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.270 vs 6.5x55
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<blockquote data-quote="Hespco" data-source="post: 1608572" data-attributes="member: 109476"><p>Since 1893 the 6.5x55 has proven it's ability to take heavy game around the world. Moose in Scandinavia etc. US shooters are just now beginning to understand the benefits of the 6.5 bore. I have various 6.5's & the 270. The 6.5x55 is factory loaded to ridiculously low pressures so as to be safe in the many older rifles . Hand loaded in strong modern rifles the 6.5 x55 will take any game the 270 will . It will do so with milder recoil & a flatter trajectory. The 6.5 over all has been a sleeper in the US. We take our deer & elk every year with our various 6.5's, 260 Rem, 6.5x55, 6.5-06. Check out on line the exploits of " Karamojo Bell " ( Walter Dalrymple Maitland ) . In the years just prior to 1900 & just after he took numerous elephants penetrating 22" to 24" of skull . Also took over 400 head of every size of African plains game averaging 1 1/2 shots per animal meaning many were taken with one shot. He did all this with the minuscule 6.5x54MS driving a 160 gr bullet at barely 2300FPS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hespco, post: 1608572, member: 109476"] Since 1893 the 6.5x55 has proven it's ability to take heavy game around the world. Moose in Scandinavia etc. US shooters are just now beginning to understand the benefits of the 6.5 bore. I have various 6.5's & the 270. The 6.5x55 is factory loaded to ridiculously low pressures so as to be safe in the many older rifles . Hand loaded in strong modern rifles the 6.5 x55 will take any game the 270 will . It will do so with milder recoil & a flatter trajectory. The 6.5 over all has been a sleeper in the US. We take our deer & elk every year with our various 6.5's, 260 Rem, 6.5x55, 6.5-06. Check out on line the exploits of " Karamojo Bell " ( Walter Dalrymple Maitland ) . In the years just prior to 1900 & just after he took numerous elephants penetrating 22" to 24" of skull . Also took over 400 head of every size of African plains game averaging 1 1/2 shots per animal meaning many were taken with one shot. He did all this with the minuscule 6.5x54MS driving a 160 gr bullet at barely 2300FPS. [/QUOTE]
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