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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
.260, 6.5 Creed, 6.6X55 Sweed
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<blockquote data-quote="ntsqd" data-source="post: 2363187" data-attributes="member: 93138"><p>Working in a shop during the mid 80's only the old timers showed any interest in the 6.5mm bore, and usually then only for the 6.5x55 Swede. The .264 Mag had a rep for being a real throat burner and few would spend the considerable dollars for a rifle like that. The 6.5 RM just didn't even register on anyone's radar, but we kept 2 boxes of ammo on the shelf for it too. Maybe one in 100 customers would have ever considered rebarreling a rifle as being a normal thing to do. Most saw a rifle with a burned-out throat as being used up and in need of a complete replacement - not just a new barrel.</p><p></p><p>One of my two bosses occasionally commented that it was too bad that bullet selection in 6.5 was so bad and tended towards being round noses only (at the time). It was he who pointed out to me how high the 6.5 bullet's weight to bore size was. He figured with a good bullet selection that the 6.5mm bore could have easily dominated hunting North American light skinned game.</p><p></p><p>Mike didn't live to see this recognition of what he saw many years ago, but I smile every time I think about it. I'm sure that he'd be excited about it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ntsqd, post: 2363187, member: 93138"] Working in a shop during the mid 80's only the old timers showed any interest in the 6.5mm bore, and usually then only for the 6.5x55 Swede. The .264 Mag had a rep for being a real throat burner and few would spend the considerable dollars for a rifle like that. The 6.5 RM just didn't even register on anyone's radar, but we kept 2 boxes of ammo on the shelf for it too. Maybe one in 100 customers would have ever considered rebarreling a rifle as being a normal thing to do. Most saw a rifle with a burned-out throat as being used up and in need of a complete replacement - not just a new barrel. One of my two bosses occasionally commented that it was too bad that bullet selection in 6.5 was so bad and tended towards being round noses only (at the time). It was he who pointed out to me how high the 6.5 bullet's weight to bore size was. He figured with a good bullet selection that the 6.5mm bore could have easily dominated hunting North American light skinned game. Mike didn't live to see this recognition of what he saw many years ago, but I smile every time I think about it. I'm sure that he'd be excited about it. [/QUOTE]
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