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<blockquote data-quote="James Jones" data-source="post: 160374" data-attributes="member: 8843"><p>If your wanting to squeeze the last little bit of effecient velocity out of a non magnum for the 6.5 then the 6.5-06Ai is a great choice. This caliber will get you to 1000yds easly and I think if your up to the job will cleanly take deer at 1000yds. Ackly improving this case will add very little in the velocity department but will help with making your brass last a little longer with less case flow.</p><p> </p><p>But here are a couple things to consider first.</p><p>1) you have to fire form your cases to get all the good out of them and that eats up barrel life.</p><p>2) to get the best brass you have to use 30-06 Lapua and neck it down in several steps and thats kinda a pain in the butt.</p><p>3) now their is a company that offers regular 6.5-06 ammo and that can be fired in the Ackley chamber if it needs to be.</p><p> </p><p>The 6.5-06 will out perform the 25-06 in both long range and power at long range with conventional offered bullet and you will get a little bit more barrel life, you could step up the weight with the Wildcat bullets for the 25 though and get more range out of it.</p><p> </p><p>Here is my oppinion though. I assume that your building on a long action and if it were me I'd build a 6.5-284 , its only a few ticks behind the 06 case velocity wise not even enough to matter at 1000 yds , their is no fire forming cases and the brass is available from several companies including Hornady and Lapua both of wich are good quality. you will be able to seat the long high BC bullets out as far as you want in the long action without any feeding problems. And the 6.5-284 has a proven track record in the 1000 yd comps.</p><p> </p><p>any of the wild cats in 6.5 if loaded with the right bullets will be suitable for critters up to Elk with little trouble.</p><p> </p><p>so all in all my vote goes to the 6.5-284 then the 6.5-06 Ackley if you just have to have that little bit more velocity. That being said I built a 260 instead of a 6.5-284 due to having a short action and I realy don't think the lost velocity is gonna matter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="James Jones, post: 160374, member: 8843"] If your wanting to squeeze the last little bit of effecient velocity out of a non magnum for the 6.5 then the 6.5-06Ai is a great choice. This caliber will get you to 1000yds easly and I think if your up to the job will cleanly take deer at 1000yds. Ackly improving this case will add very little in the velocity department but will help with making your brass last a little longer with less case flow. But here are a couple things to consider first. 1) you have to fire form your cases to get all the good out of them and that eats up barrel life. 2) to get the best brass you have to use 30-06 Lapua and neck it down in several steps and thats kinda a pain in the butt. 3) now their is a company that offers regular 6.5-06 ammo and that can be fired in the Ackley chamber if it needs to be. The 6.5-06 will out perform the 25-06 in both long range and power at long range with conventional offered bullet and you will get a little bit more barrel life, you could step up the weight with the Wildcat bullets for the 25 though and get more range out of it. Here is my oppinion though. I assume that your building on a long action and if it were me I'd build a 6.5-284 , its only a few ticks behind the 06 case velocity wise not even enough to matter at 1000 yds , their is no fire forming cases and the brass is available from several companies including Hornady and Lapua both of wich are good quality. you will be able to seat the long high BC bullets out as far as you want in the long action without any feeding problems. And the 6.5-284 has a proven track record in the 1000 yd comps. any of the wild cats in 6.5 if loaded with the right bullets will be suitable for critters up to Elk with little trouble. so all in all my vote goes to the 6.5-284 then the 6.5-06 Ackley if you just have to have that little bit more velocity. That being said I built a 260 instead of a 6.5-284 due to having a short action and I realy don't think the lost velocity is gonna matter. [/QUOTE]
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