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Which 6.5 in Rem 700 LA, help me decide...
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 857594" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>I'll assume your predominantly going to hunt deer. Here's my take:</p><p> </p><p>* I like 6.5's but knowing you have a long action rifle, why not take advantage of it? The 260 is OK, and somebody said improve it. Tell me how you improve an improved cartridge? The Ackley case will start out the same at the base, and be fourth thousandths bigger at the shoulder. You'd be lucky to see one grain of powder increase over the standard. But the 260's not a bad round. I'd go for the 6.5x55 improved, but you don't want that. Then there's the 6.5x257 Ackley improved. This is a fantastic over achiever. Cases are simply necked up .257 Roberts brass (Dave Kiff has reamer prints). This case will push a 140 grain bullet to about 2950fps. Seems to be a tight grouping round as well.</p><p> </p><p>Yet is it were me, I'd just build either a basic .257 Roberts or a .257 improved. It'll push the 115 grain bullets to just about 3100 fps, and still shoot factory loads quite well. Dies are easy to come by, and Forster even has the Ackley lumped in there with the standard dies. Recoil is mild, and the barrels last a very long time unlike a lot of really hot 6.5's.</p><p> </p><p>You might also want to consider the .280 Remington. Just a tick behind the 7mm mags. Another serious over achiever built odd the 30-06 case in the .338-06. 65% of the recoil that a .338 mag has with 85% of the power!!</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 857594, member: 25383"] I'll assume your predominantly going to hunt deer. Here's my take: * I like 6.5's but knowing you have a long action rifle, why not take advantage of it? The 260 is OK, and somebody said improve it. Tell me how you improve an improved cartridge? The Ackley case will start out the same at the base, and be fourth thousandths bigger at the shoulder. You'd be lucky to see one grain of powder increase over the standard. But the 260's not a bad round. I'd go for the 6.5x55 improved, but you don't want that. Then there's the 6.5x257 Ackley improved. This is a fantastic over achiever. Cases are simply necked up .257 Roberts brass (Dave Kiff has reamer prints). This case will push a 140 grain bullet to about 2950fps. Seems to be a tight grouping round as well. Yet is it were me, I'd just build either a basic .257 Roberts or a .257 improved. It'll push the 115 grain bullets to just about 3100 fps, and still shoot factory loads quite well. Dies are easy to come by, and Forster even has the Ackley lumped in there with the standard dies. Recoil is mild, and the barrels last a very long time unlike a lot of really hot 6.5's. You might also want to consider the .280 Remington. Just a tick behind the 7mm mags. Another serious over achiever built odd the 30-06 case in the .338-06. 65% of the recoil that a .338 mag has with 85% of the power!! gary [/QUOTE]
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