...about two years later rem introduced the 6.5 rem mag for the same rifle....The short barreled 600s did not bring out full potential of either cartridge...Remington offered them later in the 700 with longer barrels but maybe a tad bit late and their popularity waned....But the 6.5 craze of late might just bring this one "back".....I almost went with the 6.5 mag but being everything else I have uses the .473 bolt head I stayed with the program and ruled the belted mag out..... I too have been bitten by the 6.5 bug and am currently building and developing loads for two .260 rems on Savage actions, one a 26" Shilen varmint and the other an ER Shaw 24" sporter......Preliminary chrono tests are showing 2925 with 130 bergers and 2975 with 123 Scenars out of the Shilen.....Haven't had the Shaw over the chrono yet but it seems to like 120 Amax the best as far as 100 yard accuracy goes.... Best of all the recoil is "sweet"... [/QUOTE]
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