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<blockquote data-quote="rotorhead" data-source="post: 271244" data-attributes="member: 5078"><p>I have a friend he's and old guy that is the best gunsmith I know of. He wanted to answer this question 10 or so years ago, so He built 2 identical rifles one in 6.5-06 and one ackley. The ackley was much more finicky and he felt it wasn't worth the extra 100fps. Interestingly enough, he could not get either one to shoot 40 grain bullets very well when he loaded up just about and 130 the accuracy was spot on .2,.3 with very little effort. We talked about it quit a bit and I and as we speak putting together a 6.5-06 standard. His comment was if you want to shoot the heavy bullets go with a 6.5-284, it shoots the 142smk real good.</p><p></p><p>As another note my buddy has taken game all over the world with his 6.5-06. It is his favorite cartridge because of its versatility. It shoots the lightest of bullets up to the 130's extremely well and doesn't chew up barrels. He has been shooting the standard 6.5-06 he built 10 years ago all this time. He told me deer at 1000 is no problem especially with the 130 VLD. He also states a bull elk at 500 isn't a problem either. He is a good shooter and his focus is on hunting and not necessarily distance but this year shot and Ibex @ 650 dropped him where he stood. If versatility and very manageable recoil is what you want you really can't beat the ole 6.5-06.</p><p>I personally only shoot out to 6-700 yards at this point due to I feel I just haven't made it to greater distances with enough confidence yet, nor have I needed to.</p><p></p><p>The end result is the 6.5-06 is everything the 25-06 is and most of what the 270 is in the same cartridge.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Hope this helped.</p><p></p><p>RH</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rotorhead, post: 271244, member: 5078"] I have a friend he's and old guy that is the best gunsmith I know of. He wanted to answer this question 10 or so years ago, so He built 2 identical rifles one in 6.5-06 and one ackley. The ackley was much more finicky and he felt it wasn't worth the extra 100fps. Interestingly enough, he could not get either one to shoot 40 grain bullets very well when he loaded up just about and 130 the accuracy was spot on .2,.3 with very little effort. We talked about it quit a bit and I and as we speak putting together a 6.5-06 standard. His comment was if you want to shoot the heavy bullets go with a 6.5-284, it shoots the 142smk real good. As another note my buddy has taken game all over the world with his 6.5-06. It is his favorite cartridge because of its versatility. It shoots the lightest of bullets up to the 130's extremely well and doesn't chew up barrels. He has been shooting the standard 6.5-06 he built 10 years ago all this time. He told me deer at 1000 is no problem especially with the 130 VLD. He also states a bull elk at 500 isn't a problem either. He is a good shooter and his focus is on hunting and not necessarily distance but this year shot and Ibex @ 650 dropped him where he stood. If versatility and very manageable recoil is what you want you really can't beat the ole 6.5-06. I personally only shoot out to 6-700 yards at this point due to I feel I just haven't made it to greater distances with enough confidence yet, nor have I needed to. The end result is the 6.5-06 is everything the 25-06 is and most of what the 270 is in the same cartridge. Hope this helped. RH [/QUOTE]
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