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<blockquote data-quote="Treeslug" data-source="post: 1995256" data-attributes="member: 115704"><p>jfloyd, You are a bonified 6.5C shooter. I see you do not like old Japanese war rifles. I second that sentiment. When I was a mere bachelor, the 7mm was the most beloved caliber from across the pond. Ballistics at the time seemed to show that it was the flattest shooting caliber chambered in off the shelf rifles at the time. That was still debatable due to differing types and designs of the projectile itself, but--. The 308 cartridge was, back then, considered the most efficient cartridge design (capacity to power) of the day. I live in Texas where every male child that will ever amount to anything falls out of the womb holding a 30-06. I killed my first deer with a 30-06, and it is still one of the most well-liked calibers in North America, and possibly other places. However, like you, apparently, I go more for the exotic than the normal. I probably do not need as much education about the 6.5 as you suggested in your last post to me. When I started learning my way around the world of rifles, it would have taken several popular gun/rifle editors in several popular magazines harping on the greatness of a particular cartridge for it to even begin to come from a wildcat cartridge to a factory-made rifle and even then, most new cartridges did not make it to the popularity the 6.5 now claims. I do find it interesting to talk about such quirks of fate. It stirs my old, too thick blood to have a good discussion about a fine weapon such as the 6.5. So: to you and your love of a fine rifle and many more good conversations. We have many more guns to talk about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Treeslug, post: 1995256, member: 115704"] jfloyd, You are a bonified 6.5C shooter. I see you do not like old Japanese war rifles. I second that sentiment. When I was a mere bachelor, the 7mm was the most beloved caliber from across the pond. Ballistics at the time seemed to show that it was the flattest shooting caliber chambered in off the shelf rifles at the time. That was still debatable due to differing types and designs of the projectile itself, but--. The 308 cartridge was, back then, considered the most efficient cartridge design (capacity to power) of the day. I live in Texas where every male child that will ever amount to anything falls out of the womb holding a 30-06. I killed my first deer with a 30-06, and it is still one of the most well-liked calibers in North America, and possibly other places. However, like you, apparently, I go more for the exotic than the normal. I probably do not need as much education about the 6.5 as you suggested in your last post to me. When I started learning my way around the world of rifles, it would have taken several popular gun/rifle editors in several popular magazines harping on the greatness of a particular cartridge for it to even begin to come from a wildcat cartridge to a factory-made rifle and even then, most new cartridges did not make it to the popularity the 6.5 now claims. I do find it interesting to talk about such quirks of fate. It stirs my old, too thick blood to have a good discussion about a fine weapon such as the 6.5. So: to you and your love of a fine rifle and many more good conversations. We have many more guns to talk about. [/QUOTE]
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