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6.5 140vld at 3300-3400fps???? need help
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<blockquote data-quote="Long Time Long Ranger" data-source="post: 434580" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>My 264 stw will reach over 3300 fps with the 140 in a 28" barrel. You might could design something off the 338 lapua imp or ultramag case to do it but not at that weight rifle. With what I have worked with in 6.5 the 6.5 wsm I think would be the best option in that weight rifle. You will not get 3300 fps but it will be accurate and the most efficient in that barrel length. With short barrels the larger the caliber the better off you are with large cases because the less overbore you have the more efficient you are with velocity loss or the lack of it. That is why the 338 win mag does so well in short barrels. It doesn't lose much and is very efficient. So if you went the wsm route the 300 might be the best and the 7mm probably better than the 6.5. I mention the wsm because it is one of the most efficient large cases out there for use in short barrels.</p><p> </p><p>For hunting purposes in a lightweight rifle with 24" barrel there are many choices that work well to 800 yards. If you include elk size critters the list gets shorter. The high BC wsm cartridges will get you there and there are several others particularly if deer size stuff is what you are after. </p><p> </p><p>I have taken several animals at long range out to 1100 yards with a 24" barrel lightweight 338 win mag. A moose being the one at 1100. The 225 AB will shoot over 2900 fps with a .55 bc and hits stuff way harder at long range than some of the smaller stuff. My Tikka T-3 light weighs 7 1/2 pounds with scope and bipod. I have no trouble at all killing anything I want with it out to the 800 yards you are looking at. You do not need a heavy nightforce at that range. think light weight. Mine is a 13.9 oz swaro with the BR reticle which is dead on hits without turning clicks to 850 yards. And when I hit something with it, It is Dead. Just showing you there are other things out there many people don't really think about if they are just focused on ballistic charts. From all my posts through the years you know I am more focused on kill charts than ballistic charts.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Long Time Long Ranger, post: 434580, member: 505"] My 264 stw will reach over 3300 fps with the 140 in a 28" barrel. You might could design something off the 338 lapua imp or ultramag case to do it but not at that weight rifle. With what I have worked with in 6.5 the 6.5 wsm I think would be the best option in that weight rifle. You will not get 3300 fps but it will be accurate and the most efficient in that barrel length. With short barrels the larger the caliber the better off you are with large cases because the less overbore you have the more efficient you are with velocity loss or the lack of it. That is why the 338 win mag does so well in short barrels. It doesn't lose much and is very efficient. So if you went the wsm route the 300 might be the best and the 7mm probably better than the 6.5. I mention the wsm because it is one of the most efficient large cases out there for use in short barrels. For hunting purposes in a lightweight rifle with 24" barrel there are many choices that work well to 800 yards. If you include elk size critters the list gets shorter. The high BC wsm cartridges will get you there and there are several others particularly if deer size stuff is what you are after. I have taken several animals at long range out to 1100 yards with a 24" barrel lightweight 338 win mag. A moose being the one at 1100. The 225 AB will shoot over 2900 fps with a .55 bc and hits stuff way harder at long range than some of the smaller stuff. My Tikka T-3 light weighs 7 1/2 pounds with scope and bipod. I have no trouble at all killing anything I want with it out to the 800 yards you are looking at. You do not need a heavy nightforce at that range. think light weight. Mine is a 13.9 oz swaro with the BR reticle which is dead on hits without turning clicks to 850 yards. And when I hit something with it, It is Dead. Just showing you there are other things out there many people don't really think about if they are just focused on ballistic charts. From all my posts through the years you know I am more focused on kill charts than ballistic charts. [/QUOTE]
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