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6.5 Calibers?
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<blockquote data-quote="benchracer" data-source="post: 709572" data-attributes="member: 22069"><p>I have a 6.5 Swede, 6.5-284 Norma, and a .264WM.</p><p> </p><p>Recently, I had the chance to shoot the Swede and the 6.5-284 at 600 yards for the first time. The Swede shot really well in tough wind and mirage conditions. I was surprised though, at how much easier it seemed to shoot "through" the conditions with the 6.5-284. I was shooting 140g Berger VLD's with the Swede and 140g AMAX's with the 6.5-284. </p><p> </p><p>I would estimate that the 6.5-284 was running about 200fps faster than the Swede. The difference between the two was subtle, but decisive. I would expect that difference to be magnified at 1000 yards.</p><p> </p><p>Where my .264WM is concerned, I am still in the middle of load development with it so I don't really know what it's true potential is. At this point, it doesn't look like I will be giving up anything in accuracy to either of my other 6.5's. In the end, I expect to be able to get 3150 or so with the 140's. If that is the case, I would expect it to outperform the 6.5-284 to roughly the same extent that the 6.5-284 outperformed the Swede.</p><p> </p><p>I know that there are bigger cased 6.5's like the 6.5 STW and the 6.5 RUM. Assuming that the bigger cases would be able to maintain the accuracy level of the smaller cases, I would think that one of these would be the KING of the Long Range 6.5's. That also assumes that existing powders are slow enough to take advantage of the additional case capacity and that the high bc 6.5 bullets available would be able to withstand the additional velocity without bullet blowup. </p><p> </p><p>I am thinking that with the right Cutting Edge bullets and slow enough powder the STW and RUM would be monsters at long range. Yes, barrel life would be short. But, for field purposes, I don't consider that to be an important consideration.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="benchracer, post: 709572, member: 22069"] I have a 6.5 Swede, 6.5-284 Norma, and a .264WM. Recently, I had the chance to shoot the Swede and the 6.5-284 at 600 yards for the first time. The Swede shot really well in tough wind and mirage conditions. I was surprised though, at how much easier it seemed to shoot "through" the conditions with the 6.5-284. I was shooting 140g Berger VLD's with the Swede and 140g AMAX's with the 6.5-284. I would estimate that the 6.5-284 was running about 200fps faster than the Swede. The difference between the two was subtle, but decisive. I would expect that difference to be magnified at 1000 yards. Where my .264WM is concerned, I am still in the middle of load development with it so I don't really know what it's true potential is. At this point, it doesn't look like I will be giving up anything in accuracy to either of my other 6.5's. In the end, I expect to be able to get 3150 or so with the 140's. If that is the case, I would expect it to outperform the 6.5-284 to roughly the same extent that the 6.5-284 outperformed the Swede. I know that there are bigger cased 6.5's like the 6.5 STW and the 6.5 RUM. Assuming that the bigger cases would be able to maintain the accuracy level of the smaller cases, I would think that one of these would be the KING of the Long Range 6.5's. That also assumes that existing powders are slow enough to take advantage of the additional case capacity and that the high bc 6.5 bullets available would be able to withstand the additional velocity without bullet blowup. I am thinking that with the right Cutting Edge bullets and slow enough powder the STW and RUM would be monsters at long range. Yes, barrel life would be short. But, for field purposes, I don't consider that to be an important consideration. [/QUOTE]
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