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6.5/.284, 7 SAUM? mid range/mid weight rifle?
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<blockquote data-quote="EXPRESS" data-source="post: 179945" data-attributes="member: 1441"><p>I'd like to put a rifle together that weights around or under 10lbs, 24" scoped, 24" barrel for shooting (and hunting) in the 300 - 700 yard bracket. </p><p></p><p>I have been yearning for a 6.5/.284 for a few years now, but now looking at it, there doesn't seem to be much I can't do with my 7mm-08 that I could do with the 6.5/.284 - other than the high BC 140gn bullets carrying energy better downrange and an extra 100fps or so. This edge is marginal, though tantalizing.</p><p></p><p>Now, I am a little limited by laws here as to what I can do with a "custom" rifle, so I don't have a lot of choices.</p><p></p><p>So I've been thinking about the 7 Saum cartride, it has a similar trajectory with a 160gn bullet as the 6.5/.284 with the 140gn. </p><p>This cartridge just doesn't have the appeal of the 6.5/.284 somehow, even though it may hit harder and fly flatter.</p><p></p><p>Is my logic flawed here?</p><p></p><p>I want something that is fairly light recoiling, light weight enough to carry in the mountains, without being an ultralight and does the job better than the 7mm-08 (which is my ultrlight 6.4lb rifle, scoped & loaded) out past 300.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EXPRESS, post: 179945, member: 1441"] I'd like to put a rifle together that weights around or under 10lbs, 24" scoped, 24" barrel for shooting (and hunting) in the 300 - 700 yard bracket. I have been yearning for a 6.5/.284 for a few years now, but now looking at it, there doesn't seem to be much I can't do with my 7mm-08 that I could do with the 6.5/.284 - other than the high BC 140gn bullets carrying energy better downrange and an extra 100fps or so. This edge is marginal, though tantalizing. Now, I am a little limited by laws here as to what I can do with a "custom" rifle, so I don't have a lot of choices. So I've been thinking about the 7 Saum cartride, it has a similar trajectory with a 160gn bullet as the 6.5/.284 with the 140gn. This cartridge just doesn't have the appeal of the 6.5/.284 somehow, even though it may hit harder and fly flatter. Is my logic flawed here? I want something that is fairly light recoiling, light weight enough to carry in the mountains, without being an ultralight and does the job better than the 7mm-08 (which is my ultrlight 6.4lb rifle, scoped & loaded) out past 300. [/QUOTE]
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