Recent content by Davey G

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Greetings fellow Texan. I'm not far from you in Manvel.

Yep, WTO know their stuff. -DG

You're a good son-in-law. Can't tell you how many times I've thought, "Wish Dad was here to share this experience with me." Good job! - Davey G

Beautiful animal/rifle/shot!

Bed it to protect the wood under recoil.

Split a small square of 3M Scotchbright maroon in color (not the green one) to make it 1/2 as thick. Wrap around worn bore brush and secure with thread. Soak in cutting oil and run back and forth 3-4 times in bore. This also helps a factory barrel that has tooling marks. Do the same in throat to...

Hornady .284 162gr ELD-Match. At those impact velocities it is a great performer. Hornady personal have been using them (and A-Max before them) on medium game for years.

That sounds like the info I have also. My 6.5X55 is getting a new heavy 25" Pacnor barrel right now, so I'm hoping the 140gr A-MAXes I have on order come in soon.

Resurrecting a 6 month old thread.......If impact velocities are to be below 2600 fps (beyond 75 yards from my 6.5X55) they will be fine. As mentioned, these are highly frangible bullets, but below 2600 fps connecting velocities they perform great all the way down to 1600 fps, thus a wonderful...

Actually it was written by Nathan Foster who is a gunsmith, reloader, and long-range hunting guide in New Zealand. He does not say to not use a 6.5X55, but rather to know it's limitations, watch the body weight of game it's to be used on, and choose a fragmenting bullet that works down to 1600...