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6.5 - 2900 ft/s most efficiently?
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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1504766" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>Also in addition to my last post, I have also taken into consideration powder charges, reloading components and the cost of those components. I again would like to reiterate that if I were to be starting from scratch I would be building a .270 WSM, however I have two Ruger 77s in .270 Winchester that I plan on re-barreling, blueprinting the action and building. I did consider the .270 Weatherby magnum due to the long actions, however there really isn't enough benefit for the few hundred feet per second to rationalize the caliber. Two major reasons is the amount of powder being burned, and the other is the cost of brass for reloading. <u><em>If one has to eek out every single foot-per-second</em></u> as one could possibly get out of a caliber, then I say go for it! However a common sense approach to a rifle, for me, is the .270 Winchester to get the job done. I am not a die-hard, true .270 Winchester person, but I do believe in using the proper caliber for the game one is hunting. And....I do not see any game that the 6.5s will have over the .270 if one is using the proper caliber <u><em>for the game they are hunting</em></u>! I have a 35 Whelen, a .358 Winchester and a 45-70 that I use for black bear hunting; and, for me they get the job done well. I have read some blogs about a person complaining about a 6.5 bullet not doing what it was supposed to be doing out at 500+ yards because it did not stay together and it did not break bone and pass through an elk (not the exact wording of the blog, but close to it). For me that is not using a large enough caliber for the game one is hunting. From the answers that I read on that particular blog, pretty much everyone else who responded felt the same way. Again enjoy building that special rifle, not matter what caliber you choose. Good luck with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1504766, member: 69192"] Also in addition to my last post, I have also taken into consideration powder charges, reloading components and the cost of those components. I again would like to reiterate that if I were to be starting from scratch I would be building a .270 WSM, however I have two Ruger 77s in .270 Winchester that I plan on re-barreling, blueprinting the action and building. I did consider the .270 Weatherby magnum due to the long actions, however there really isn't enough benefit for the few hundred feet per second to rationalize the caliber. Two major reasons is the amount of powder being burned, and the other is the cost of brass for reloading. [U][I]If one has to eek out every single foot-per-second[/I][/U] as one could possibly get out of a caliber, then I say go for it! However a common sense approach to a rifle, for me, is the .270 Winchester to get the job done. I am not a die-hard, true .270 Winchester person, but I do believe in using the proper caliber for the game one is hunting. And....I do not see any game that the 6.5s will have over the .270 if one is using the proper caliber [U][I]for the game they are hunting[/I][/U]! I have a 35 Whelen, a .358 Winchester and a 45-70 that I use for black bear hunting; and, for me they get the job done well. I have read some blogs about a person complaining about a 6.5 bullet not doing what it was supposed to be doing out at 500+ yards because it did not stay together and it did not break bone and pass through an elk (not the exact wording of the blog, but close to it). For me that is not using a large enough caliber for the game one is hunting. From the answers that I read on that particular blog, pretty much everyone else who responded felt the same way. Again enjoy building that special rifle, not matter what caliber you choose. Good luck with it. [/QUOTE]
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